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Ros
Davies' Co.
Down, Ireland Genealogy Research Site
What's New! an update of additions to my web site |
I update the date each month at the bottom of most web pages if you want to see if anything new has been added to your surname interest page.
| As at...... | New Information | |
| November 2009 |
I'm flying over to Western Australia on 17th for the grandchildren's birthdays. They are now 6 and 4. Apologies to those waiting for an email reply.
Jim Hanna has kindly sent a photo of the old Clonduff Presbyterian School house in Ballynagappag townland . Doug Gray has kindly sent more Gray marriage information from Bangor area. Bradley & Susan Boal have kindly sent more Boal marriages and baptisms |
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| Does anyone recognise this house (above) or
any of the people attending the wedding? Euan Douglas found the photo c. 1890 in family papers and thinks it may be Rademon House near Crossgar but needs confirmation. |
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| October 2009 | Before PRONI closes for their big move, they say they will put the 1841 & 1851 Census extracts online. These are the Old Age Pension Claims so don't include all families. Bernice Krechuniak has kindly sent information on her Little family from Magheralin area.Wilma Tomerlin has kindly sent a list of family names that come across to Ulster from Ayrshire in Scotland with James Hamilton & Hugh Montgomery in 1606. This will be indexed throughout the Surname lists. Edward Graham has kindly sent information on his McBride/Tomelty family from Downpatrick. Bernie Kechuniak has kindly sent info on her Little family of Magheralin. Sheila Philips has kindly sent Norwood baptisms from Drumbo Presbyterian records 1827- 1862 (PRONI Mic/1P/291 . Lynettte Sanderson has kindly sent Bailey information from Ballynahinch. Stephen Fitzpatrick has kindly sent Reids of Garvaghy information. Paul Byrne has kindly sent all Byrne marriages & baptisms from Tullylish Catholic registers 1835-1874. David Chisholm has kindly sent information on Henry Magill of Lisleen, Comber & his wife Elizabeth McKeag. | |
| September 2009 | The Public Record Office of Northern
Ireland {PRONI} has just announced that it will close all public access
to the archives for a period of 9 months from September 2010 to May 2011
to facilitate a move across Belfast to newheadquarters presently being
built. This means in effect that no genealogical research of any kind
can take place in Northern Ireland for almost 1 year.
I have a request from one of my readers and myself. If you have left information on the Message Board or have Claimed A Relative, could you please keep your email address current. Brian Robertson has kindly sent a lovely old photo of Connsbrook House in Holywood parish. Margaret Mueller continues to send more BDMs from Moira & Magheralin Catholic records. Eloine Patton Chesnut has kindly sent early information of her William Patton & family from Kircubbin area. If you're planning a visit to PRONI next year be aware that they will be closed for 8 months whilst they are moving to new premises. See their website- http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news/news-dcal/news-dcal-030909-public-record-office.htm John Bartos has kindly sent some baptisms from Regent St, Newtownards Presbyterian Church for 1840 & 1841. Sheila Philips had kindly sent more baptisms from Mourne Presbyterian Church, Kilkeel 1841- 1851 |
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| August 2009 | Kevin Crangle has kindly sent class photos of St. Patrick's Boys' High School, Downpatrick 1937; Dunsford National School 1926 (some names) & boys 1931 & girls 1931 (names) ,1935 & 1938; click here for the photos . Sheila Phillips has kindly send the baptism from Mourne Presbyterian, Kilkeel 1839-1841. Trevor Whiteside has kindly sent information on his Cummins family of Rinclare, Donaghmore . David Arathoon has kindly sent a lovely old postcard of Gillhall, Dromore. Giles Stacey has kindly sent Sands records from Tullylish area 1725 - 1854 (still indexing). Bradley Boal has kindly sent Boals extracterd from Granshaw Presbyterian, Comber (still indexing). I big thank you hug for Bill Haggan for being a special messanger. | |
