Hi Daryl John Gilmore is presently one of the leadng lights in the West Tyrone Historical Society and the contact details can be found on the link http://www.folkpark.com/friends/ I am sure that he will have lots of Gilmore information! > My family is planning a trip to trace our Irish roots in Tyrone county in > September. I am hoping I might find some links before we arrive. > My husband's GG grandfather was James Gilmore (spelling may have changed) > born in Omagh, county Tyrone in abt 1803. He married Matilda Smith, born > in Omagh (some accounts say Queen's county) in 1807. James died in 1845 > and Matilda and the nine children emigrated to America between 1846 and > 1848. James died in Omagh in 1845. We know the family had the children > baptized Presbyterian. > The nine children were: James, born 1826-1832, Ann, born 1830, John, born > 12/24/1831, Eliza, born 1834, William, born 3/14/1836, Katharine, corn > 4/17/1838, Isabelle, born 1840, Frances, born 9/20/1845, and Thomas, born > abt 1847. All children were born in Omagh as far as the records we have. > Do you have any information on the family, or does anyone else have > anything. Any facts or burial place, etc. would make our trip so much > more meaningful. >