On my recent trip to Ballymena I discovered that the Ballymena Museum has copies of cemetery transcriptions done in the 1990's for most of the cemeteries around Ballymena. They have a list of what cemeteries they have available. They also have a list of books including some cemetery transcriptions that are available for sale. However, some are out of print and also they do not take credit cards so it is difficult to buy them from the US. Also, the Borough Council Office has the burial records for any of the cemeteries that are no longer under control of the churches. Two I know they have are Clough - beginning in about 1885 and Kirkinriola. I doubt that they will look things up without a date. I am not even sure they will look anything up without a person being there. They were very nice to us, but they are busy and you are not allowed to search the records yourself. My sister and I are trying to find an organization that would be willing to send in volunteers to transcribe the records and get them onto a computer. Assuming we could get the Borough Council to agree to that. Should anyone be looking for either Mortons or Stevensons in the Ballymena area, please contact me as I have considerable information. Anne
Anne, Did you by any chance get an address for the Ballymena Museum??? I am looking for Rogers graves, most likely at Glenwhirry Church Cemetery. I tried to contact the local (Ballymena) church with no response. I wrote a letter which was published in the Ballymena Times, hoping someone could go look for my graves. Again, no response! Your message brought a ray of hope! Sue Renkert Fairbanks, Alaska ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Shier Klintworth" <ashierk@yahoo.com> To: <IRELAND-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 7:30 AM Subject: [IRL-CEMETERIES] Ballymena, Co. Antrim cemeteries > On my recent trip to Ballymena I discovered that the Ballymena Museum > has copies of cemetery transcriptions done in the 1990's for most of the > cemeteries around Ballymena. They have a list of what cemeteries they > have available. They also have a list of books including some cemetery > transcriptions that are available for sale. However, some are out of > print and also they do not take credit cards so it is difficult to buy > them from the US. > > Also, the Borough Council Office has the burial records for any of the > cemeteries that are no longer under control of the churches. Two I know > they have are Clough - beginning in about 1885 and Kirkinriola. I doubt > that they will look things up without a date. I am not even sure they > will look anything up without a person being there. They were very nice > to us, but they are busy and you are not allowed to search the records > yourself. > > My sister and I are trying to find an organization that would be willing > to send in volunteers to transcribe the records and get them onto a > computer. Assuming we could get the Borough Council to agree to that. > > Should anyone be looking for either Mortons or Stevensons in the > Ballymena area, please contact me as I have considerable information. > > Anne > > > ==== IRELAND-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > The list archives can be found by visiting ~ > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRELAND-CEMETERIES.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >