Nivard, Thank you so much. :) Shannah On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:00 AM, <[email protected]>wrote: > > > You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the > CoTyroneIreland-D mailing list. If you no longer wish to receive these > messages, or if you wish to search or browse the archives, or if you wish > to unsubscribe from digest mode and subscribe in list mode, see > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NIR/CoTyroneIreland.html for links > and instructions. See http://cotyroneireland.com/ for our associated web > site. > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: TWISS family--in Ireland (Nivard Ovington) > 2. Re: Ballynafeagh (Len Swindley) > 3. STUART Andrew Thomas (Rose Aston) > 4. Re: TWISS family--in Ireland (catherine trewby) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:01:44 +0100 > From: Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] TWISS family--in Ireland > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Shannah > > Not entirely sure I understand your problem > > The link you sent is a pdf, no need for Excel for viewing that > > If the problem is reading that pdf you would need either Adobe acrobat > or a free and faster pdf reader, my recommendation would be Foxit > > I had a quick look through the document but did not see a spreadsheet > mentioned (which would need the likes of Excel) > > If you are in need of a good spreadsheet program try Openoffice, a > completely free office suite > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 23/09/2013 23:45, Ava Woods wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Please, is there SKS who might know of another program which I may be > able > > to use with this website-- > > > > > http://mcgrathsearch.com/files/The%20Neighbors%20in%20Ireland%2012-05-11.pdf > > > > instead of Excel--one that is just as good? I have enough programs on > the > > go, as it is. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Shannah > > Canada > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:28:25 +1000 > From: "Len Swindley" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Ballynafeagh > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dennis, > > There is just a single townland named Ballynafeagh in Co. Tyrone and you > will find it in ARBOE parish (ref. General Alphabetical Index to the > Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland, 1851) > > Are you looking for members of the Wright family? - am just enquiring as > you do not state. A William WRIGHT is recorded in Ballinafay in the 1826 > Arboe tithe applotment book and a Martha WRIGHT is recorded in Ballynafeagh > at the time of Griffiths Valuation of the parish (c1860). The variations in > spelling may be disregarded. Don't know what you have been looking at > online, but it looks incorrect. > > Does this help? > > Regards, > Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:53:31 +1200 > From: Rose Aston <[email protected]> > Subject: [CoTyIre] STUART Andrew Thomas > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > < > [email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi - I'm not sure I have sent a reply message back to the board > correctly. > > So just in case:- > > Thank you to those who gave me replies to my query re Andrew Thomas STUART. > > I am looking for a marriage of Andrew Thomas STUART to Mary GILMOUR > (GILMORE??). > > I know Andrew comes from the Castlestuart family and was born at Lisdhu > House, Co. Tyrone in 1814. (Is this in Dungannon??) > Would there be census lists which would show the family and staff/servants > at Lisdhu House from around 1814 forward?? > I have heard a story that Mary Gilmour may have been a servant, perhaps at > the House. Her father is John as far as I know. > >From her death notice in the Tasmanian papers she was born around 1824. > > I have traced a Mr and Mrs STEWART coming into Port Philip, Australia on > the 'London' in 1840. > In an obituary for Andrew I found that they arrived in 1840 and had gone > farming with a fellow passenger, Olgivie, but drought forced them off and > Andrew and Mary go to Tasmania by at least 1843 (third child born in > Tasmania). First child, Andrew Godfrey STUART was born in Williamstown, Feb > 1841. (christened in St. James Church, Melborne). > > In another obituary for another son of Andrew and Mary's it states that > they came to Australia in 1837 and went farming before going to Tasmania. > > So perhaps they came as early as 1837 although the passenger list of 1840 > seems the better 'fit' due to the fellow passengers by the name of Olgivie > who it is said, in A T's obituary, they went sheep farming with. > > I do not know if Andrew Thomas and Mary left from Ireland or England aboard > the 'London'. > I would also like to know more about Mary GILMOUR. > > Looking for photo's of the STUART's too. > > Thanks, Rose > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:00:21 +1200 > From: catherine trewby <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] TWISS family--in Ireland > To: Ava Woods <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Message-ID: <CE6864B5.D3F7%[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Hi > > Further to Nivard's response. Once you open the PDF then you can use the > 'find' option in your browser to look for a word -perhaps your ancestor or > location. I looked up Twiss using this but there were no mentions. > > The article is very interesting and bears out some thoughts that I have had > for ancestor chasing over the years. Neighbours in Ireland often turned > out > to be neighbours once they had emigrated to a new country. Also that the > presence of people from a locality in Ireland (not necessarily related) > having made the move to 'the new world' often inspired others back home to > make the move. The second ones often stayed in the same locality and so > you > might see them in a census but often moved on. > > Cathy > > > On 24/09/13 10:45 AM, "Ava Woods" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Please, is there SKS who might know of another program which I may be > able > > to use with this website-- > > > > > http://mcgrathsearch.com/files/The%20Neighbors%20in%20Ireland%2012-05-11.pdf > > > > instead of Excel--one that is just as good? I have enough programs on > the > > go, as it is. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Shannah > > Canada > > [email protected] > > ------------- > > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the COTYRONEIRELAND list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the COTYRONEIRELAND mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of COTYRONEIRELAND Digest, Vol 8, Issue 241 > *********************************************** >