I am forwarding the below information for those interested in the Woodend-Strabane area. Ken Hamilton/Sparks Baker, Santa Maria, CA _____ From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 2:15 AM To: Ken Baker Subject: RE: Hamiltons at Woodend, Strabane Dear Mr. Hamilton, Thank you for your e-mail regarding family research. This office holds marriage records for the Strabane District dating from 1 April 1845 for non-Roman Catholic marriages and from 1 January 1864 all marriage records are available. However, I read in your e-mail that William Hamilton from Woodend, Strabane did not marry. Birth and death registers are available for the period on and after 1 January 1864 from the General Register Office, Belfast. Their web site address is: www.groni.gov.uk This web site will give you fees payable to have searches carried out. You are probably already aware that the surname "HAMILTON" is a common name in this area. I have asked a member of staff in another Council Department to check burial records that are held by Council for burials in Strabane. I have been provided with the following: Strabane Cemetery William J Hamilton, Church Street, Strabane Date of Death 3/3/1941 aged 73 William Hamilton, Edymore, Strabane Date of Death 22/10/1961 aged 84 Patrick Street Cemetery (located within the town), Strabane William Hamilton Date of Death 15/10/1845 Also his wife Hannah Date of Death 1/7/1817 The above record was taken from a booklet published by Irish World, Dungannon and they recorded the inscriptions from tombstones in the cemetery. Also there is a possibility that burials of the Hamilton family may have taken place at a Church Cemetery and therefore Council would not have a record of these. I am not aware that you have checked the 1901 Census records regarding the residents in Woodend at that period, if not if may be helpful to check these. I hope that this information is helpful to you and I take the opportunity of wishing you success with your family research. Best regards, E. Thompson, Registrar. -----Original Message----- From: Ken Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 29 December 2005 18:16 To: Thompson, Elizabeth Subject: Hamiltons at Woodend, Strabane I am looking for information on Woodend and my ancestors, Hamiltons. My grgrgrandfather, James W. Hamilton - son of James & Rebecca Smyth, left County Tyrone in 1848. Was in New Orleans, LA in 1850; joined the Confederates in 1861-1865, mar in AL, settled & died in AR. I have 3 ltrs from a brother, William, who gives his address as Woodend, Strabane, Ireland and I would like to Know more about him & the area. William writes in 1902: "I received your letter, I was proud and thankful to know that you were alive and well - when brother Patrick And you parted at New Orleans, he took sick and bad and for time and then cam home and then went insane... I took care of him till he died three years past. I wish to inform you that Father, Mother and sister, Marget, is all dead. I took care of them all and seen the last sod on the....and now I have nobody but a serveand girl. I am lonely at present time. I have never married, I have got a great lot of bother and hard work in my time. I still hold the farm and works away. I am sure if you would see Strabane and around it you would not know it...." I would like to get any information on the Hamiltons and on Woodend - please let me know who to write. I'm Willing to pay the cost. Kenneth Hamilton/Sparks Baker, Santa Maria, CA