Dear Len, Once again, you have provided a thorough, knowledgeable answer to a question posed by a member; thank you! I’ll try contacting the Museum of Orange Heritage, as you suggest.
Many thanks for all your help. Best wishes, Pat > On Feb 22, 2021, at 12:14 AM, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Pat, > > I shall attempt to respond to your query. > > Firstly, the Orange Order is not to be confused with Freemasonry; they are > not connected. > > Dr William Roulston, Research Director of the Ulster Historical Foundation, > Belfast refers to the records of the Orange Order in his acclaimed work > RESEARCHING ULSTER ANCESTORS: The Essential Genealogical Guide to Early > Modern Ulster 1600-1800 (2nd edn., 2018). > > Very few records have been deposited in PRONI, Belfast or the National > Archives of Ireland, Dublin and any records that do exist are likely to > remain with local lodges; the archives at the Museum of Orange Heritage, > Schomberg House, Castlereagh, Belfast www.orangeheritage.co.uk/archives > <http://www.orangeheritage.co.uk/archives> may contain references to early > surviving records 1780s-c1830) of individual lodges. Dr. Roulston cites > specifically Killymaddy (Dungannon) lodge and minute/ roll book of the Fort > Edward Body of Orangemen - early records 1788-9 include a list of names and > addresses of members and some details on those who were subsequently admitted > or who were expelled for such offences as non-attendance and misconduct. This > is of course, an exception. > > Locating genealogical data within Orange Lodge records seems elusive. > > Regards, > Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 > > From: Pat Hocker via CoTyroneList > <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, 22 February 2021 1:34 AM > To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List > <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Pat Hocker <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: New Content - Masonic Lodge No 633, > Ballymagorry, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland; List of Members > 1784-1832 > > Hi Jim and Len, > > My ancestor belonged to the Orange Lodge in Durham, Ontario, where he died in > 1860. I’m guessing he was also a member in Omagh, Tyrone before emigrating > to Canada. I wrote to the Order in Ontario some years ago, asking if they > had any information about him and received a very curt reply,indicating that > they didn’t divulge anything about their membership. I wonder if there are > any lists or other information from Omagh, pre-1840? > > Thank you. > > Pat > > > On Feb 19, 2021, at 10:46 PM, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Thanks Jim. > > This file is interesting as Lodge 633 commenced in Ballymagorry, Co. Tyrone, > but was withdrawn as the result of a “scandal” (as described to me by the > archivist at the Freemasons’ Hall in Dublin) and a warrant was issued to a > lodge to meet in in the townland of Killymallaght just across the county > boundary in Co. Londonderry. (Several members of this lodge were draw from > townland families). This lodge was later located to Derry City. > > Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 > > From: James McKane via CoTyroneList > <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, 20 February 2021 12:26 AM > To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List > <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: James McKane <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] New Content - Masonic Lodge No 633, > Ballymagorry, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland; List of Members > 1784-1832 > > Masonic Lodge No 633, Ballymagorry, Strabane, Co. 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