Before i knew anything about genealogy or computers,i started forgetting small things,so some members of my family advised me to see a doctor,which i did, he referred me to a psychiatrist, after a few tests the lady said she thought i had pre senile dementia, so i had to attend an out patients hospital twice a week.there they explained that loss of memory could be put down to a few things, i was involved in a serious car crash in my younger days, anyway attending the hospital was a young chap you lived near me, like myself he was on a war disablement pension,he having being blown up in a landrover while serving in Northern Ireland, me being in an incident while serving in Malaya, we formed a bond both being exservice, after about two years attending the hospital my pal John said he had got a computer and advised me to get one, no one showed him how to use the computer, he was completley self taught, his health condition was that he had never been in bed for years he slept in the armchair, so he had plenty of time to learn the computer, i got a computer then and he taught me what to do, my memory started improving and i started to trace my ancestors, my pal said i think i will build you a website, remember this is a man now in his fifties who still suffers from his injuries,bodily and mentally, (Jean McCarthy knows him), So he built the website and between us there was blood and tears in getting it started, he never put anything on the website as he is not interested in genealogy, so thats how it all started, two self educated eejits meeting in a pscho hospital, Raymond

What a wonderful story. One of the messages I take from it is the healing nature of the work that we all do on this site. I too am a "self educated eejit" and learned in my late-middle age how to set up my site from a young man who is the son of a dear friend. I have been at it, not as long as you, but pretty steadily since 2003 and it is the thing I most love to do (aside from time with friends and family). Thank you for all the work on your site. I use it often. Thanks also to to those who will continue to carry the torch of the flame that you began. Thousands will continue to be grateful. Always. Sharon Oddie Brown Roberts Creek, BC, Canada History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl

Firm believer, Raymond, in that there are no coincidences. Things happen the way they are meant to happen. Best wishes also to your friend, John. I hope he knows how much he has helped you help others. Joni -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of the_researcher Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NIR-DOWN] start of the website raymonds story Before i knew anything about genealogy or computers,i started forgetting small things,so some members of my family advised me to see a doctor,which i did, he referred me to a psychiatrist, after a few tests the lady said she thought i had pre senile dementia, so i had to attend an out patients hospital twice a week.there they explained that loss of memory could be put down to a few things, i was involved in a serious car crash in my younger days, anyway attending the hospital was a young chap you lived near me, like myself he was on a war disablement pension,he having being blown up in a landrover while serving in Northern Ireland, me being in an incident while serving in Malaya, we formed a bond both being exservice, after about two years attending the hospital my pal John said he had got a computer and advised me to get one, no one showed him how to use the computer, he was completley self taught, his health condition was that he had never been in bed for years he slept in! the armchair, so he had plenty of time to learn the computer, i got a computer then and he taught me what to do, my memory started improving and i started to trace my ancestors, my pal said i think i will build you a website, remember this is a man now in his fifties who still suffers from his injuries,bodily and mentally, (Jean McCarthy knows him), So he built the website and between us there was blood and tears in getting it started, he never put anything on the website as he is not interested in genealogy, so thats how it all started, two self educated eejits meeting in a pscho hospital, Raymond ---------------------------------------- 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! ---------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Raymond. You are an original. People will remember what you just told us for years to come. True Irish! Happy 17th. Owen ----- Original Message ----- From: "the_researcher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 1:05 PM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] start of the website raymonds story > Before i knew anything about genealogy or computers,i started forgetting > small things,so some members of my family advised me to see a doctor,which > i did, he referred me to a psychiatrist, after a few tests the lady said > she thought i had pre senile dementia, so i had to attend an out patients > hospital twice a week.there they explained that loss of memory could be > put down to a few things, i was involved in a serious car crash in my > younger days, anyway attending the hospital was a young chap you lived > near me, like myself he was on a war disablement pension,he having being > blown up in a landrover while serving in Northern Ireland, me being in an > incident while serving in Malaya, we formed a bond both being exservice, > after about two years attending the hospital my pal John said he had got a > computer and advised me to get one, no one showed him how to use the > computer, he was completley self taught, his health condition was that he > had never been in bed for years he slept in! > the armchair, so he had plenty of time to learn the computer, i got a > computer then and he taught me what to do, my memory started improving and > i started to trace my ancestors, my pal said i think i will build you a > website, remember this is a man now in his fifties who still suffers from > his injuries,bodily and mentally, (Jean McCarthy knows him), So he built > the website and between us there was blood and tears in getting it > started, he never put anything on the website as he is not interested in > genealogy, so thats how it all started, two self educated eejits meeting > in a pscho hospital, > > Raymond > ---------------------------------------- > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your > questions! > ---------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2004 - Release Date: 03/16/09 07:04:00

