> > >> I am searching for information about my paternal great grandmother, >> Annabella McCoy who married my great grandfather, James Armstrong. >> Annabella was born in 1839 in County Tyrone, Omagh district, Northern >> Ireland, the daughter of William McCoy, a farmer. James Armstrong was >> born in 1837, son of William Armstrong, a farmer. Their marriage was >> recorded in the Church of Cooley, (Church of Ireland, Anglican) on May >> 18, 1858. >> >> Annabella and James Armstrong came to America in 1868 along with their >> daughter, Eliza Jane, and my grandfather, William C. ARmstrong, b. March >> 17, 1865. They had several more children while living in Boston. >> >> If anybody has any McCoy/McKay connections in Northern Ireland, >> especially Co. Tyrone, I would be interested in hearing from them. >> (McCoy and McKay are often used interchangeably as the pronunciation >> varied. Many people couldn't write so whoever was doing the writing for >> them or recording records would record spellings of names the way they, >> themselves, pronounced them, or the way others did.) >> >> Regards, >> Marilyn in New Hampshire >