Looking for inforamtion on KERR's of tyrone County.Just vistied there graves site in Canada and the following was listed on the grave George and Isabella Kerr from Co. Tyrone. George was born in Ireland April 1782 and died Jan. 26 1881 in Canada his wife Isabella was born in 1795 in Co. Tyrone and died Sept 26 1869 in Canada. On their grave isa a waring; Be perpared to Follow. There are two grave stones one say CARR and the other KERR that was put up by their Son. Can anyone help in find George parents. There is a possiblity that they were from Township of CULLINBRAWN now Cullenbrone. Can anyone tell me where I could look for his parents. I have tried to find ship records but they were lost in St. Andrews New Brunswick area. Have found no records they came in 1824-1825 from Ireland to Canada. George is to have had a brother name THOMAS who lived in Baring area Washington Co. Maine . Please help her is my brick wall also his wife Isabella McKinley. Thank you all for your help. Michelle

Joey, Just a thought - could it be Strangford Lough a large body of water south east of Belfast? Good luck. Dawn Laverty Matheson Stirling, Ontario Researching my elusive LAVERTYS in Northern Ireland ---------- > From: Joey Van Us <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Langford Lodge question > Date: Saturday, August 28, 1999 5:30 PM > > Greetings Listers, > Recent subscriber seeking info re: "Langford Lodge" which is supposed to > be in Northern Ireland. In November, 1943, my grandfather was killed there, > and eventually buried at Cambridge, England. He was a civilian accessory > mechanic working for Lockheed Overseas Corporation, and was struck by a > government vehicle on his way back to his post. I would like to find a > death certificate for him if possible, and learn something about Langford > Lodge. > > Could some kind soul advise how I would do this from the United States? > Thanks for your help in advance. > > Joey > > ______________________________

Hi Joey, >Recent subscriber seeking info re: "Langford Lodge" which is supposed to >be in Northern Ireland. In November, 1943, my grandfather was killed there, >and eventually buried at Cambridge, England. Have you checked the newspapers? I haven't researched to see if LDS has filmed Belfast newspapers of this period. It is easy to do so. Go to www.familysearch.org Click on "Custom Search". CLick on "Catelog" Select search for Place. Then you must do several searches since you do not know how the indexes indexed it. I'd search British Isles-Ireland Ireland and Belfast If not, I have the email addresses of several professionals in Ulster. As for registration, LDS has filmed the indexes and the certificates for Irish civil registration up into the mid 1950's. The indexes for post 1865 (when all events, irregardless of religion, were registered for all the population except for those who cleverly evaded the government and thus foiled their descendents in a search for them) tend to be in many smaller LDS Family History Centers. The one 5 miles up the road from me, for instance, has all the indexes between 1865 and 1900. You order the indexes. You find your man in the indexes. You then order the film with the actual record on it. All of this requires a bit of knowledge to do without screwing it up and ordering the wrong film. I might also add the indexes are quarterly and you may not find your ancestor in the quarter you think if the event was either registered late or the records were sent a wee bit late into the registration offices from the local district. So a fella born presumedly in December, might appear in the indexes of Q1 of the next year. All of this is far easier to do in the USA than to do on the island of Ireland -- either country -- because the facilities there get quite busy and are not designed to accomodate the traffic. So do it in the USA before you go to Ireland. You can then get more info on the family in the 1901 census -- but you will need the address of the family to do that. You can do that in the USA, though it helps to have experience with these records. So read your way, at a minimum, through www.genuki.org.uk and print out the LDS guides at www.familysearch.org. If you decide to hire someone to do it, you can hire someone in the USA and not have to get involved in currency exchange -- but make sure the person knows Irish genealogy. (The records differ significantly from Ohio) Best of luck! Linda Merle He was a civilian accessory mechanic working for Lockheed Overseas Corporation, and was struck by a government vehicle on his way back to his post. I would like to find a death certificate for him if possible, and learn something about Langford Lodge.

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Greetings Listers, Recent subscriber seeking info re: "Langford Lodge" which is supposed to be in Northern Ireland. In November, 1943, my grandfather was killed there, and eventually buried at Cambridge, England. He was a civilian accessory mechanic working for Lockheed Overseas Corporation, and was struck by a government vehicle on his way back to his post. I would like to find a death certificate for him if possible, and learn something about Langford Lodge. Could some kind soul advise how I would do this from the United States? Thanks for your help in advance. Joey

Hi, There is no town or townland with that spelling of Firune. Could possibly be: Townland: Finure Parish: Corkbeg County: Cork Patricia

Hi listers: I have a badly written note regarding location of place of birth for an ancestor. The location looks like Firune, Ireland. Can someone tell me if this place existed as a city, town, county, etc., back in 1827? If confirmation can be found, please tell me where the location is today. Thank you very much. Ed DUFF [email protected]

Can anyone tell me where I can find Co.Tyrone lists?

