It is not that simple! Just take, for example, the townland of Feegavla, as per map. 256 acres, they could easily derive from a family in next townland! My cousin lives in one townland, opposite his window are 2 fields across narrow road as part of his farm, one field in another townland but in same parish, the other field in yet another townland but this one in a different parish..so if his sons build 2 houses adjoining each other, with dividing wall on townland boundary, they would be neighbours but in 2 different townlands and parishes!! So, if I stand in centre of road outside his front door I can stand in 3 townlands and 2 parishes. Quite a common thing!! The 2 houses would be within 10 yards the homestead... You need to, at a MINIMUM, check the surrounding townlands.....!! With Eliot/Eliott/Elliott in mind!! Bell spelling is probably safe enough BUT while researching Halls I did come across Hawls....grrrrrr Looking at the local churches and when their records start, they are too late, except for Carrickmacross itself in late 1700's....PRONI ref; Mic/1/173/A-E DH On 19/11/2011 23:33, scotch-irish-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: Re: [S-I] Tithe Applotment Books > To:scotch-irish@rootsweb.com > Message-ID:<BLU0-SMTP1610D13FF9D48123CAC0E80AEC50@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > D H > > Good site that I will bookmark. It does tell me that the Bells were gone from Feegavla by Griffiths. No surprise as my ancestor emigrated in 1840. > > Also thanks for providing all the different spellings of Figevly& Feegavla. Useful info. > > thanks, murray

DH Good advice. Checked out some adjoining townlands in Griffiths & 1911 census. Found Bells in both on a adjoining townland-Lower Cordrummans. Can't access Tithe books on line, Will get over to the library next week to check them out. The Bells in Griffiths and the 1911 census were Church of Ireland. Do you where the nearby C of I churches were? thanks, murray On Nov 19, 2011, at 8:27 PM, D H wrote: > It is not that simple! Just take, for example, the townland of Feegavla, as per map. 256 acres, they could easily derive from a family in next townland! > > My cousin lives in one townland, opposite his window are 2 fields across narrow road as part of his farm, one field in another townland but in same > parish, the other field in yet another townland but this one in a different parish..so if his sons build 2 houses adjoining each other, with dividing > wall on townland boundary, they would be neighbours but in 2 different townlands and parishes!! > > So, if I stand in centre of road outside his front door I can stand in 3 townlands and 2 parishes. Quite a common thing!! The 2 houses would be within > 10 yards the homestead... > > You need to, at a MINIMUM, check the surrounding townlands.....!! With Eliot/Eliott/Elliott in mind!! Bell spelling is probably safe enough BUT while > researching Halls I did come across Hawls....grrrrrr > > Looking at the local churches and when their records start, they are too late, except for Carrickmacross itself in late 1700's....PRONI ref; Mic/1/173/A-E > > DH > > > > > On 19/11/2011 23:33, scotch-irish-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >> Subject: Re: [S-I] Tithe Applotment Books >> To:scotch-irish@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID:<BLU0-SMTP1610D13FF9D48123CAC0E80AEC50@phx.gbl> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> D H >> >> Good site that I will bookmark. It does tell me that the Bells were gone from Feegavla by Griffiths. No surprise as my ancestor emigrated in 1840. >> >> Also thanks for providing all the different spellings of Figevly& Feegavla. Useful info. >> >> thanks, murray > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >