Hi C. J. Do you know about the "Londonderry Journal" newspaper? (See query below) -- The secret to successful genealogy is to find out as much as you can about your families from the known places they lived. Collect documents (with the help of the USA county historical society, for example, in exchange for a contribution to their society) and find and interview your living relatives for pieces of the puzzle. One of the best resources can be old circa 1900 USA county marriage applications (not certificate!) as these often include information on the parents of the bride & groom. Land records often give the last place lived. Look at microfilmed old censuses from the known places they lived. Subscribe to the periodicals put out by the county historical society and also read old history books. Keep digging -- Serendipity is alive & well! I just got lucky here in the USA finding an English cousin who had gone to Wales by contacting the school on the Internet that I felt he might have attended in his village in England. Lo and behold, not only was my query passed around the school, but it ended up in the hands of the author of a book about that area. Turns out the author went to school with my cousin, knew him and his family very well, and even had photographed his wedding! Today's mail brought me a copy of the author's book and slipped inside was a large wedding photo taken by him showing the entire wedding party standing in front of a church. There were several members of my father's family who I had never seen before, and I was thrilled! You just never know when a lead will pan out, don't get discouraged. I have been looking for this elderly cousin for 4 years on the Internet - he doesn't have a computer! Andrew Morris has a website with much early Irish data. Cyndi's List at www.cyndislist.com/ is a wonderful resource. So are Google searches if you put in enough keywords to modify searches. Some of these searches you can put a plus sign in front of a modifying word so that anything that comes up has to contain both words. The "Londonderry Journal" newspaper published by George Douglas and various partners began publishing news items from the major cities in Ireland including Londonderry on June 3, 1772. While I don't recall the author's name, I found a very interesting book in my genealogy library published circa 1980s-90s with fascinating excerpts from same. Especially useful to discover announcements of ship sailings, ports involved and captains. Perhaps you can locate a copy, it would have the words "Londonderry Journal" in the title. Check out your genealogy library for various books on Northern Ireland and immigration from Londonderry. Look for a set of books by Mr. Filby, who painstakingly transcribed data from hundreds of passenger lists from worldwide emigrants to the USA and Canada over a wide range of years ending early 1900s. John Grenham's fine book, "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors," (1999 ed.) lists resources for each Irish county with full explanations. The 1999 edition includes information on what is available on microfilm at your local LDS (Mormon) Family History Center. Just a few -- There are census substitutes Protestant Householders in 1740 and 1766 from particular locations in Co. Londonderry. There are records of Catholic migrants from Ulster to Co. Mayo in 1796. There are 1796 Spinning-Wheel Premium Lists (names & parishes of those granted spinning-wheels by the government on the basis of areas planted with flax, comprising, in the case of Co. Londonderry, over 8,000 names). There are 1797-1804 Yeomanry muster rolls. 1808-13 Freeholder lists. 1813 Freeholders (A-L). 1820s/30s Tithe Books. 1829 Census of Protestants, Chapel of the Woods parish. 1832 Voters List, Londonderry City. There is a book by Brian Mitchell in your genealogy library called "Irish Emigration Lists, 1833-39" pub. Baltimore in 1989 that lists emigrants from Co. Londonderry. Griffith's Valuation took place in Co. Londonderry in 1858/9 and is on CD. There is an 1868 Voters List for Londonderry City, in PRONI D.1935/6. There is an All-Ireland Census for 1901 and 1911. These are just some of the resources available. LDS has civil registration of marriages, births mid 1860s-70s. The National Library of Ireland (Dublin) has directories with info. on Co. Derry including : 1820 J. Pigot "Commerical Directory of Ireland" 1824 Pigot & Co. "City of Dublin and Hibernian Prov. Directory" 1835 William Matier, "Belfast Directory" 1842 Mathew Martin, "Belfast Directory" 1846 Slater's "National Commerical Directory of Ireland." 1852 James A. Henderson, "Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory," (issued also in 1854, 1856, 1861, 1863, 1865, 1868, 1870, 1877, 1880, 1884, 1887, 1890, 1894, 1900). 1856 Slater's "Royal National Commerical Directory of Ireland." 1865 - R. Wynne, "Business Directory of Belfast." 1870 - Slater's "Directory of Ireland." 1881 - Slater's "Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland." 1887 - "Derry Almanac." 1894 - Slater's "Royal Commerical Directory of Ireland" Check and see if they are on microfilm at your local LDS FHC. ----- Original Message ----- From: <GenealogyJane@aol.com> To: <IrelandGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 2:38 PM Subject: [IGW] Londonderry > > Can anyone help with records from 1700's in Londonderry Ireland? Matthew > BUSBY Sr came from there to America sometime after 1770. Do not have any > information before that time. > cj > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BENHAM/ >