Glad you liked them, there are more to come I've just got to tease them out! As there is precious little Irish resources available we need all the help we can get from other sources!! Pete. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nan Brennan" <nan.brennan@mindspring.com> To: <countyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com>; <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 1:32 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Co Down Strays Update Australian newspapers Those are great, Peter, thank you. Nan Begin forwarded message: > From: "Peter" <peterjmeaney@ntlworld.com> > Date: November 21, 2010 5:00:48 PM CST > To: CountyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [CountyDownGenealogy] Co Down Strays Update > Reply-To: CountyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com > > > I Have added about 150 Co Down Strays found in Australian newspapers > to > the Down Strays Section of my website. The quickest way of getting > there > is to follow the link below to my 'latest updates' page: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meaneypj/Latest_Update > \ > s/updates_latest.htm > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meaneypj/Latest_Updat > \ > es/updates_latest.htm> > > Good luck with your research, Pete. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meaneypj/index.htm > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meaneypj/index.htm> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New > Topic > Messages in this topic (1) > RECENT ACTIVITY: New Members 4 > Visit Your Group > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > > __,_._,___ -------------------------------------------------- 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. -------------------------------------------------- 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

A few days ago I sent one of my Downgenealogy emails to one of my schoolboy friends by mistake. You can see below his reply and it may yet turn out to be one of those amazing coincidences. Although I wont be able to do much on my friends family tree it is possible that someone on list is related to him therefore I post his reply just in case as its the right time of year to believe in miracles :-)   .  Duncan - I do not know why sent this to me, but it was very welcome, in that, my mother came from a wee street of the Newtownards Road, called Mayflower Street (47).  She was born in Belfast on the 25 December 1911; her father was Joseph Greer and her mother Margaret, I think.  My mother's full name was - Margaret McMeekin Louisa Greer.  These Mateers may be related to my mother, because some of my second cousins were Mateers, and as you can see, Newtownards was where most of this clan came from, as did my mother's side. Is there any chance of your tracing my Irish family side, as you seem to be more adept at it?  If not, then I can try and contact Belfast Registry and see what I can find.  My father's side has been traced back to a woman who came from Ireland with the family name of Glen, who came over in 1800 as a spinster to work in the mills in Renfrewshire, therafter they were all colliers in the pits near Bridgeton.  However, my father was not to forthcoming about his side, as he did not know his own father (name on birth certificate was his grandfather's - Thomas or William Hart (I cannot remember to clearly, but those two Christian name were common in the family).  It seems that it was the custom to do that, so that no stigma would come on the children.  His mother had two brothers, both of whom fought in the cavalry in the First Great War, and it those two that I have often thought of tracing to see if they survived and married and had children.  Back in the 19th century there were quite a few names in the family, mainly daughters of, and I have often wondered what happened to them and their offspring, but I do not think it is possible to find any records of that. The names of Mateer and its variants along with Boucher seem to show a French influence, as many came in from Europe as Huguenots who were persecuted by the Catholic kings.  If you examine the names of the Protestant Irish, you will find many who were obviously from the Low Countries and France. Greer > Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:59:45 -0800 > From: duncan_mcintosh@yahoo.com > Subject: Regent st Methodist Church from 1869 > To: davymctear@gmail.com > CC: greerhart42@hotmail.co.uk > > Search for Whiteside and McTear/Mateer/Matier >   >   > RegentStreet Methodist Church, Newtownards > Marriages from 1863 to 1969 >   > 11th May 1926 > William James Matier, 21, Bachelor, Labourer, 25 West Street, Newtownards >             Father Samuel Matier, Labourer > Kathleen Brown, 19, Spinster, 18 Movilla Street, Newtownards >             Father James Brown, Bricklayer > Witnesses – Hugh Matier and Elizabeth Lynass >   > 16th September 1938 > John Ferris, 26, Bachelor, Farm Labourer, Bennett’s Avenue Donaghadee >             Father Alexander Ferris, Butcher > Annie Whiteside, 22, Spinster, Park Avenue Donaghadee >             Father Francis Whiteside, Farmer > Witnesses – James Creevy and Agnes M Lilley >   > ComberMethodist Church(Marriages 1894-1937) > 16th September 1920 > Samuel Heron, Full Age, Bachelor, Electrician, Mill Street Newtownards >             Father John Heron, Grocer > Mary Whiteside, Full Age, Spinster, East Street Newtownards >             Father’s details not stated > Witnesses – Samuel McNeilly and Maud Boucher >   > RegentStreet Methodist Church, Newtownards - Baptisms from 1869 to >   > Baptised 14th March 1889– Born 11th February 1889 > Alexander, son of William and Margaret Whiteside, Newtownards >   > Baptised 27th January 1892– Born 30th November 1891 > Jane, daughter of William and Margaret Whiteside, Newtownards >   > Baptised 26th March 1894– Born 20th January 1894 > Robert, son of William and Margaret Whiteside, East Street, Newtownards > > >

Those are great, Peter, thank you. Nan Begin forwarded message: > From: "Peter" <peterjmeaney@ntlworld.com> > Date: November 21, 2010 5:00:48 PM CST > To: CountyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [CountyDownGenealogy] Co Down Strays Update > Reply-To: CountyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com > > > I Have added about 150 Co Down Strays found in Australian newspapers > to > the Down Strays Section of my website. The quickest way of getting > there > is to follow the link below to my 'latest updates' page: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meaneypj/Latest_Update > \ > s/updates_latest.htm > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meaneypj/Latest_Updat > \ > es/updates_latest.htm> > > Good luck with your research, Pete. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meaneypj/index.htm > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meaneypj/index.htm> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New > Topic > Messages in this topic (1) > RECENT ACTIVITY: New Members 4 > Visit Your Group > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > > __,_._,___

At the bottom of my blog today - link beneath, there is a little bit about the JACKSONs & BLACKWOODs of Co. Down. Sharon Oddie Brown -- Sharon Oddie Brown Roberts Creek, BC, Canada. History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Some Become Flowers: http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/SomeBecomeFlowers Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl Blog: http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.com/

Many thanks to both Robert and Judith for these suggestions - I am going to spend a happy hour or two following them up Kind regards Dorothy Hello Dorothy, I am told that the most likely resting place of Sarah Maria Kelly is St Mary's RC graveyard Chapel Street Newry. The Church may have a burial register {Only a few could afford headstones} best regards Robert Hi Dorothy, Have you explored Ros Davies website at (_http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/) ). If not get a cup of coffee or tea before you sit down. This site has an amazing amount of information. there is a church and graveyard section and links to pictures of many churches and graveyards in Newry including St Mary's. Be aware that there are two churches named St Mary's. One is Cof I and the other Catholic.I believe that Ros can do look ups for you in Newry. Enjoy the search. Judy McKeon

Hi Dorothy, Have you explored Ros Davies website at (_http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/) ). If not get a cup of coffee or tea before you sit down. This site has an amazing amount of information. there is a church and graveyard section and links to pictures of many churches and graveyards in Newry including St Mary's. Be aware that there are two churches named St Mary's. One is Cof I and the other Catholic.I believe that Ros can do look ups for you in Newry. Enjoy the search. Judy McKeon

Eddie Williams has updated the website with links to, a large selection of photographs of Kilkeel fishing boats and an updated link to the largest collection of photographs of towns and places in Northern Ireland on the internet, (He thinks), these links can be found on the Photos section of Raymonds County Down Website, plus more old news has been added to Kilkeel, Dromore, banbridge, Dromara and Rathfriland. Raymond http://www.raymondscountydownwebsite.com Has anyone been in touch with Norm Ruddock, of the Newry, Donaghmore, Loughbrickland & Banbridge Genealogy website, one of the originals

