It cheers me no end to see one of our female ancestors in the late 1800s, skirts billowing in the wind, perched at the nether reaches of the mizzenmast. This is one of several pictures that I have referenced in my latest blog: http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.com/2011/02/1898-avast-mast.html These people settled in Hong Kong in the mid-1800s, coming from Co. Armagh, Co. Louth, Co. Monaghan - and elsewhere in Ireland. Enjoy - and if there are others who you can identify - or tell me more about - then, as always, I am all ears. Sharon -- Sharon Oddie Brown, Roberts Creek, BC, Canada. History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Blog: http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.com/ Some Become Flowers: http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/SomeBecomeFlowers Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl

My thoughts are with those that have lost family and friends in Christchurch. Michael McAllister www.dig4ancesotrs.co.uk -------------------------------------------------- From: <nir-down-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 8:00 AM To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Subject: NIR-DOWN Digest, Vol 6, Issue 30 > > > Don't hit Reply to respond to a digest message, but cut & paste the > specific message into a new email AND change the subject line. -------- > > Today's Topics: > > 1. New Zealand (Diane K. Hettrick) > 2. Re: New Zealand (Moira Draper) > 3. Re: New Zealand (Karen Hitchcock) > 4. Re: New Zealand (donkelly) > 5. Re: New Zealand (Andrew Young) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:03:15 -0800 > From: "Diane K. Hettrick" <dhettrick@earthlink.net> > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] New Zealand > To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <3308E77A-A4A1-40B2-BCAB-8537CF64D836@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Hello to our New Zealand cousins. > > What is happening now - do you have power - are you all right? > The news reports about the earthquake damage sound very bad, with > death estimates over 200 and more expected. > > Check in, please, if you can. > > Diane in Seattle > List Admin > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:27:28 +1300 > From: "Moira Draper" <moira_draper@xtra.co.nz> > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] New Zealand > To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000601cbd2be$28f73560$7ae5a020$@co.nz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello to you all from a very sad New Zealand. We live quite a distance > away > so we have no damage here, but yesterday we just couldn't believe the > damaged buildings and loss of life in Christchurch. We know a lot of > people > there and we have been so anxious for them. Our daughter is on a lecture > tour and we were so pleased to hear she had moved on to Dunedin yesterday > morning but we think our Doctor was staying at a Christchurch hotel. Last > night the radio announcer was relaying messages from distraught families > who > couldn't find their loved ones, while all night the flattened buildings > were > being searched for more victims. Happily there were quite a number found > to > be alive, but still there are cries from those who are trapped. There > have > had to be amputations in order to free some people but at least they are > still alive - sadly there are a lot of people missing. > > There are a large number of after-shocks, some as high as 4.7. > > Thankyou for your concern - Moira in New Zealand. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Diane K. Hettrick > Sent: Wednesday, 23 February 2011 6:03 AM > To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] New Zealand > > Hello to our New Zealand cousins. > > What is happening now - do you have power - are you all right? > The news reports about the earthquake damage sound very bad, with > death estimates over 200 and more expected. > > Check in, please, if you can. > > Diane in Seattle > List Admin > -------------------------------------------------- > 433 list members as of 1 Feb 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL > blocked > RootsWeb in December, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in January. > If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. > -------------------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:45:43 +1300 (NZDT) > From: Karen Hitchcock <hitch.nz@xtra.co.nz> > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] New Zealand > To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <24873.22423.qm@web96015.mail.aue.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > ? > Karen from Auckland here. > ? > We have not been physically affected in the North Island, but we have > family in > Christchurch.? Thankfully they are safe, although their house has suffered > more > damage, but hopefully not to the stage that it will need to be rebuilt.? > Our > nephew was working repairing one of the high rise bnuildings which had > been > damaged in a previous quake - he is vowing to never go back to working on > another one - he was so scared. > ? > The country has been offered so much help from overseas with search and > rescue > teams from Australia, England and Japan. > ? > There will be more deaths to be reported as time goes on - this morning's > report > was that there were bodies lying in the street awaiting collection - the > rescuers are working to a plan so that they can identify where people were > found.? There are already amazing tales of survival - and people > recounting the > fear they felt when it happened. > ? > It seems that "down under" over the past six months both New Zealand and > Australia has had our share