| July 2009 | My grandchildren are spending the school holidays with me so I won't have much time for the computer so apologies for emails that are slow to be answered this month. William Wilson has kindly sent a photo and information on Warrenpoint Presbyterian Churches. A parishioner has kindly sent baptisms & marriages from 1st Newtownards Presbyterian Church 1833- 1920. This is a large file and will take me a while to index throughout the website. Files like this are very precious to family historians and gladly welcomed. Observations so far - there were a lot of marriages that took place within a few months /days of the first child's birth but very few illegitimate children baptised. Some putative fathers mentioned. You can spot the regular churchgoers with up to 10 children baptised at the one church . Some others families which baptised all the children in a batch . Before 1848, children were baptised within a week/ month of being born but as the years went on the time span lengthened. There were two men, James Skilling & Lucius Crymble who acted as witnesses at hundreds of weddings leading me to believe that there were church officials/members of some sort who took this role when the couples didn't turn up with enough witnesses. Some birth dates don't tie up with the civil registration birth dates. I'm inclined to believe the church date as their were penalties for registration a child's birth late so some parents falsified the date so they didn't have to pay the fine. The record for the longest child bearing range goes to Mary Ann Little Moore, wife of Samuel McCully who bore 14 children over 28 years . There's another couple Thomas Paden & Mary Jane Brown who married in 1855 had their 1st child in 1865 & last in 1908 . (This needs checking out as Brown is a common surname) Marriages before 1840 rarely gave the couple's father's name. | |
| June 2009 | Keith Hazzard has kindly send a photo of Mountross House near Portaferry. Ken Stacey has kindly sent a photo and information on Annahilt Presbyterian Church. Sheila Phillips has kindly sent Bennett baptisms from Newry Catholic Church. Dale Heenan has kindly sent Heenan information. Julie has kindly sent details of her Robson / McConnell families from Killaney parish. Another big thank you to Marie Brannigan, Gemma Ward, & Nan Brennan for keeping me supplied with various newspaper articles. | |
| May 2009 | Following my mention of redundancy in March, I've had several very kind emails telling me to keep up the good work. It's nice to be appreciated, thanks. Timothy Ferres has kindly sent an old postcard & information on Killynether House, Comber. Lena McVea has sent more information on her Young & Greer families around Ardkeen. Brian McCleery has kindly sent a list of vicars from Drumballyroney parish . Linda Hall has kindly sent more BDMs from Irish Times and Marie Brannigan more Down Recorder articles. Sheila Phillips has kindly sent the workers' pay book for Silcock's Mill, Drumnaconnor 1889 & 1890. Laurel Baty has kindly sent BDMs for Beatty & Copeland families of Magheralin area. Dennis Nicklaus has kindly sent POD information for the towns of Ballywalter & Kircubbin in 1830. Dee Bardes has kindly sent a PRONI file re letters of John Moore land agent for Arthur Annesley estate c. 1785 & details of Mount Panther estate & a lovely old drawing of Downpatrick Cathedral c. 1786 . (Still indexing) | |
| April 2009 | Wills pre 1858 are starting to come onto the Public Records site www.proni.gov.uk . Marg Hutton has kindly sent marriage information for John Hutton & Elizabeth Douglas 1825 Killinchy. Margaret Mueller has kindly send information on Catney graves from Moira area.. Edward Graham has kindly sent information on his McBride family of Portaferry. Horace Reid has kindly sent a copy of the chuerch booklet of Edengrove Presbyterian Church, Ballynahinch 1774-1974. | |
| March 2009 | Lesley Fielder has kindly sent many Gunning marriages 1846-1900. Owen Davy has kindly sent Lord Moira's Rent Roll for Ballynahinch Estate 1783. Giles Stacey has kindly sent births & marriage for his Sands family of Tullylish . I am continuing to add civil registration births & marriages. I realise that my site will soon be redundant with the indexes coming online at the Mornman site www.familysearch.org but it may be a while before the full information is available and , hey, it keeps me busy. | |
| February 2009 | Sheila Philips has kindly sent marriages 1841-1843 from St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Ballymacarrett. Neil Irwin has kindly sent more information of his Carson/McClurg/ McConnell families from Kilmore parish . Glynis McHargue Patterson has kindly sent information about some McHargs/ Mehargs. | |
| January 2009 |
Sandra Wanamaker has kindly sent burial information
for Carrolls
& Wallaces
in Cliftron Street Cemetery Belfast. Brian Evans has kindly sent information
on his McGrattan
family of Inishargy & Ardrossan. Bill Haggan has sent a lovely photo
of Milecross Quaker
Meeting House. . Derek Patton has kindly sent a copy of his book 'Settlers
by the Sea' about Presbyterians in Ballywalter. Wishing you all a happy & healthy 2009. The Public Records Office in Belfast has now put the Library Catalogue online www.proni.gov.uk Although it doesn't give youaccess to original documents, the indexes are quite comprehensive. ** |
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