Hello Dorothy, I am told that the most likely resting place of Sarah Maria Kelly is St Mary's RC graveyard Chapel Street Newry. The Church may have a burial register {Only a few could afford headstones} best regards Robert > From: dkellyhughes@googlemail.com > To: NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:44:21 +0000 > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Burial place in Newry? > > Thanks very much for that suggestion, Mike. I will contact the library to ask for their suggestions. > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:03:54 +1000 > From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Burial place in Newry? > To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <305A63520DF6475DAF1C646097AE227F@DD4KCF1S> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Dorothy > Have you contacted the Newry Library? I was there in September and there > were 14 Churches of all religions in Newry, but I could not tell you how > many were RC. > > Mike Boyd > Brisbane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dorothy Hughes" <dkellyhughes@googlemail.com> > To: <NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 3:15 AM > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Burial place in Newry? > > > > Hi > > This is my first post to the list, although I have been watching the posts > > for some time with great interest. > > > > I have just received a copy of the death certificate for my grandfather's > > sister, Sarah Maria KELLY who died on 28th April 1876 in Kiln Street, > > Newry aged 7 years. The family were Roman Catholic. Could anyone suggest > > where Sarah might have been buried please? > > > > Many thanks > > Dorothy > -------------------------------------------------- > 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. > -------------------------------------------------- > 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

Thanks very much for that suggestion, Mike. I will contact the library to ask for their suggestions. Message: 2 Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:03:54 +1000 From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Burial place in Newry? To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <305A63520DF6475DAF1C646097AE227F@DD4KCF1S> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Dorothy Have you contacted the Newry Library? I was there in September and there were 14 Churches of all religions in Newry, but I could not tell you how many were RC. Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Hughes" <dkellyhughes@googlemail.com> To: <NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 3:15 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Burial place in Newry? > Hi > This is my first post to the list, although I have been watching the posts > for some time with great interest. > > I have just received a copy of the death certificate for my grandfather's > sister, Sarah Maria KELLY who died on 28th April 1876 in Kiln Street, > Newry aged 7 years. The family were Roman Catholic. Could anyone suggest > where Sarah might have been buried please? > > Many thanks > Dorothy

I must apologise to everyone, I need a look up for Samuel Stewart not John as I said before. John is his father and has been the focus of my research so I am befuddled. Thanks Nan for looking so quickly and I apologise again. Alison

Would anyone be able to look up the service records of WW1 on ancestry for me as my subscription has run out. I am looking for a John Stewart of Saunders St East Belfast, he was born round 1884. Many thanks, Alison

Dorothy Have you contacted the Newry Library? I was there in September and there were 14 Churches of all religions in Newry, but I could not tell you how many were RC. Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Hughes" <dkellyhughes@googlemail.com> To: <NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 3:15 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Burial place in Newry? > Hi > This is my first post to the list, although I have been watching the posts > for some time with great interest. > > I have just received a copy of the death certificate for my grandfather's > sister, Sarah Maria KELLY who died on 28th April 1876 in Kiln Street, > Newry aged 7 years. The family were Roman Catholic. Could anyone suggest > where Sarah might have been buried please? > > Many thanks > Dorothy

Hi This is my first post to the list, although I have been watching the posts for some time with great interest. I have just received a copy of the death certificate for my grandfather's sister, Sarah Maria KELLY who died on 28th April 1876 in Kiln Street, Newry aged 7 years. The family were Roman Catholic. Could anyone suggest where Sarah might have been buried please? Many thanks Dorothy

I was interested in the posts on the Newtownards Methodist circuit as my family has belonged to Regent Street Methodist church (Newtownards) for generations and one of my co-lateral ancestors was a circuit steward.  Donaghadee Methodist church would be an older congregation than Newtownards as D'dee was a packet port and main point of entry from Scotland.  The current Newtownards Methodist church building dates from 1854 and the one before that (now used by the Reformed Presbyterians) dates from 1807 - see http://regentstreetmethodist.org/Visitors/History/tabid/63/Default.aspx   I have copies of the later records for Newtownards Methodist (from the 1860s onwards) and I also went to PRONI some years ago to look at older Methodist records, possibly the document previously mentioned.  Unfortunately, what I saw (on microfilm) was hard to decipher at best and illegible in places, with awful scratchy writing and I didn't find what I was looking for.  Maybe when PRONI reopens I''ll try and find the time to have another go at it.        Fiona McDonald Newtownards