of tragedies. > ? > Karen > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:56:52 +0000 (UTC) > From: donkelly <ocollaugh@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] New Zealand > To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <513932572.1320117.1298401012948.JavaMail.root@sz0024a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Thank you for the report Karen. We are here for you all. > > don > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen Hitchcock" <hitch.nz@xtra.co.nz> > To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:45:43 AM > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] New Zealand > > ? > Karen from Auckland here. > ? > We have not been physically affected in the North Island, but we have > family in > Christchurch.? Thankfully they are safe, although their house has suffered > more > damage, but hopefully not to the stage that it will need to be rebuilt.? > Our > nephew was working repairing one of the high rise bnuildings which had > been > damaged in a previous quake - he is vowing to never go back to working on > another one - he was so scared. > ? > The country has been offered so much help from overseas with search and > rescue > teams from Australia, England and Japan. > ? > There will be more deaths to be reported as time goes on - this morning's > report > was that there were bodies lying in the street awaiting collection - the > rescuers are working to a plan so that they can identify where people were > found.? There are already amazing tales of survival - and people > recounting the > fear they felt when it happened. > ? > It seems that "down under" over the past six months both New Zealand and > Australia has had our share of tragedies. > ? > Karen > -------------------------------------------------- > 433 list members as of 1 Feb 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL > blocked RootsWeb in December, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in > January. If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. > -------------------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:45:09 +1100 > From: "Andrew Young" <fxguru@bigpond.net.au> > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] New Zealand > To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <003701cbd2c9$037a0960$0a6e1c20$@bigpond.net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Karen > > You are all in our hearts and thoughts! > > Susan > Sydney,Australia > > -----Original Message----- > From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of donkelly > Sent: Wednesday, 23 February 2011 5:57 AM > To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] New Zealand > > Thank you for the report Karen. We are here for you all. > > don > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen Hitchcock" <hitch.nz@xtra.co.nz> > To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:45:43 AM > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] New Zealand > > > Karen from Auckland here. > > We have not been physically affected in the North Island, but we have > family in Christchurch. Thankfully they are safe, although their house > has suffered more damage, but hopefully not to the stage that it will need > to be rebuilt. Our nephew was working repairing one of the high rise > bnuildings which had been damaged in a previous quake - he is vowing to > never go back to working on another one - he was so scared. > > The country has been offered so much help from overseas with search and > rescue teams from Australia, England and Japan. > > There will be more deaths to be reported as time goes on - this morning's > report was that there were bodies lying in the street awaiting > collection - the rescuers are working to a plan so that they can identify > where people were found. There are already amazing tales of survival - > and people recounting the fear they felt when it happened. > > It seems that "down under" over the past six months both New Zealand and > Australia has had our share of tragedies. > > Karen > -------------------------------------------------- > 433 list members as of 1 Feb 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL > blocked RootsWeb in December, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in > January. If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. > -------------------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -------------------------------------------------- > 433 list members as of 1 Feb 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL > blocked RootsWeb in December, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in > January. 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  Karen from Auckland here.   We have not been physically affected in the North Island, but we have family in Christchurch.  Thankfully they are safe, although their house has suffered more damage, but hopefully not to the stage that it will need to be rebuilt.  Our nephew was working repairing one of the high rise bnuildings which had been damaged in a previous quake - he is vowing to never go back to working on another one - he was so scared.   The country has been offered so much help from overseas with search and rescue teams from Australia, England and Japan.   There will be more deaths to be reported as time goes on - this morning's report was that there were bodies lying in the street awaiting collection - the rescuers are working to a plan so that they can identify where people were found.  There are already amazing tales of survival - and people recounting the fear they felt when it happened.   It seems that "down under" over the past six months both New Zealand and Australia has had our share of tragedies.   Karen

