Teena, Thank you for your detailed letter. I will bring it with me and try my best to do as you ask. But need to clarify... I need to get this letter of permission from the church then take to PRONI? And do I have to go to PRONI in person or can it be mailed - and forgive the newbie question, but where is PRONI? If it is in Belfast I won't be able to take it there in person because we are only there for 2 days 3 nights then onto London. We fly into Belfast in the evening then drive thru Tyrone and onto Londonderry. Then fly out to London for a few more days. Also, what's the correct protocol for asking the priest for this letter? And should I just go to every church I see and try to get this letter? Jill On 2/3/09, Teena <4theloveoftyrone@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jill > > Please keep in mind our Community web-site which goes hand-in-hand > with the mailing list, when it comes to photos and data. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cotyroneireland/index.html > > We would be *Thrilled* to post any photos that you take in Co. Tyrone. > This includes churches, headstones and signs of graveyards, old > businesses, and raths & stones. > > I've also heard that some of the pastors are really great about > allowing folks to look at their records and others are not. It seems > to be a hit and miss sort of thing. I will tell you though, that while > you are there, you can approach the pastors/priests etc and request > *written permission* (a must have) to allow you to have access to the > microfilms from the PRONI. It's sometimes impossible from afar to > obtain that written permission as many do not even bother to > acknowledge us (even with donations made to the church) depending on > the denomination of course. > > For Presbyterian records have a look on-line at > http://www.proni.gov.uk/presbyterian_church_index.pdf > > for Church of Ireland > http://www.proni.gov.uk/index_to_church_of_ireland_records-2.pdf > > and for RC > http://www.proni.gov.uk/index_to_roman_catholic_records-6.pdf > > If the church you are interested in, has been M/F, and you get > permission, you can then request that film from the PRONI. Make sure > you get a copy of the letter of permission, as they sometimes go > missing. When I last purchased a film, they were 13.50 (pounds). (If > you get permission while you're there, you can scoot to the PRONI and > save on taxes and duties, bringing them home. LOL > > If I could impose upon you (although I totally understand if you > forget all about me while you're there <VBG> I would very much like to > get ahold of a permission letter from the parish of Clondermot/ > aka(Glendermott) Many Co. Tyrone people attended Church there as it is > very close to the North West corner of Co Tyrone. One of DUNN'S of > Leckpatrick Parish married an ADAMS of Clondermot. I'm also > interested in any graveyard there. > > You'll likely be bombarded with requests, including me...but it's not > likely I'll get *back home*..... fighting cancer. (so far I am winning > that battle. We Irish are a tough lot) :-)) > > I hope some of my hints and tips prove fruitful for you. I wish you > safe travel and a blast. Enjoy!!! Teena > >> I am going to visit County Tyrone at the end of this month and would be >> glad >> to share my photos when I come home. We are starting in Belfast, driving >> through Tyrone and ending in Londonderry. If anyone has any suggestions >> about sites to see please let me know. Also, I read on the list from >> another poster that it is hard to find a church or a place you can go >> into >> to look up records...is this also the case with Tyrone? >> Jill Wilson >> >> ------------- >> Our community web-site: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > -- Sent from my mobile device Jill Wilson