In a message dated 8/12/99 5:24:16 AM, wexray@tassie.net.au wrote: <<We have bought a CD Rom of the Griffiths Valuations and are wondering if someone could please advise us if we using it the right way? We are obtaining just the name of the person we are seeking , the County. and then the area from which they come. No other details. Maybe it is just a shortened version of the microfiche valuations. Any help gratefully received. >> The CD is an INDEX only. It will tell you what parish and townland the name is in. Then you need to look at the actual Griffith's, either in book form (some libraries have it) or the filmed version, available from the FHCs. But even that only gives you the name of the householder, NOT his whole family, NOT his age, NOT relationships. It is NOT, after all, a census. The advantage of looking at the actual Griffiths is that you get to see who the neighbors are (often related families). It also tells you the size of the farm, and the name of the immediate lessor (the guy who the rent was paid to.) But then you can also rent films for the later Valuations (Griffith's was the first, or Primary, one.) These tel you the dates the property changed hands, and can give you clues to dates of death, emigration, etc. For more info, try here: http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/records/land/index.htm Good luck, Janet C-S

Hello from cold Tasmania, We have bought a CD Rom of the Griffiths Valuations and are wondering if someone could please advise us if we using it the right way? We are obtaining just the name of the person we are seeking , the County. and then the area from which they come. No other details. Maybe it is just a shortened version of the microfiche valuations. Any help gratefully received. Researching the HODGINS family. Thanking you, Andy and Mary McKinlay.

Hello Everyone, I don't have much to go on but here it is: John Armstrong (Widower) from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh left Ireland c. 1841 for Canada. He came with his sons Christopher, Edward, James, John and John's wife Sara and Thomas the son of John and Sarah. They settled in Huntley Township appox 30 miles west of Ottawa. Patrick Dowd and his wife Mary (Keady) from Clifden, Galway left Ireland c. 1885 for Canada. They came with their children, Patrick, John, Micheal, Mary and Bridget. They settled in Renfrew town approx 50 miles west of Ottawa. Tying to find what ship, confirm names on passenger lists and any other info available, Thanks in advance Garry Dowd Arnprior, On garry.dowd@sympatico.ca

Hi lists I've lost e-mail today :(( I have replied to all the ones I have actually received, so if you have written and are waiting a reply, please re-send. Thankyou - and apologies for multiple posting, but I do like to acknowledge all mail received. Jan Hart janhart@webleicester.co.uk

In response to Anna re: ship's register's from Ireland to Canada...This info was on another post for another geneology web..I have not personally had need to check it out so I cannot vouch for the information, but it may be a place to go "A passenger list is readily available from The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick at no charge. The lists are available on loan through the interlibrary loan system. The RRL for the PANB is".. http://inter.gov.nb.ca/supply/archives/index1.htm This all according to a person who posts for a newfoundland roots web. Julie McCaffrey-Spelman

For a Mr Finlayson: Derrucannon is an area due south from Lisnaskea, due East from Donag. the Corragh Lough is right in the missdle of it. As to the Winterson surname, there was a Laurence Jr & Sr there in 1862 along wiht a Thomas. William J Flanagan Fermanagh County Host Spokane, Wa, USA

In a message dated 8/9/99 2:05:44 PM, jransley@home.com wrote: << Is Glerawley, Fermanagh close to the Parish of Bright which I believe is in county Down.>> Janice, Using the PRONI geographical index http://proni.nics.gov.uk/geogindx/geogindx.htm the closest townland name I could find is Grallaghgreenan, which is in the parish of Drumballymoney, Co Down. Perhaps if you explore the index you may find something closer. There are also maps showing parish locations. Are you going by a name passed down orally, or did you see it written on a document? Good luck, Janet C-S

Are there any records of families leaving Ireland to come to Canada? I am looking for passenger lists for ships that left Ireland between 1816-1820 and came to New Brunswick. Records here were destroyed up till 1833.... Is there data in Ireland? Online data? thanks Anna

Hi list(s) I have posted this to the Essex and Lincs newsgroups - don't know if it's of interest to anyone searching in Antrim or Fermanagh: I thought the list might be interested in this - message snipped to cut out the blatant advertising!! If anyone wants the full message (with details about special "eclipse" discounts, email me privately and I will forward it on). I have no personal interest in software company or any of the retailers who sell the CDRom. I received the original mail from 192.com mailing list. > UK-Info is now No. 7 in the UK Charts*! > > What the critics say ... > > "Now here IS something amazing. It is a CD-ROM of the entire electoral register for the UK, cross referenced to the entire phone directory, plus, for good measure, a directory for every business in Britain and the whole country on Ordnance Survey maps [Info Map]. Furthermore, on this one relatively cheap CD [from £39.95] you can search in an instant, rather than ploughing through books for hours. You can even save the extortionate cost of 192 calls. Want to find and old school friend? I located two in a minute. The CD.is pretty extraordinary." > London Evening Standard, Jonathan Margolis, on UK-Info Disk Version 4.0 <snipped> Jan Hart janhart@webleicester.co.uk

We are trying to locate Bally-bigelmore in Northern Ireland. My GGGrandfather; Archibald Alexander b 1708 married Margaret Parks in 1734. In Bally-bigelmore, Ulster. Can anyone help with the county? John Stinson Jacksonville, FL

In a message dated 8/9/99 3:09:56 PM, jimswindell@icdc.com wrote: <<I left out some important information in my last post. To what agency should I write to obtain the birth certificate for an individual born in 1857 in Co. Fermanagh?Parents were married in Tempo Church of Ireland.>> Jim, There are no birth certificates available in Ireland before 1864, when Civil Registration started. Before that year you have to use church records. Tempo C of I records exist from 1836 onwards so you are in luck there. Just write to the Rector, Church of Ireland Tempo, County Fermanagh. Northern Ireland Once you have the parents' names, you can write to Town Hall in Ennikillen, where they have marriage records. Civil Marriage records for the C of I Protestants began in 1845. Good luck, Janet C-S

My apologies to the List. I left out some important information in my last post. To what agency should I write to obtain the birth certificate for an individual born in 1857 in Co. Fermanagh?Parents were married in Tempo Church of Ireland. Regards, Jim Swindell

To what agency should I write to obtain the birth certificate for an individual born in1857? Regards, Jim Swindell

Hi, I have information stating that Rev. William Annesley and his daughter Henrietta Selina Annesley were both born in Glerawley, Fermanagh, Henrietta born abt. 1822. Records show that Rev. William Annesley was minister at the parish of Bright from early 1800's until 1859. Is Glerawley, Fermanagh close to the Parish of Bright which I believe is in county Down. As I am not all to familiar with Ireland, could someone also let me know exactly where Glerawley is? Thanks for all the help Janice

Hello, I am in need of some help. My gggrandfather THOMAS MCGUIRE in Ireland who had son WILLIAM MCGUIRE possibaly from Fermanagh. Has anyone ever seen these names as father and son? Thankyou for your help

Hi all I noticed a week or so ago, there was a question re Sproules. I have a small amount of info on some descendents in Australia of William Vance and Jane Sproule from Drumkeeran FER and James Alexander and Jane Sproule. Don't know if this will help. Let me know if you are interested. jomarsh@bigpond.com Regards Joanne Marsh Toowoomba, Qld Australia

Hello, I am new to the list...and living in New Brunswick Canada. I am looking for any information about the HENDERSON family from Enniskillen, Fermanagh Co. More specifically David HENDERSON b abt 1768 and ? brothers? William b abt 1776 and John b abt 1781....came to New Brunswick Canada approx 1818-1820. David Henderson married an Angelina ( ? ) b abt 1779. They married abt 1792 and had children Robert, James, William, Elizabeth John, James b 1807, David b 1811 and George b Aug 22 1816. ( George is my GGGrandfather) Any advice to a new searcher about online searches...and data from the web, would be greatly appreciated. Anyone with info about the Henderson family, around this time period...???? Are there records in Ireland that go back this far? Only church records? It has been passed down that David's father came from Scotland ( area unknown) and moved to Ireland......met and married an Irish girl, and stayed there... David Sr's son was born in Enniskillen. This family would be Protestant faith. Thanks for your time..and hopefully you can give me lots of advice on how to search Ireland...while being in Canada. Hope to hear from any Henderson. Anna Henderson Purdue Fredericton NB Canada purdue@nbnet.nb.ca

Does anyone have any FANNING connections in County Fermanagh? I havea Thomas FANNING who was married to a Mary MALMO. They lived in Co Fermanagh in the first half of the 19th Century. Their son Patrick FANNING married an Anne CORCORAN (she was from Co. Sligo) and this couple moved with their children Ellen and Terence to Glasgow in about 1848-1849.

Can someone please tell me the proper postal zone number to use for an address in Maguiresbridge,Enniskillen,Co. Fermanagh. Regards, Jim Swindell

Dora, That book, "Enniskillen,Parish and Town" was written by the Rev. W. Harloe Dundas. I believe I have seen him also referred to as Canon W.H. Dundas. Bill Barber Hudson, New Hampshire U.S.A. -----Original Message----- From: Dora Smith [mailto:cl001@freenet.buffalo.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 10:55 AM To: FERMANAGH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: re: Dundas query Sharryn: I don't know how relevant this is to your work, but a Cardinal Dundas published the book, "Enniskillen, Parish and Town" in 1912, in which I have been trying to get someone to look up for me what turns out to be grave records from the Enniskillen Church of England Cemetery for members of the Lowe family. Enniskillen is in Fermanagh County. The Fermanagh Library might be able to give you more information - if they wish to. I've been having trouble getting them to look some stuff up for me. They are on line. Also, the "Church of Ireland" cathedral in Enniskillen (which was the Enniskillen parish church). The name is something like Mcarty Cathedral, I probably don't have the name right. But someone on this list sent me the address and phone number, so perhaps someone will do so for you. If a Dundas was this prominent, there should be biographical and some genealogical information available. Yours, Dora Smith