Hello to you all from a very sad New Zealand. We live quite a distance away so we have no damage here, but yesterday we just couldn't believe the damaged buildings and loss of life in Christchurch. We know a lot of people there and we have been so anxious for them. Our daughter is on a lecture tour and we were so pleased to hear she had moved on to Dunedin yesterday morning but we think our Doctor was staying at a Christchurch hotel. Last night the radio announcer was relaying messages from distraught families who couldn't find their loved ones, while all night the flattened buildings were being searched for more victims. Happily there were quite a number found to be alive, but still there are cries from those who are trapped. There have had to be amputations in order to free some people but at least they are still alive - sadly there are a lot of people missing. There are a large number of after-shocks, some as high as 4.7. Thankyou for your concern - Moira in New Zealand. -----Original Message----- From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Diane K. Hettrick Sent: Wednesday, 23 February 2011 6:03 AM To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Subject: [NIR-DOWN] New Zealand Hello to our New Zealand cousins. What is happening now - do you have power - are you all right? The news reports about the earthquake damage sound very bad, with death estimates over 200 and more expected. Check in, please, if you can. Diane in Seattle List Admin -------------------------------------------------- 433 list members as of 1 Feb 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL blocked RootsWeb in December, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in January. If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. -------------------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Karen You are all in our hearts and thoughts! Susan Sydney,Australia -----Original Message----- From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of donkelly Sent: Wednesday, 23 February 2011 5:57 AM To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] New Zealand Thank you for the report Karen. We are here for you all. don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Hitchcock" <hitch.nz@xtra.co.nz> To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:45:43 AM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] New Zealand Karen from Auckland here. We have not been physically affected in the North Island, but we have family in Christchurch. Thankfully they are safe, although their house has suffered more damage, but hopefully not to the stage that it will need to be rebuilt. Our nephew was working repairing one of the high rise bnuildings which had been damaged in a previous quake - he is vowing to never go back to working on another one - he was so scared. The country has been offered so much help from overseas with search and rescue teams from Australia, England and Japan. There will be more deaths to be reported as time goes on - this morning's report was that there were bodies lying in the street awaiting collection - the rescuers are working to a plan so that they can identify where people were found. There are already amazing tales of survival - and people recounting the fear they felt when it happened. It seems that "down under" over the past six months both New Zealand and Australia has had our share of tragedies. Karen -------------------------------------------------- 433 list members as of 1 Feb 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL blocked RootsWeb in December, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in January. If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. -------------------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------- 433 list members as of 1 Feb 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL blocked RootsWeb in December, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in January. If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. -------------------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you for the report Karen. We are here for you all. don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Hitchcock" <hitch.nz@xtra.co.nz> To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:45:43 AM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] New Zealand   Karen from Auckland here.   We have not been physically affected in the North Island, but we have family in Christchurch.  Thankfully they are safe, although their house has suffered more damage, but hopefully not to the stage that it will need to be rebuilt.  Our nephew was working repairing one of the high rise bnuildings which had been damaged in a previous quake - he is vowing to never go back to working on another one - he was so scared.   The country has been offered so much help from overseas with search and rescue teams from Australia, England and Japan.   There will be more deaths to be reported as time goes on - this morning's report was that there were bodies lying in the street awaiting collection - the rescuers are working to a plan so that they can identify where people were found.  There are already amazing tales of survival - and people recounting the fear they felt when it happened.   It seems that "down under" over the past six months both New Zealand and Australia has had our share of tragedies.   Karen -------------------------------------------------- 433 list members as of 1 Feb 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL blocked RootsWeb in December, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in January. If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. -------------------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello to our New Zealand cousins. What is happening now - do you have power - are you all right? The news reports about the earthquake damage sound very bad, with death estimates over 200 and more expected. Check in, please, if you can. Diane in Seattle List Admin

