Hi Folks, I am not researching this family, but here is some info on them that hopefully will help someone, someday, searching in the archives of the list. If you go to http://www.rascal.ac.uk/ you can search through various repository catelogs for manuscripts and other goodies in Northern Ireland. I did that and found nothing on what I was looking for but did find this: In PRONI it's D/695 Collection of papers relating to the Waring family of Waringstown and Donaghcloney. Co. Down, 1641-1803, and to the linen industry in Ireland from c. 1680 to the mid 18th Century. Comprising mainly letters and accounts, the collection traces the development and management of the Waring familys estate in Co. Down from its original acquisition in 1658 by William Waring (1619-1703), then of Derriaghy, Co. Antrim, to c. 1803. Particular emphasis is placed on financial affairs and the continuing claims of the Magenis Family, from whom lands had been forfeited to the Crown following their implication in the 1641 Rebellion. Also included in the collection are a number of letters, 1662-73, between Waring and Mrs Alice Smith, a widow, of Essex and London, who owned land in Co. Down and to whom Waring acted as agent, and her sons-in-law, Messrs Layfield and Ogle. Other material to be found consists of 160 miscellaneous documents, c. 1680-1750 concerning the Irish linen industry. These comprise chiefly accounts of linen imported into and exported from Ireland for the period, 1728-49, and a small number of maps. Of particular note is a coloured plan of the Glan Bogg, lying between the counties of Armagh and Down, surveyed by Francis Nevil, 1703, and a printed map of the County of Down with a chart of the sea coast done from actual surveys and actual observations" dated 1755.. Important and unique 17th century documentation most of which relates to the Civil War in Ireland, 1641-1653, and its aftermath. Content Dates 1641/1803. Physical Characteristics Approx. 150 items, 1641-1803, almost all documents but with a small number of volumes and maps, occupying 5 PRONI boxes. Access Control The collection is stored in secure, closed accommodation and can be requested for on-site consultation using an in-house document ordering system. Access is supervised and for research and/or reference purposes only. Catalogue/Description See PRONI reference D/695 for catalogue of the papers. The catalogue is available for consultation in PRONI's Public Search Room. Legal Status The papers belong to surviving members of the Waring family. The owner who deposited the papers, Mrs Waring, died in 1968. All copyright and permission to publish queries should be directed to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. See also PRONI reference T/1186 - Order from the Duke of Schomberg relating to the provision of bread for the Williamite army, Waringstown, Co. Down, 1689. Now to answer ahead of time those other emails I get that ask how do you get to this stuff?? In this case you: 1. Go to PRONI in Belfast 2. Hire someone do go to PRONI for you (email me for suggestions or fly me over tourist class from Boston!!!) 3. Conduct research to see if it is elsewhere. I did search LDS's catalog and it didn't seem to be there. It's be a two-step PRONI search (if you read above): 1. Check D/695 to get information on the items pertaining to your query. 2. Order up the documents and view them. That's followed by 3. Have a nice Irish coffee at a local restaurant up there on Lisburn Road. Oooohhh I can almost taste it now! LDS does have a couple items relating to WARING. At first I thought these were "Scotch Irish" Warings, but they are English ones who migrated to both New England and South Carolina where they apparently intermarried with the Talliferos. Waring The Waring family of Virginia, 1680+ Palmer, Sarah Wright and Waring family records Waring, Dabney Taliaferro A short history of the Warings by R.N. Waring Richard Waring and his son, Richard, immigrated in 1664 from England to Boston, Massachusetts, and settled in 1665 in Brookhaven, Long Island, New York. A brother of his, John, immigrated earlier to Boston, and another brother (name not known) immigrated to Watertown, Massachusetts. Benjamin Waring immigrated before 1691 from England to Charleston, South Carolina. Descendants and relatives of these two immigrant families lived in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, California and elsewhere. Includes genealogical data and some family history in England and elsewhere to the 800s Linda Merle ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net