Hi! I am new to the list and thought I'd jump right in. The family history that has been passed down is as follows. In the early 1800s, LORD IRWIN from Armagh, who was protestant and a widower, had an only daughter, Harriet( my gggrandmother). She fell in love with Patrick MCCAFFREY, who was their hired hand and catholic. They ran off to Scotland to get married. Patrick and Harriet later emigrated to Canada. I have the family history confirmed once they reached Canada, about 1841. I would very much like to confirm this story. Any help would be wonderul. Thanks to all, Leigh McCaffrey in Osgoode, Canada searching: MCCAFFREY, IRWIN, MCCANN

Hi All Just to let you know the County Down Surname List http://www.amitar.com.au/~deel/downlist.htm and the County Westmeath Surname List http://www.amitar.com.au/~deel/westlist.htm Have been updated. Regards Denis Dalziel Perth. Western Australia Home Page http://www.amitar.com.au/~deel/index.htm mailto:[email protected] List Owner County Down Surname List http://www.amitar.com.au/~deel/downlist.htm List Owner County Westmeath Surname List http://www.amitar.com.au/~deel/westlist.htm ICQ12937475

There were a lot of Gillespies in Cecil County MD where they settled in early 1700's. They arrived in this area along with Ewings, Porters and a few of my family (Polks). There was a strong Scotch-Irish community in the Octoraro, Nottingham and Rising Sun areas. Some are found in Cecil County to this day and others moved on to PA and Va, etc. I don't have a good reference for this, but you should contact the Cecil County Historical Society. John Polk Havre de Grace, MD

In a message dated 8/22/99 15:27:28, [email protected] writes: << Hi folks, I'm new to this particular list. I am researching the Gillespie surname. My family migrated to America in the early 1700's. The earliest Gillespie that I have a definate link to is Elijah Gillespie who was born in Virginia in 1747. His father MIGHT have been Matthew Gillespie. Does this ring any bells? I feel that my family probably came from Ireland because the area that I come from was settled by the Scotch-Irish (I'm a member of that mail list also). I've checked some phone books in the north east of Ireland and there are alot of Gillespies in the Donnegal area. I look forward to hearing from anyone researching this surname. K. Titus >> Hi K ......I live in La Jolla, CA which is actually part of San Diego. This entire town in hooked up with the Gillespie Surname. There is Gillespie Cottage, Gillespie Field......You might want to write to the La Jolla Historical Society here ....they have a ton of information on this name. THe Gillespie's were one of the first people here in La Jolla so the name is very famous here. Here's the address and phone of the Historical Society. Wish ya luck! La Jolla Historical Society 7846 Eads Ave. La Jolla, CA 92037 619-459-5335 xxxxxooooo Louise King La Jolla, CA

Hi folks, I'm new to this particular list. I am researching the Gillespie surname. My family migrated to America in the early 1700's. The earliest Gillespie that I have a definate link to is Elijah Gillespie who was born in Virginia in 1747. His father MIGHT have been Matthew Gillespie. Does this ring any bells? I feel that my family probably came from Ireland because the area that I come from was settled by the Scotch-Irish (I'm a member of that mail list also). I've checked some phone books in the north east of Ireland and there are alot of Gillespies in the Donnegal area. I look forward to hearing from anyone researching this surname. K. Titus

Can anyone give me any information on this individual? He was a minister, I suppose of the Presbyterian faith, who was quite elderly in 1901 who spoke at a '"Farewell Meeting in Ireland" in Belfast in 1901. For some reason, when my grandparents emigrated to the U.S. in 1909 and 1910, they brought this announcement with them and kept it for all these years. [email protected] (Marian from Richmond VA)

Does anyone out there know if Urney Street is still in Belfast and if so, where it is? I have an ancestor that lived on that street 130 years ago and I am interested in knowing what part of the city it was. [email protected] (marian from richmond va) searching for Munro, Meneely, Davey, Hanna and McGowan

Would like information on County Meath, Ireland looking for Dinenn. Who could I contact to check for family? Thank you Vincent Dennen [email protected]

I'm looking for the place of birth or parents of a Robert FLOWERS b. ca 1748 who joined the 29th Regiment of Foot while it was stationed in Belfast in 1772. I'm also interested in the location of any FLOWERS in Ulster from that period. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. William Flowers

If one knows the book,pages and docket number of a transaction that took place between 1739 and 1780,where would the record be,what would be the cost for a copy, and will they accept Mastercharge or Visa by email?

Can some kind soul tell me where I can buy detailed maps for Antrim,Londonderry and Tyrone for the period 1700-1760? I need townland ones showing house locations, tenant/owners and cemeteries, if these exist. Please advise the name of maps to order,price, and the name and address of the seller. This info will be very much appreciated.

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