That was really interesting. Thanks for the pointer. I agree, reading in the old style language is fun and inspiring. Shirlety > From: nir-down-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: NIR-DOWN Digest, Vol 6, Issue 28 > To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:00:31 -0700 > > > > Don't hit Reply to respond to a digest message, but cut & paste the specific message into a new email AND change the subject line. -------- > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Gardening in the early 18th C. (Sharon Oddie Brown) > 2. 1926 Irish census (Nan Brennan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:19:44 -0800 > From: Sharon Oddie Brown <s.brown@dccnet.com> > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Gardening in the early 18th C. > To: MONAGHAN LISTSERVE <IRL-MONAGHAN-L@rootsweb.com>, CARLOW > <IRL-CARLOW-L@rootsweb.com>, DOWN LISTSERVE <NIR-DOWN-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <4D6025E0.7000301@dccnet.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > A blog that I did recently is not directly about genealogy, but may > interest some. My brother Struan, a part-time, organic gardener, > introduced me to a couple of old books on gardening practices, one > published in 1802 and one in 1885. Both books give us remarkable > insights into how crops were raised, and in reading them, what can we > can apply to today. The blog has links to where the books can be found > on the internet. > You can find this blog at: > http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.com/2011/02/organic-gardening-advice-from-1802.html > Enjoy, > Sharon Oddie Brown > -- > Sharon Oddie Brown, Roberts Creek, BC, Canada. History Project: > http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Blog: > http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.com/ Some Become Flowers: > http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/SomeBecomeFlowers Family Tree: > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:50:45 -0600 > From: Nan Brennan <nan.brennan@mindspring.com> > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] 1926 Irish census > To: CountyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com, nir-down@rootsweb.com, Kerry > List <irl-kerry@rootsweb.com>, mcevoy@rootsweb.com, McCartan List > <McCartan@rootsweb.com>, MinersofMourne Fiona > <mourneminers@optonline.net>, Jim Sloan <sloanlawyer@hotmail.com>, > Brian Donovan <BDONOV1@luc.edu>, brennan@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <72FB5ACC-551B-462C-A7ED-AB5A31142549@mindspring.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Exciting news.....Irish government is considering early release of the > 1926 census. > > > http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/0103/1224286666643.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NIR-DOWN list administrator, send an email to > NIR-DOWN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the NIR-DOWN mailing list, send an email to NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of NIR-DOWN Digest, Vol 6, Issue 28 > ***************************************

Thanks, Sharon. Genealogy needs to include family history as well, and this is an interesting look at how things were done. Another topic I find quite interesting is how food was stored before refrigeration. Were our ancestors really eating rotten meat filled with spices to disguise the taste? Or were they using other methods like drying and smoking? Diane in Seattle > A blog that I did recently is not directly about genealogy, but may > interest some. My brother Struan, a part-time, organic gardener, > introduced me to a couple of old books on gardening practices, one > published in 1802 and one in 1885. Both books give us remarkable > insights into how crops were raised, and in reading them, what can we > can apply to today. The blog has links to where the books can be found > on the internet. > You can find this blog at: > http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.com/2011/02/organic-gardening-advice-from-1802.html > Enjoy, > Sharon Oddie Brown

And would County Down be included in this census? David From: Nan Brennan <nan.brennan@mindspring.com> Subject: [NIR-DOWN] 1926 Irish census To: CountyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com, nir-down@rootsweb.com, Kerry List <irl-kerry@rootsweb.com>, mcevoy@rootsweb.com, McCartan List <McCartan@rootsweb.com>, MinersofMourne Fiona <mourneminers@optonline.net>, Jim Sloan <sloanlawyer@hotmail.com>, Brian Donovan <BDONOV1@luc.edu>, brennan@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <72FB5ACC-551B-462C-A7ED-AB5A31142549@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Exciting news.....Irish government is considering early release of the 1926 census. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/0103/1224286666643.html

