Hello Janet. Have you obtained these extracts from Griffiths for GREGORY in Tyrone? from Failte Romhat at: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php (where I merely put GREGORY in the surname field, and selected Tyrone as the county) (You might find other helpful results by searching in ALL locations and not limitiing it to Tyrone) Surname First Name Townland Parish County Gregory William Knockonny Errigal Keerogue Tyrone Gregory James Killymorgan Errigal Keerogue Tyrone Gregory Edward Scarvagherin Ardstraw Tyrone They might provide you with a starting point, by providing the two parishes mentioned. NEXT: I expect that you are familiar with this obituary for your ancestress: http://www.connorshistory.com/Beaton/EGBMObituary.html Have you been in contact with the Guy GREGORY who provided that to the site? I ask, because with his being a descendant in the male line, he may have already done a lot of basic research, and might already have details about the location in Tyrone for you. And don't forget that the informant for the obituary might have had ONE of the two locational facts "wrong". For example if they were taking that information from some handwritten document, they might have made a transcription error themselves. NEXT: Ballinsloe is very close in spelling to Ballinasloe -- but that is located in County Galway; or so my google searches seem to indicate. FINALLY, have you tried to search in www.seanruad.com , looking just for a townland starting with the letter B in the county of Tyrone? There are several results there which MIGHT, with different spelling or pronunciation transcritpions come close in appearance to your Ballinsloe. For example: Townland AKA Acres County Barony Civil Parish PLU Province Balix Lower 537 Tyrone Strabane Lower Donaghedy Gortin Ulster Ballaghalare 213 Tyrone Strabane Lower Donaghedy Strabane Ulster Ballee 540 Tyrone Strabane Lower Leckpatrick Strabane Ulster Ballyblagh 205 Tyrone Dungannon Upper Ballyclog Cookstown Ulster Ballyfolliard 392 Tyrone Strabane Lower Ardstraw Castlederg Ulster Ballynaloan 140 Tyrone Strabane Lower Ardstraw Castlederg Ulster Ballynasollus 925 Tyrone Strabane Upper Bodoney Upper Gortin Ulster Ballynasollus 261 Tyrone Dungannon Upper Derryloran Cookstown Ulster Ballynasollus 1,076 Tyrone Dungannon Upper Kildress Cookstown Ulster HTH. Ray in Oz ----- Original Message ----- > > Hello, > Long time lurker, first time poster. My gggrandmother's cemetery record > shows her as born 15AUG 1828, "Ballinsloe", CountyTyrone, Ireland. Her > name was Elizabeth (Eliza) Gregory. (She may have been born in 1828) She > came to Galena, Illinois, USA in 1843, to join a brother and sister > already here - Ellen and James. Later census records show an Ann and a > Hannah Gregory in Ellen's household, but do not give a relationship. > Eliza was Roman Catholic, and was most likely illiterate. The place names > would probably have been supplied by her daughter(s), and would likely > have been a phonetic spelling representation of what they may have heard. > My first question to the List is - Is anyone aware of a place that would > sound like Ballinsole but perhaps have a different spelling? > Thank You for your help, > Janet