Just read your message on Elliotts and Donegal. Very interesting. Yes, I will go home and check this out with the records I have over the next two days and get back to you. I have Griffith's Valuation for lower Donegal and the 1901 census for same area. That should do it. Patty first time I'm sending a message on this -- hope it goes through! Guess it's going to everyone who's interested. ---DBS &/or MD <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Connie... > > Thanks for the reponse... Some of what you are telling me is hanging > together... > > 1) Aunt Kate's anecdotal evidence about being from Co. Donegal. > 2) Info separately received by copies of correspondance between Thelma > Southern and Dale G. Strong, to the effect that Dale believed your Strongs > were from Co. Donegal. If you don't know Dale, he is descended from a > family of Strongs that settled in Morgan County, Ohio... see the Lineages > Directory for more... also, Dale Strong, Tom Strong, Sr. (copy addressees) > and I believe we are related back in Co. Donegal, so you and I may be > "cousins" also... it's just a question of tieing the facts down {:-)! > 3) The Donegal Strongs were generally Church of Ireland (Anglican)... that > ties with being of English descent, and also with your anecdotal evidence... > (There were a few who were Methodists at the time of emigration (Dale's > family), but the Methodists started as a reform movement in the Anglican > religion, and there were Methodists preachers active in Donegal ... so the > Methodists tie in also.) > 4) The Prudence Elliott info... subject to verification, my memory seems to > dredge up the fact there were Elliotts in Donegal.... Look in Tirhugh > Barony, Drumholm, Kilbarron and Templecarne Parishes and those parishes > adjoining... I think Patty Horton (copy addressee) may be able to help > confirm this... Tom Strong, Sr (copy addressee) may also be able to > help.... > > Keep the info flowing... we may get there yet!! > > Regards, > > David B. "Dave" Strong > Email: [email protected] > Website, "Researching Strong(e)s and Strang(e)s in Britain & Ireland" > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7530 > > ****************************** > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 12:28 PM > Subject: Re: Re: James Strong from Ireland > > > >Dear Dave, > > > > Don't worry. I consider your response helpful and not a lecture. The only > >hints I have about James Strong in Ireland is a note from my great Aunt > Kate > >Strong stating they were from Donegal. So far, I have had no luck tracing > them > >there, however, so her note may not be accurate. She was in her 90s when > she > >made the note. > > I also agree that the Strongs are probably all related if we can get back > far > >enough. > > As for religion, I believe they were Anglican, but my g grandfather, James > >Decatur Strong, was a Campbellite Christian Church minister (now Disciples > of > >Christ). The rest of the family though is still Episcopalian. > > I will send the rest of what I know in a separate posting. Thank you for > >responding. > > > >Connie > >[email protected] > > > > > >==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > >======================================================== > >STRONG FAMILY ASSOCIATON OF AMERICA (SFAA) web site: > >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/4715 > > > >Strong(e)s of Somerset, Dorset, and Devon Counties, England, > >including ancestors of "Elder" John Strong; queries about > >descendants of "Elder" John Strong answered by the SFAA > >Historian, Robert Sheldon ("Bob") Strong, from his extensive > >electronic database. > >========================================================== > > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com