Sorry to disappoint you Gordon, I live in between a strict sect of Amish and Mexican Mennonites!!!! Small world. I am going to make your day, and give you half of what you wished in your wish list. This is the address of the Representative Church Body at Braemar Park in Dublin (you were supposed to do a google search!), Dr. Susan Hood. She can give you a list of churches with contacts for the Galgorm area. These are Church of Ireland churches. For Presbyterian churches, you will need to google to find an online address in Belfast. Can you forward to me your list of churches if you get them from Susan? I don't like to inundate her with personal requests, in case she becomes overwhelmed and eliminates the service. Thank you. Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "gordon crooks" <glcrooks@bcpl.net> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Carnlea - Parks-Galgorm-churches >O you are a font of info. Yes you are correct that I am mis-using the >proper > term, but I do that all the time, yes Glagorm was a townland, I > confess!!!! > Now I will fowl up you mind. In Pennsylvania they use the terminology of > "Township" (where no ships are in sight!!). So for example Greencastle, > Pa. > is listed as: Greencastle, Bourgh of, Antrim Township, Franklin County, > Pennsylvania. Now isn't that a mouthfull!!I am off for research tomorrow > (actually to badger friends and pick their minds). What I need is some > genius to say here Gordon are the e mail addresses of ALL of the > Protestant > church with Ahoghill Townland, so that I can bug them for their old > records. > Here is one for you which you will enjoy.Little by little I have been > photographing and recording all of the old churches in Franklin Co., Pa. > as > such I was looking for Mt. Zion Church and cemetery which goes back into > the > 1700's. After getting lost several times (I am good at that) I found the > entrance to the cemetery and there was a house with lots of people in the > back yard. One look at them made me think they were Mennonites, so I got > out > of my car to talk to them and a "Elder" came over to talk to me, they were > German Baptists and are between Amish and Mennonites (in strictness) Bet > you > never heard of them. > > Gordon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robt & Wendy Stevenson" <stevensons@odyssey.on.ca> > To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:27 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Carnlea - Parks-Galgorm-churches > > >> Several Tidbits to Gordon, Pam, etc. >> Re Parks....was it the name of a House? I have Margaret Stevenson living >> at >> Parks. I also have Parks at Greenhill, Farm. Mr. Wilson was listed as >> the >> occupant of both in 1849. >> Gordon refers to Galgorm as a property, whereas I think it is a townland. >> Margaret Stevenson is listed as living at Gloonan, Ballyminstra, Galgorm, >> The Parke. >> My John and Mary Stevenson had a shop, probably in Ballymena in 1848, but >> prior to that they lived at Galgorm. >> Re Churches: >> I have a letter in 1978 from Moravian Manse, 25 Church Road, Gracehill, >> Ballymena BT42 2NL. Partly...."we are the only Church in the Galgorm >> area >> and have been since our Church was founded here in 1759. The name >> 'Moravian' Church may sound strange to you, but it is just a simple >> Protestant Church which began in Cechoslovakia in 1457." People from >> Gracehill, Cardonaghan, Greenhill, Gloonan attended this church. The >> registers from 1759 were in the church in 1978, so not burned or >> destroyed >> in 'the fires'. >> There was also a Moravian School, with student lists, also available >> through >> the rector. >> There is a Gracehill Cemetery, as well as an Old Ahoghill cemetery, and >> headstones' info is available from "History from Headstones" >> Other churches in the neighbourhood (sorry, I didn't always mark the >> denomination): >> ? Presb or C of I >> Old Galgorm Road >> High Kirk Manse >> Old Church on High Street, >> Ballymena >> >> 1st Ballymena Presb.,Meetinghouse Lane, Ballymena (records to 1837) >> West Church, 3 Grange Rd.,Ballymena >> >> Ahoghill Presb Church >> >> Presb Church, Connor, Kells (records to 1658) >> >> Wellington St Church, 48 Moorfields Road (from 1828) >> >> Presbyterian Church in Ireland, >> Church House, >> Fishwick lace, >> Belfast, Ireland >> If you type Presbyterian churches Ireland into Google you will get their >> home site. I am sure they would be able to help as to what is available >> but >> you could also try http://www.nidex.com/churches.htm. >> >> >> >> Addresses for Church of Ireland churches from Representative Church Body, >> Braemar Park, Dublin (try google for online address) >> >> >> >> I'm assuming you have also checked Griffiths, flax rolls, etc. >> >> >> >> If you find any STEVENSON, please let me know! >> >> Wendy >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >