Bill, There is a Greyabbey which is a small village http://greyabbey.com/location.htm There is also the Parish of Greyabbey which, as far as I can determine, incorporates the village of Greyabbey. More info can be found here http://www.libraryireland.com/Belfast-History/Greyabbey.php library ireland is an excellent site for information on all areas of Ireland. Claire McConville www.claires-rosleaancestry.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of waseely@aol.com Sent: 22 November 2007 12:27 To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Bev's offer Hi Roberta & Claire, Was not Greyabbey similar to a County repository wherein "all" births, deaths, marriages in the Ards were deposited? Greyabbey is but a very small locale with a very small population in and of itself. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Claire McConville <clairybums@dsl.pipex.com> To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 6:46 am Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Bev's offer Robert, Sorry to butt in here. I am interested in the name Fowler. Namely a Joshua Fowler who was a witness to my GG Grandparents' (Joseph McMorran and Susanna Pepper) Wedding on 15th July 1858. I'm assuming Joshua was close to, and possibly related as were a lot of marriage witnesses, to one of the families. The other witness was Elizabeth Holland. So, if you come across this Fowler name during your research, I would be most interested. Likewise, if I come across your Elizabeth Fowler, I will certainly let you know. Claire McConville www.claires-rosleaancestry.co.uk

Can any one tell me what a counting house was? Apparently Charles Jennings had a counting house at Ballybought Bridge, Newry about 1841 according to the Field Books. He was a merchant with a warehouse on Merchants Quay. Nicola Jennings

A counting house was an office where financial and accounting transactions were carried out as well as correspondence. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darcy5" <darcy5@eircom.net> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 7:23 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Counting House, Newry, Co. Down. > > > Can any one tell me what a counting house was? Apparently Charles Jennings > had a counting house at Ballybought Bridge, Newry about 1841 according to > the Field Books. He was a merchant with a warehouse on Merchants Quay. > Nicola Jennings > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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