Thanks for this. Sharon Sharon Oddie Brown Roberts Creek, BC, Canada. History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Some Become Flowers: http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/SomeBecomeFlowers Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl Blog: http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.com/ On 16/11/2010 4:31 PM, Ulster Ancestry wrote: > > Hello Sharon, > > Matthew Lanktree's notebook survives in paper form only under this PRONI Ref :CR/6/6 > > > Baptisms, 1815-45, and marriages, 1834-45, kept by > Matthew Lanktree, an itinerant preacher attached to the > Donaghadee circuit, 1815-1845. > > > However as the PRONi archive is closed until Spring 2011, unfortunately you will not be able to see it at present. > > best regards > Robert > www.ulsterancestry.com > > >> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:49:08 +0000 >> From: s.brown@dccnet.com >> To: nir-down@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] newtownards circuit >> >> Does anyone know if this document survived? >> I am visiting Ireland right and will be leaving Dublin at the end of the >> week to head to points north. If you are curious about my progress, I am >> keeping a blog, although it tends to be a bit of a magpie thing - >> whatever catches my notice that day. Not much genealogy, although there >> are bits sprinkled in. >> Sharon >> Sharon Oddie Brown Roberts Creek, BC, Canada. History Project: >> http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Some Become Flowers: >> http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/SomeBecomeFlowers Family Tree: >> http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl Blog: >> http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.com/ >> >> On 16/11/2010 12:04 AM, duncan mcintosh wrote: >>> Rev Matthew Lanktree was Superintendent at Donaghadee until 1833, and then >>> continued as Supernumerary Minister in Newtownards until 1846. The following >>> note is found in the register of baptisms: >>> “Being called upon this day to baptize a child, as registered at the foot of the >>> last page of this book, I take the opportunity of inserting the following note >>> in reference to my own private Registry – which it is my intention to send to >>> Dublin to be preserved among other Connexional Records. >>> From the year 1833, when I commenced my residence as Supernumerary in >>> Newtownards, to the present year 1846, I baptized above 300 children, some of >>> whom for the last two years are inserted in this book – all of them in my >>> private Registry referred to – 149 boys and 177 girls – total 326. >>> I have also registered 31 marriages in the same book. >>> Donaghadee, 15 August 1846. >>> Matthew Lanktree” >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3258 - Release Date: 11/15/10 >> -------------------------------------------------- >> 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. >> -------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > > -------------------------------------------------- > 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. > -------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3260 - Release Date: 11/16/10 > > >

Hello Sharon, Matthew Lanktree's notebook survives in paper form only under this PRONI Ref :CR/6/6 Baptisms, 1815-45, and marriages, 1834-45, kept by Matthew Lanktree, an itinerant preacher attached to the Donaghadee circuit, 1815-1845. However as the PRONi archive is closed until Spring 2011, unfortunately you will not be able to see it at present. best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:49:08 +0000 > From: s.brown@dccnet.com > To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] newtownards circuit > > Does anyone know if this document survived? > I am visiting Ireland right and will be leaving Dublin at the end of the > week to head to points north. If you are curious about my progress, I am > keeping a blog, although it tends to be a bit of a magpie thing - > whatever catches my notice that day. Not much genealogy, although there > are bits sprinkled in. > Sharon > Sharon Oddie Brown Roberts Creek, BC, Canada. History Project: > http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Some Become Flowers: > http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/SomeBecomeFlowers Family Tree: > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl Blog: > http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.com/ > > On 16/11/2010 12:04 AM, duncan mcintosh wrote: > > Rev Matthew Lanktree was Superintendent at Donaghadee until 1833, and then > > continued as Supernumerary Minister in Newtownards until 1846. The following > > note is found in the register of baptisms: > > “Being called upon this day to baptize a child, as registered at the foot of the > > last page of this book, I take the opportunity of inserting the following note > > in reference to my own private Registry – which it is my intention to send to > > Dublin to be preserved among other Connexional Records. > > From the year 1833, when I commenced my residence as Supernumerary in > > Newtownards, to the present year 1846, I baptized above 300 children, some of > > whom for the last two years are inserted in this book – all of them in my > > private Registry referred to – 149 boys and 177 girls – total 326. > > I have also registered 31 marriages in the same book. > > Donaghadee, 15 August 1846. > > Matthew Lanktree” > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. > > -------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3258 - Release Date: 11/15/10 > -------------------------------------------------- > 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. > -------------------------------------------------- > 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