Best I can say Raymond is you have been as much of our family for ten years as anyone else we cherish so much. Thank you for all you do, and good luck from here out to the future. Please keep in touch. donkelly ----- Original Message ----- From: Owen Davey <[email protected]> To: the_researcher <[email protected]>, [email protected] Sent: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:29:41 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] start of the website raymonds story Raymond. You are an original. People will remember what you just told us for years to come. True Irish! Happy 17th. Owen ----- Original Message ----- From: "the_researcher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 1:05 PM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] start of the website raymonds story > Before i knew anything about genealogy or computers,i started forgetting > small things,so some members of my family advised me to see a doctor,which > i did, he referred me to a psychiatrist, after a few tests the lady said > she thought i had pre senile dementia, so i had to attend an out patients > hospital twice a week.there they explained that loss of memory could be > put down to a few things, i was involved in a serious car crash in my > younger days, anyway attending the hospital was a young chap you lived > near me, like myself he was on a war disablement pension,he having being > blown up in a landrover while serving in Northern Ireland, me being in an > incident while serving in Malaya, we formed a bond both being exservice, > after about two years attending the hospital my pal John said he had got a > computer and advised me to get one, no one showed him how to use the > computer, he was completley self taught, his health condition was that he > had never been in bed for years he slept in! > the armchair, so he had plenty of time to learn the computer, i got a > computer then and he taught me what to do, my memory started improving and > i started to trace my ancestors, my pal said i think i will build you a > website, remember this is a man now in his fifties who still suffers from > his injuries,bodily and mentally, (Jean McCarthy knows him), So he built > the website and between us there was blood and tears in getting it > started, he never put anything on the website as he is not interested in > genealogy, so thats how it all started, two self educated eejits meeting > in a pscho hospital, > > Raymond > ---------------------------------------- > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your > questions! > ---------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2004 - Release Date: 03/16/09 07:04:00 ---------------------------------------- 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! ---------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Raymond Thank you for sharing the reason for starting the researcher for the Co Down website. That is definitely positive encouragement to others with similiar problems. Thanks so much for all your work on our behalf. All the best to you. Alice > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:05:10 +0000 > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] start of the website raymonds story > > Before i knew anything about genealogy or computers,i started forgetting small things,so some members of my family advised me to see a doctor,which i did, he referred me to a psychiatrist, after a few tests the lady said she thought i had pre senile dementia, so i had to attend an out patients hospital twice a week.there they explained that loss of memory could be put down to a few things, i was involved in a serious car crash in my younger days, anyway attending the hospital was a young chap you lived near me, like myself he was on a war disablement pension,he having being blown up in a landrover while serving in Northern Ireland, me being in an incident while serving in Malaya, we formed a bond both being exservice, after about two years attending the hospital my pal John said he had got a computer and advised me to get one, no one showed him how to use the computer, he was completley self taught, his health condition was that he had never been in bed for years he slept in! > the armchair, so he had plenty of time to learn the computer, i got a computer then and he taught me what to do, my memory started improving and i started to trace my ancestors, my pal said i think i will build you a website, remember this is a man now in his fifties who still suffers from > his injuries,bodily and mentally, (Jean McCarthy knows him), So he built the website and between us there was blood and tears in getting it started, he never put anything on the website as he is not interested in genealogy, so thats how it all started, two self educated eejits meeting in a pscho hospital, > > Raymond > ---------------------------------------- > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! > ---------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Raymond ~ What an inspiring story! Thank you so much for sharing it and all you have done! With Much Appreciation, Roxanne the_researcher wrote: >Before i knew anything about genealogy or computers,i started forgetting small things,so some members of my family advised me to see a doctor,which i did, he referred me to a psychiatrist, after a few tests the lady said she thought i had pre senile dementia, so i had to attend an out patients hospital twice a week.there they explained that loss of memory could be put down to a few things, i was involved in a serious car crash in my younger days, anyway attending the hospital was a young chap you lived near me, like myself he was on a war disablement pension,he having being blown up in a landrover while serving in Northern Ireland, me being in an incident while serving in Malaya, we formed a bond both being exservice, after about two years attending the hospital my pal John said he had got a computer and advised me to get one, no one showed him how to use the computer, he was completley self taught, his health condition was that he had never been in bed for years he slept i! n! > the armchair, so he had plenty of time to learn the computer, i got a computer then and he taught me what to do, my memory started improving and i started to trace my ancestors, my pal said i think i will build you a website, remember this is a man now in his fifties who still suffers from >his injuries,bodily and mentally, (Jean McCarthy knows him), So he built the website and between us there was blood and tears in getting it started, he never put anything on the website as he is not interested in genealogy, so thats how it all started, two self educated eejits meeting in a pscho hospital, > >Raymond >---------------------------------------- >479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! >---------------------------------------- >Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

What a wonderful story, Raymond. Thank you for sharing it with us. You're a wonderfully generous person, Raymond and I hope these messages have let you realize how much you are loved and appreciated. Thank you for all you've done. Now go enjoy that well-deserved retirement knowing your work will carry on, benefiting untold thousands in the future. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Barbara Shannon in the U.S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "the_researcher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 11:05 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] start of the website raymonds story > Before i knew anything about genealogy or computers,i started forgetting small things,so some members of my family advised me to see a doctor,which i did, he referred me to a psychiatrist, after a few tests the lady said she thought i had pre senile dementia, so i had to attend an out patients hospital twice a week.there they explained that loss of memory could be put down to a few things, i was involved in a serious car crash in my younger days, anyway attending the hospital was a young chap you lived near me, like myself he was on a war disablement pension,he having being blown up in a landrover while serving in Northern Ireland, me being in an incident while serving in Malaya, we formed a bond both being exservice, after about two years attending the hospital my pal John said he had got a computer and advised me to get one, no one showed him how to use the computer, he was completley self taught, his health condition was that he had never been in bed for years he slept in! > the armchair, so he had plenty of time to learn the computer, i got a computer then and he taught me what to do, my memory started improving and i started to trace my ancestors, my pal said i think i will build you a website, remember this is a man now in his fifties who still suffers from > his injuries,bodily and mentally, (Jean McCarthy knows him), So he built the website and between us there was blood and tears in getting it started, he never put anything on the website as he is not interested in genealogy, so thats how it all started, two self educated eejits meeting in a pscho hospital, > > Raymond > ---------------------------------------- > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! > ---------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have ancestors that married in Down, Ireland abt. 1814 but supposedly were born in Scotland. Are there any ship lists I could be directed to that may have brought them to Ireland in the early 1800's or late 1700's. thanks, christy