In some cases people co-rented a farm with others because they could not afford the full rent or rates on their own. They shared the cost. I have come across this situation several times in different counties and parishes. best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > To: mmarion@rogers.com > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 02:04:28 +0100 > CC: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Armstrong of Bracky > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > Hi Margaret, > > 1. The church will not photocopy the records. You need to find someone who > will visit either the church, or PRONI, which has a microfilm of the > records, and copy and digipic the records you want. > C.I. Cooley or Sixmilecross (Armagh diocese) > Baptisms, 1836-71; marriages, 1836-46; burials, 1837- > 71; confirmations, 1837, 1840, 1843, 1846, 1866, 1870 > and 1873. PRONI MIC583/7 > Baptisms, 1872; marriages, 1847; burials, 1872-; vestry > minutes, 1838-. In local custody > > 2. First, these are farms rather than fields. But, yes, it was very common > indeed for people to share farms and yes it usually meant that they were > related and if the surnames are not the same, one possible explanation for > that is that they were married to females with the same name. Finding the > link is never easy as the marriages usually predate the civil records. > > 3. Tracking changes between the GV and the censuses is now much easier > since the Griffiths Valuation Revision Books went online. You will find > them here: > http://apps.proni.gov.uk/Val12B/Search.aspx > > Have fun! > > Boyd > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm > > http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of mmarion via > Sent: 18 June 2015 01:11 > To: COTYRONEIRELAND@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CoTyIre] Armstrong of Bracky > > I have just returned from an incredible week in Ireland. In our first night > at a bed and breakfast, I met a man from Florida who was able to translate > the Griffitth's valuation map to today's map and give me a gps coordinate > for my Samuel Armstrong of Bracky. We drove there and when it said we had > arrived, I pulled over. As I got out of the car, a man was closing a farm > gate. I told him I was from Canada and I was looking for the Armstrong > fields. He told me I was looking at them. He got his mother who's mother > and father were related to the Armstrongs of Bracky. She says their are two > Armstrong families of Bracky, not related. > I had to share that story. This has been my brick wall for 20 years. > I have three questions. > 1. The parish at Sixmilecross, St. Michaels, has some BMD records. I would > like photocopies of the ones relating to Armstrong's of that parish. Any > suggestions how I go about doing it. Other than, looking for cheap flights > in October, which I am already doing. I have been in contact with the > parish, but I can't ask them to copy every record pertaining to an > Armstrong, which is what I want to do. Actually I would like a copy of > their records, up to 1910. Would they photocopy them for me, at a price? > Any suggestions? > 2. And in the Griffith's valuation, the Armstrongs of Bracky all seem to > have fields adjacent to each other. And they even share a field with Thomas > Fields and Jim Fulton. Would Thomas Fields and Jim Fulton, be related. For > example, married to a female Armstrong? Was this common to share a field? > 3. I have started family files for the Armstrongs of Bracky. I have tracked > the families in the 1901 census and the 1911. Now I am trying to bring them > backwards to the 1860 Griffith's. Any suggestions? > Margaret Marion > Oshawa, Ontario, Canada > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > 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