Does anyone know if this document survived? I am visiting Ireland right and will be leaving Dublin at the end of the week to head to points north. If you are curious about my progress, I am keeping a blog, although it tends to be a bit of a magpie thing - whatever catches my notice that day. Not much genealogy, although there are bits sprinkled in. Sharon Sharon Oddie Brown Roberts Creek, BC, Canada. History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Some Become Flowers: http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/SomeBecomeFlowers Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl Blog: http://sharonoddiebrown.blogspot.com/ On 16/11/2010 12:04 AM, duncan mcintosh wrote: > Rev Matthew Lanktree was Superintendent at Donaghadee until 1833, and then > continued as Supernumerary Minister in Newtownards until 1846. The following > note is found in the register of baptisms: > “Being called upon this day to baptize a child, as registered at the foot of the > last page of this book, I take the opportunity of inserting the following note > in reference to my own private Registry – which it is my intention to send to > Dublin to be preserved among other Connexional Records. > From the year 1833, when I commenced my residence as Supernumerary in > Newtownards, to the present year 1846, I baptized above 300 children, some of > whom for the last two years are inserted in this book – all of them in my > private Registry referred to – 149 boys and 177 girls – total 326. > I have also registered 31 marriages in the same book. > Donaghadee, 15 August 1846. > Matthew Lanktree” > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > 472 list members as of 1 Aug 2010. > -------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3258 - Release Date: 11/15/10

Fabulous, they took it over. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Diane K. Hettrick" <dhettrick@earthlink.net> > Date: November 15, 2010 3:37:53 PM CST > To: CountyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [CountyDownGenealogy] seanruad/townlands database > Reply-To: CountyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com > > So I'm on the site - is this the db that used to be SeanRuad? > http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/TOWNLAND/town.html > > Diane in Seattle > > On Nov 15, 2010, at 1:05 PM, Renny Merritt wrote: > > Yes, here it is. > > http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/index.shtml > > Regards, > Renny > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New > Topic > Messages in this topic (7) > RECENT ACTIVITY: New Members 4 > Visit Your Group > MARKETPLACE > Hobbies & Activities Zone: Find others who share your passions! > Explore new interests. > > Get great advice about dogs and cats. Visit the Dog & Cat Answers > Center. > > Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're > on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. > > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > > __,_._,___

Thanks, Ros. Extraordinary body of historical material. Nan Begin forwarded message: > From: "rosalinddavies2002" <daviesmarner@gmail.com> > Date: November 15, 2010 10:48:01 PM CST > To: CountyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [CountyDownGenealogy] 1641 Rebellion Depositions online > Reply-To: CountyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com > > The 1641 Depositions (Trinity College Dublin, MSS 809-841) are > witness testimonies mainly by Protestants, but also by some > Catholics, from all social backgrounds, concerning their experiences > of the 1641 Irish rebellion. The testimonies document the loss of > goods, military activity, and the alleged crimes committed by the > Irish insurgents, including assault, stripping, imprisonment and > murder. This body of material is unparalleled anywhere in early > modern Europe, and provides a unique source of information for the > causes and events surrounding the 1641 rebellion and for the social, > economic, cultural, religious, and political history of seventeenth- > century Ireland, England and Scotland. > > For Co. Down try http://www.1641.tcd.ie/searchResults.php?County=9 > > Best wishes, > Ros Davies > > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New > Topic > Messages in this topic (1) > RECENT ACTIVITY: New Members 4 > Visit Your Group > MARKETPLACE > Hobbies & Activities Zone: Find others who share your passions! > Explore new interests. > > Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're > on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. > > Get great advice about dogs and cats. Visit the Dog & Cat Answers > Center. > > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > > __,_._,___

I would suggest that this refers to the Methodist Circuit of Churches for Newtonards. Methodist Churches in UK are normally grouped together in "Circuits", Ministers would visit the chapels in a circuit on a regular basis. Jon Baker Dorset OPC Co-ordinator www.opcdorset.org -----Original Message-----   Can anyone explain exactly what the circuit in Newtownards is. Robert Wallace MCTear is my 2x great uncle and I am trying to establish more about his parents William McTear and Mary Whiteside