Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Marriages and Death Announcements from

2019-11-21 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
Thanks Len.  Ynyr Burges who is mentioned here was a local landlord near Castlecaulfield, his family seat in Tyrone was at Parkanaur.  House is still standing, now Parkanaur College.   Evelyn Cardwell Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 at 6:34, Len Swindley via

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Town of Dumas in Co. Tyrone

2019-11-15 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
In my view that more or less sorts it.  I knew nothing about your other connection with Drumadds (spelling varied).  Good luck with the Fergusons, they are numerous, some in and around Ardtrea.  Although its for a later period, the wills available on the PRONI website might show a few Fergusons

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Town of Dumas in Co. Tyrone

2019-11-14 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
I wonder if this could be the townland of Drumadds, near Coagh?  Never heard of a  Lord Ferguson, or his castle in East Tyrone.    Maybe it's an exaggerated version, where the reality might have been a wealthy farmer with a larger house than usual.    Lots of Fergusons in that area of NE

[CoTyroneMailingList] New Online Digital Records at PRONI Tickets Fri 29 Nov 2019

2019-11-05 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
I notice that PRONI are having an official launch of new on-line records on Friday 29th Nov, including tithe records. It does not indicate though whether these are being made available world wide or simply at PRONI itself, so best to check on-line after 29th November. The only information

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Travelling Extraordinary 1835: Mr.

2019-10-26 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
Hood & Co still in business in Newtownstewart.  Google will bring up their impressive shopfront.  Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 at 5:46, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList wrote: ___ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Blay

2019-09-30 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
Possibly Brigh outside Stewartstown.   Evelyn Cardwell Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 at 18:06, Peggy Gordon via CoTyroneList wrote: ___ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] TEST ONLY

2019-09-17 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
All O.K here.Evelyn On Tuesday, 17 September 2019, 13:32:06 BST, Jim McKane via CoTyroneList wrote: Testing a problem on the Mailing List Jim ___ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com Change

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] James Ewing and Elizabeth Bell

2019-08-19 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
Hello Karen I suggest you contact Killeeshil/Clonaneese Historical Society, they may well be able to help with the Tullyvannon family links, and maybe others.  Many of their members are also members of the South Tyrone Family History Society.  Here is the link to the historical society -you

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Walker Canoney

2019-08-08 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
Any idea where Canoney was -presumably somewhere in Tyrone or Ireland? Lyn Cardwell Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 1:42, Rhonda via CoTyroneList wrote: My Great Grandmother Charlotte Elizabeth Walker born c1857 daughter ofWilliam Walker and Anne Davis came to

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Emigration to......England

2019-08-07 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
No travel listings for Irish sea crossings at that time.  Interesting how many people from Tyrone (especially East Tyrone) seem to have settled in Consett around this time. Evelyn On Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 22:07:25 BST, Ian Moules via CoTyroneList wrote: My great grandmother,

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Any Dungannon Historians?

2019-07-16 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
Hi Megan There are two possibi!ities here, if he were Catholic,  it would probably refer to the cemetery on Carland Road, Dungannon.  However I suspect that the cemetery that they are referring  to is the Drumcoo cemetery, very close to the South Tyrone Hospital, where all denominations could

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Searching for ADAMS descendants

2019-05-30 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
Hello Darlene, Have you contacted Tyrone Family History Society at e-mail tyr...@nifhs.org ? They are based in and around Omagh and may be able to help you.  Good luck in your search. Evelyn Cardwell On Thursday, 30 May 2019, 21:47:43 BST, Darlene Mulligan via CoTyroneList wrote:

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Annual Ulster Historical Foundatio

2019-03-06 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
I see they had two venues on the West coast in 2018.  The annual tour has been a feature of their programme for many years,  so here's hoping they are back on the West coast in 2020.   Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 17:20, Steve Gordenier via CoTyroneList wrote:

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Maps - added Tyrone - Number of British Families 1622 Survey

2019-01-24 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
Many thanks to Howard Mathieson for submitting this.  It looks so much better in colour, much more easily understood than the original black and white map in Robinson's book. Evelyn Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 at 13:24, Jim McKane via CoTyroneList wrote: Maps -

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Irish Bally---ony

2019-01-14 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
William Carleton was a local Tyrone writer whose work dates from the early to mid 19th century.  When I read his book "Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry"  I found  phrases I hadn't heard from childhood.  It was reprinted about 20-30 years ago in softback, so hopefully you may be able to

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] A few thoughts on the Lt. Stother

2018-10-27 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
There was no insinuation intended, just simply stating a fact about growing and harvesting small amounts of potatoes.  Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 at 17:16, P J Logan via CoTyroneList wrote: ___ CoTyroneList mailing

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] A few thoughts on the Lt. Stother account

2018-10-27 Thread EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList
Ron's description of the joys of planting and picking potatoes is an excellent record of the task and backache involved before mechanisation.  If only more people would record their memories like this.  However most people in early 19th century Ireland were only growing smaller quantities for