No, by then Ulster was separated from the Irish Free State. Chris Morgan Sheffield --- On Sun, 20/2/11, David Gough <familypast@gmail.com> wrote: > From: David Gough <familypast@gmail.com> > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] 1926 Irish census > To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, 20 February, 2011, 9:00 > And would County Down be included in > this census? > > David > > From: Nan Brennan <nan.brennan@mindspring.com> > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] 1926 Irish census > To: CountyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com, > nir-down@rootsweb.com, > Kerry >        List <irl-kerry@rootsweb.com>, > mcevoy@rootsweb.com,  >    McCartan List >        <McCartan@rootsweb.com>,  >       MinersofMourne Fiona >        <mourneminers@optonline.net>,   Jim > Sloan <sloanlawyer@hotmail.com>, >        Brian Donovan <BDONOV1@luc.edu>,  >       brennan@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <72FB5ACC-551B-462C-A7ED-AB5A31142549@mindspring.com> > Content-Type: text/plain;    >    charset=US-ASCII;    >    format=flowed > > Exciting news.....Irish government is considering early > release of the > 1926 census. > > > http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/0103/1224286666643.html > -------------------------------------------------- > 433 list members as of 1 Feb 2011. We lost a lot of members > when AOL blocked RootsWeb in December, and even more when > AT&T blocked RootsWeb in January.  If you get > unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. > -------------------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Exciting news.....Irish government is considering early release of the 1926 census. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/0103/1224286666643.html

A blog that I did recently is not directly about genealogy, but may interest some. My brother Struan, a part-time, organic gardener, introduced me to a couple of old books on gardening practices, one published in 1802 and one in 1885. Both books give us remarkable insights into how crops were raised, and in reading them, what can we can apply to today. The blog has links to where the books can be found on the internet. You can find this blog at: http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.com/2011/02/organic-gardening-advice-from-1802.html Enjoy, Sharon Oddie Brown -- Sharon Oddie Brown, Roberts Creek, BC, Canada. History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Blog: http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.com/ Some Become Flowers: http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/SomeBecomeFlowers Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl

Over a thousand County Down births entries, have been added to my website, each entry giving the childs name, where born, fathers name and mothers maiden name. Information on the births now made easier, thanks to Eddie Williams. Raymond http://www.raymondscountydownwebsite.com

During my trip to Scotland, Ireland and USA in 2010, I found the book Descendants of Reverend Thomas Higginson, written by Thomas Boyd Higginson, 1958. The book covers the family of Rev Thomas Higginson who married Mary Boyd, the daughter of Archibald Boyd. It would appear Rev Thomas was born about 1700, as he entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1718. However no date was given for the marriage of Rev Thomas and Mary. It only records 3 children being born to them - a small number for the period - William Higginson (no date), Boyd Higginson (b 1745) and Judith Higginson (b 1739). So I would estimate that there marriage took place in the mid or late 1730's. It is know that Rev Thomas Higginson was born in Ballinderry about 12 kms NW of Lisburn in County Antrim. It does not indicate when he joined the Church of Ireland and became a minister, but he was curate of Tickmacrevan (Glenarm) in 1728 and Curate of Cairncastle from 1731 to at least 1768. So I am assuming that this Mary Boyd's family came from eastern County Antrim from one of the Boyd families in the Larne to Glenarm area who I have not yet found. The family in the book spans 250 years. I would like to be able to contact the author of this book, Thomas Boyd Higginson, but from some of the references I assume that he has died some decades ago. So does anyone on this list know his children or grandchildren, so that I may be able to correspond with them about this family. ? Thank you. Mike Boyd Chairman House of Boyd Society

Christy Have you tried the Wigtonshire Churches. I saw in one of the Statistical Returns that up to 500 people would row from Ireland (so I assume County Down) to go to Church at Portpatrick in Wigtonshire. I assume this was the Presbyterian Church or one of its Branches Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christy" <poppy0206@earthlink.net> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 2:20 AM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] William MOFFAT > > Hi Moira, > > My Moffat family supposedly ws born in Scotland (do not know where), but > married in Ireland and then went to Nova Scotia (Horton/Cornwallis). From > there my William Moffat (son of Thomas) went to Boston, MA about 1848 or > so. > > I have info that states my Thomas Moffat and Jane :Pickering were born in > Scotland but I feel That Jane may have been born in Ireland as so much of > her family seems from there. No proof yet though. > > Christy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Moira Draper

