Hello Mike , Primarily Parish of Ardstraw, Town of Strabane and parts of Donagheady in County Tyrone and lands directly across the River Foyle in County Donegal, around the town of St Johnstone.The Estate was split in a number of "Manors" for administration purposes. best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:20:36 -0400 > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Abercorn Papers > > What or where were the Duke of Abercorn's Estates exactly? What area or > Parishes of Tyrone did they cover? > > Regards, > > Michael Kelly > > Emporium, > Cameron County, > Pennsylvania, > United States of America > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ulster Ancestry > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 8:43 AM > To: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; > [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Abercorn Papers > > > > > > > > Hello Katherine > Subject The Abercorn Papers. > The Abercorn Papers consist of c.29,300 individually numbered documents, 759 > volumes, 88 bundles and 40 PRONI boxes 1219-1963. In default of individual > numbering of the contents of these bundles and boxes, the best way of > conveying an impression of the size of the archive is to say that it runs to > 168 boxes, 9 yards of volumes too large to be accommodated in a box, and 6 > map drawers of other outsize material. For more information as to content > see http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction_abercorn_d623.pdf > best regards > Robert > www.ulsterancestry.com > > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:40:45 +0100 > > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Abercorn Papers > > > > Hi Katherine, > > > > No, I might do an extra workshop on it. > > > > But it is infinitely easier than it was. > > > > Go to the FamilySearch website and click "Catalog" - it will take you > > here: > > https://familysearch.org/catalog-search > > > > Click Keywords and enter "Abercorn Papers" in the Keywords box that opens > > up > > - NOT in the Place Name box. Hit enter and Bob's your uncle, you have the > > Abercorn Papers. > > > > Choose your film and then order it from here: > > https://familysearch.org/films/ > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Boyd Gray > > > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm > > > > http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ > > > > http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Katherine Nolan [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 10 April 2013 05:25 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [CoTyIre] Abercorn Papers > > > > Boyd, that sounds fantastic. Do any of your previous educational excerpts > > (Youtube etc) tell us how to search or 'open up' the information enclosed > > in > > these Abercorn papers? > > Thanks > > Katherine Nolan > > (sometime luddite!) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, 10 April 2013 9:56 AM > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Abercorn Papers > > > > Hi Loretta, > > > > The Griffiths IS mid 1800s but these sources give you the same thing - who > > held what, when and where, with maps - in the 18th century and early 19th > > century. > > > > Boyd Gray > > > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm > > > > http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ > > > > http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Loretta Layman [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 09 April 2013 21:04 > > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [CoTyIre] Abercorn Papers > > > > Hi Boyd. Maybe I've been striving under a wrong assumption. I thought > > Griffiths was strictly mid 1800s. Please correct me if I'm wrong. > > > > Loretta > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 3:53 PM > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: [CoTyIre] Abercorn Papers > > > > ... Maps of who held what in 1778 and 1806 - think Griffiths. > > > > Boyd Gray > > > > ------------- > > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------- > > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > 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