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