Ann Take a look at the following - it gives ALL the property held by the Downshire Estates. _http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction_downshire.pdf_ (http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction_downshire.pdf) Sheila

Was Castlereagh part of these estates? I know its within the Belfast City limits today but 150 years ago I beleive Castlereagh was in one of Holywoods townlands but not sure which one. Does any one recall where the Castlereagh estates were located? Pssheila@aol.com wrote: Ann Take a look at the following - it gives ALL the property held by the Downshire Estates. _http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction_downshire.pdf_ (http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction_downshire.pdf) Sheila ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! Mail - --------------------------------- Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane.

Thankyou very much for the URL to the estates of the Marquess of Downshire.   He certainly had a lot of land.   I was particularly interested to note that there was mining at Carrickfergus.  My HARPER ancestors were recruited to work in the Marquess of Londonderry's coal mines in NE England so it is possible they came from the Carrickfergus region.   I will pursue that idea!    Ann        -----Original Message----- From: Jason Pearson <jasonpearson1997@yahoo.ca> To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 1:21 Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Marquess of Downshire's estate Was Castlereagh part of these estates? I know its within the Belfast City limits today but 150 years ago I beleive Castlereagh was in one of Holywoods townlands but not sure which one. Does any one recall where the Castlereagh estates were located? Pssheila@aol.com wrote: Ann Take a look at the following - it gives ALL the property held by the Downshire Estates. _http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction_downshire.pdf_ (http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction_downshire.pdf) Sheila ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! Mail - --------------------------------- Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane. ------------------------------- 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 ________________________________________________________________________ AOL's new homepage has launched. Take a tour at http://info.aol.co.uk/homepage/ now.

I looked for Harpers in the Carrickfergus gravestone records and found none. ----- Original Message ----- From: <annathamble@aol.com> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Marquess of Downshire's estate > Thankyou very much for the URL to the estates of the Marquess of > Downshire. He certainly had a lot of land. I was particularly interested > to note that there was mining at Carrickfergus. My HARPER ancestors were > recruited to work in the Marquess of Londonderry's coal mines in NE > England so it is possible they came from the Carrickfergus region. I will > pursue that idea! > Ann > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Pearson <jasonpearson1997@yahoo.ca> > To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 1:21 > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Marquess of Downshire's estate > > > > > > > > > Was Castlereagh part of these estates? I know its within the Belfast City > limits > today but 150 years ago I beleive Castlereagh was in one of Holywoods > townlands > but not sure which one. Does any one recall where the Castlereagh estates > were > located? > > Pssheila@aol.com wrote: Ann > > Take a look at the following - it gives ALL the property held by the > Downshire Estates. > > _http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction_downshire.pdf_ > (http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction_downshire.pdf) > > Sheila > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > --------------------------------- > All new Yahoo! Mail - > --------------------------------- > Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL's new homepage has launched. Take a tour at > http://info.aol.co.uk/homepage/ now. > > ------------------------------- > 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