From: len_swindley@hotmail.com To: swindley_lr@connexus.net.au Subject: FW: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:45:15 +1000 Hello Pam, Am delighted that you find my Abercorn Estate files interesting; they are are a remarkable resource. Perhaps others also find them interesting? Should I continue transcribing and submitting Abercorn rentals and valuations - feedback from listers will be useful. Pam, although your LAIRD forebears are not recorded in the pre 1800 rentals is not to say that they weren't living on the estate. Every farm contained several cottages; essential to house day labourers. These cottages were most rudimentary - generally consisting of two rooms, constructed of fieldstones with thatched roofs. They were of some concern to the Earl of Abercorn. Good luck with your continuing research, Len Swindley,Melbourne, Australia > Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:54:32 +0800 > To: pambarber07@gmail.com > CC: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com; jim@mckane.ca > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > Absolutely agree - immeasurable thanks to Jim McKane and all the others who make this site such an amazing resource. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On 21 Apr 2015, at 7:56 pm, Pam Barber via <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > Although none of my ancestors appear here (they were later tenants on thus Estate), I would like to thank Jim McKane for posting this list which I know will be helpful to some listers out there! > > > > Cheers > > Pam Barber > > Melbourne, Australia > >

Hi Len! You wanted feedback regarding your Abercorn Estate transcriptions. My Robert and Jane McGee (GGG grandparents) came to Canada from Leckpatrick C.P. ca 1798, with 4 sons and a daughter. As you know, there were a few McGees of various spellings on the Abercorn Estate at that time, but I can't link any of them to my family. So yes, please continue your good work on this wonderful website! Pat McGee in Langley, BC, Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Swindley via" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> To: <pambarber07@gmail.com> Cc: "COTYRONEIRELAND@rootsweb.com" <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 5:49 AM Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > > > From: len_swindley@hotmail.com > To: swindley_lr@connexus.net.au > Subject: FW: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:45:15 +1000 > > > > > Hello Pam, Am delighted that you find my Abercorn Estate files > interesting; they are are a remarkable resource. Perhaps others also find > them interesting? Should I continue transcribing and submitting Abercorn > rentals and valuations - feedback from listers will be useful. Pam, > although your LAIRD forebears are not recorded in the pre 1800 rentals is > not to say that they weren't living on the estate. Every farm contained > several cottages; essential to house day labourers. These cottages were > most rudimentary - generally consisting of two rooms, constructed of > fieldstones with thatched roofs. They were of some concern to the Earl of > Abercorn. Good luck with your continuing research, Len Swindley,Melbourne, > Australia > >> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:54:32 +0800 >> To: pambarber07@gmail.com >> CC: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com; jim@mckane.ca >> Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content >> From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com >> >> Absolutely agree - immeasurable thanks to Jim McKane and all the others >> who make this site such an amazing resource. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> > On 21 Apr 2015, at 7:56 pm, Pam Barber via >> > <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> > >> > Although none of my ancestors appear here (they were later tenants on >> > thus Estate), I would like to thank Jim McKane for posting this list >> > which I know will be helpful to some listers out there! >> > >> > Cheers >> > Pam Barber >> > Melbourne, Australia >> > > > ------------- > 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

Hello Len Of course you must continue. You do an amazing job and the Abercorn estate records are fascinating even if you have no direct family there. My ancestors became tenants in the late 19th Century but I still find the history of the farm in earlier times interesting. Keep up the good work. We are all very grateful. Regards Marion Shephard Sent from Windows Mail From: County Tyrone List Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎22‎ ‎April‎ ‎2015 ‎13‎:‎49 To: pambarber07@gmail.com Cc: County Tyrone List From: len_swindley@hotmail.com To: swindley_lr@connexus.net.au Subject: FW: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:45:15 +1000 Hello Pam, Am delighted that you find my Abercorn Estate files interesting; they are are a remarkable resource. Perhaps others also find them interesting? Should I continue transcribing and submitting Abercorn rentals and valuations - feedback from listers will be useful. Pam, although your LAIRD forebears are not recorded in the pre 1800 rentals is not to say that they weren't living on the estate. Every farm contained several cottages; essential to house day labourers. These cottages were most rudimentary - generally consisting of two rooms, constructed of fieldstones with thatched roofs. They were of some concern to the Earl of Abercorn. Good luck with your continuing research, Len Swindley,Melbourne, Australia

My apologies Len for not giving you due credit for the Abercorn postings. Your generosity is amazing - it must take you hours and hours and hours to amass and type that information. Can you expand a little on what concerned the Earl about the cottages? Their liability? Cheers, Pam Barber Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Apr 2015, at 10:49 pm, Len Swindley <len_swindley@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > From: len_swindley@hotmail.com > To: swindley_lr@connexus.net.au > Subject: FW: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:45:15 +1000 > > Hello Pam, > > Am delighted that you find my Abercorn Estate files interesting; they are are a remarkable resource. > > Perhaps others also find them interesting? Should I continue transcribing and submitting Abercorn rentals and valuations - feedback from listers will be useful. > > Pam, although your LAIRD forebears are not recorded in the pre 1800 rentals is not to say that they weren't living on the estate. Every farm contained several cottages; essential to house day labourers. These cottages were most rudimentary - generally consisting of two rooms, constructed of fieldstones with thatched roofs. They were of some concern to the Earl of Abercorn. > > Good luck with your continuing research, > > Len Swindley, > Melbourne, Australia > > > > > Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:54:32 +0800 > > To: pambarber07@gmail.com > > CC: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com; jim@mckane.ca > > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > > > Absolutely agree - immeasurable thanks to Jim McKane and all the others who make this site such an amazing resource. > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > On 21 Apr 2015, at 7:56 pm, Pam Barber via <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > > > Although none of my ancestors appear here (they were later tenants on thus Estate), I would like to thank Jim McKane for posting this list which I know will be helpful to some listers out there! > > > > > > Cheers > > > Pam Barber > > > Melbourne, Australia > > >