I could get the odd specific photo in Down if anyone wanted one. It might have to wait until a little later in the year when there is some evening light as I am at work during the day. Ella -----Original Message----- From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Christina Finn Hunt Sent: 10 February 2011 16:04 To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Subject: [NIR-DOWN] New in the IGP Archives Thanks Nan! I sent your comment to Yvonne. I am glad we have some more photos from Down. Yvonne hopes to get some more on another visit. In the meantime, we are looking for others to add :) Christina http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ > Kudos to you both, Christina and Yvonne....tremendous amount of effort. > You are appreciated! > NB > Begin forwarded message: St. Malachy >> With many thanks to Yvonne Russell, I have just uploaded additional >> photos and text for St Malachy (CoI), Graveyard, Hillsborough. >> If you should find family and would like a larger image, Yvonne is >> happy to send you a larger copy. ============================================ -------------------------------------------------- 433 list members as of 1 Feb 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL blocked RootsWeb in December, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in January. If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. -------------------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kia Ora Greetings from New Zealand I'm hoping someone on list may be 1. researching BOYLE from Co Down 2. be able to help with a search of microfilm from a Church or gravestones or ANYTHING! 3. may be searching Presbyterian Church records and could eliminate some churches for me. I have; A;EXANDER BOYLE born c 1805 Co Down son of John & Margaret Boyle. Married to Lucinda CEAHY or Sloan.  Emigrated to New Zealand,departing London Sept 1865,  where he died 1881 aged 76. He was known to be a "cripple" maybe a soldier or victim of an accidebt otr illness??   Known children of Alexander & Lucinda were; William Henry born c.1838 Newtownards Margaret born c. 1840 Co Down Sarah born c. 1844 Co Down Mary born c. 1845 Co Down   There's a possibility of another Alexander Boyle born c. 1825 who may be a son/cousin . There is a grand daughter also named Sarah Boyle born/baptised  c. 1860 Co Down. The info above is from Emigration records or NZ Death Certs. Sarah 1844 married Thomas McClune MILLER from Ballyblack (Grey Abbey) in New Zealand. Margaret 1840 married Joseph HALL from Co Armagh in New Zealand. There is no record of Lucinda being in New Zealand so possibly died before 1865? Any help, ideas where to search, clues as to whether other family may have been left behind, would be most gratefully received. Thanks Dale                      

Hi Mary, Yes, thanks I already have that info but I wondered how to order the original record. Seems I emailed them and they said there was not more info that what I already had. Christy -----Original Message----- From: Mary Guler Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 6:26 PM To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] William MOFFAT The IGI on familysearch.org has the marriage of Thomas Moffat to Jane Pickering on 14 MAR 1816 Magheralin, Down, Ireland. Source: Batch no M700101. Mary --- On Thu, 2/10/11, Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: From: Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] William MOFFAT To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 6:01 PM Christy Have you tried the Wigtonshire Churches. I saw in one of the Statistical Returns that up to 500 people would row from Ireland (so I assume County Down) to go to Church at Portpatrick in Wigtonshire. I assume this was the Presbyterian Church or one of its Branches Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christy" <poppy0206@earthlink.net> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 2:20 AM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] William MOFFAT > > Hi Moira, > > My Moffat family supposedly ws born in Scotland (do not know where), but > married in Ireland and then went to Nova Scotia (Horton/Cornwallis). From > there my William Moffat (son of Thomas) went to Boston, MA about 1848 or > so. > > I have info that states my Thomas Moffat and Jane :Pickering were born in > Scotland but I feel That Jane may have been born in Ireland as so much of > her family seems from there. No proof yet though. > > Christy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Moira Draper -------------------------------------------------- 433 list members as of 1 Feb 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL blocked RootsWeb in December, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in January. If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. -------------------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------- 433 list members as of 1 Feb 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL blocked RootsWeb in December, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in January. If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. -------------------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thankyou all for your kind emails regarding various Moffat families and spellings. William who married Agnes O'Neill [my previous email] gave his Mother's maiden name as "Agnes WATSON". I have been searching full-time for months but I can't find a William Moffat or Moffett who married an Agnes Watson in Ireland. There are one couple in Scotland who fit the bill but their families are too old. Many thanks from Moira.