Hi, Thanks for posting this. Fascinating! I like the way of thinking expressed in the article. I want to write a biography of different ancestors and to put them in context. I am starting to think of who was "around" my family members. e.g. my Fermanagh grandfather Henry Bustard(1878-1963) must have had cousins nearby. His grandfather William Ross died when he was seven. Did he know him very well I wonder?. When he was ten his uncle Dr. William Ross died in Sligo. Did he know him? Two years before that his eldest brother enlisted in the Royal Irish Constabulary. Anne, pondering in hot humid Ottawa -----Original Message----- From: CARELL via Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 11:33 PM To: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com Subject: FERMANAGH-GOLD George Allingham - Boa Island. I know this is not your Allingham Margaret, but it's this interesting type of item, we would all like to be able to add to our family history!! Carole. Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 7 July 1842 : p.3. Deaths - On the 28th inst., in the Bow Island, near Pettigo, Mr. George Allingham, sen., in the 100th years of his age. He was the last of the old stock. The united ages of his mother, grand-mother and great grand-mother, exceeded three hundred years and adding this in a direct line, their united ages exceeded four hundred. He lived contemporary with his great-grandmother for nearly 20 years and from her own lips received an account of the Seige of Derry, in which memorable place she was one of the sufferers during the entire seige.-- Ballyshannon Herald. ================================== https://www.google.ie/ ================================== http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message