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North Irish Roots – Volume 29.1 Spring 2018
Volume 29.1 – Spring 2018.
Contents
- Editorial
- President’s Report
- Money
- Obituary – John M°Kee
- A Programme of Courses for the Spring
- Irish Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates
- An Old Ballymacarett Graveyard – Charlotte Murtagh
- A Family Secret Revealed – Elizabeth Scott
- War Memorials
- NIFHS Research Centre
- Encounter in Nigeria Demolishes a ‘Brick Wall’ – Elizabeth Scott
- FindingYour Ancestors – Martin l/FDowell
- Maisie & Daisy
- Additions to the Library 1 & 2
- Correction: Members A4262 & A4266
- I am a Nevin: the Pedigree of Eliza Hurst – Karen Mather
- Maisie & Daisy – Answer
- Recent Records
- NIFHS Branch Publications
- NIFHS Research Booklets
- In the Footsteps of Joseph & Ruthven Emerson – Suzanne Spohn 3
- To the Trustees & Governing Body of the Matilda Hospital, Short Summary of Vacation and Study Tour – Howard Montgomery
- NIFHS County Booklets
- Story of a Life – Eibhlin Moore
- Members’ Interests
- Names Being Researched
- Members’ Interests – Queries
- Register of Reciprocal Research
- Names and Addresses
Associate Membership Renewal
Using the online system helps to reduce the administration work needed to process the Renewals.
Your continued support of the work of the Society will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Read all about it !
How we traced our family tree and unlocked the interesting secrets hidden in our histories.
Also, the Belfast Telegraph’s Your Family Tree supplement, packed with information and tips on how to trace your ancestors.
Read about the recent Back to Our Past at Titanic Belfast event.
View the picture album on Youtube.
NIFHS Smile & Shop
Do you shop on Amazon UK? If so, next time use the website smile.amazon.co.uk instead of www.amazon.co.uk.
Amazon will then, at no cost to you, pay 0.5% of your purchase price (less VAT etc.) to a charity of your choice.
One of the charities now available is The North of Ireland Family History Society.
Use this full name (as registered with The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland) in the Charitable Organisations search box
and when displayed in the search results list Select this charity name.
North Irish Roots – Volume 28.2 Autumn 2017
Volume 28.2 – Autumn 2017.
Contents
Editorial
President’s Report
Causeway Coast & Glens Genealogy Course
Courses and Events, Autumn 2017
Ballymena Family History Fair
Branch Programmes
Additions to the Library
My Family Odyssey – Catherine Quinn
NIFHS at Who Do You Think You Are? Live
A Short Account from Day to Day of Our Voyage on the S. S. Arawa – Michael Duffy
Thom’s Ireland, City and Regional Directories, 1847-1946
C4 Gems – Family Histories
Volunteers, Please
Maisie’s Illustrated Relatives
Jewish Birth, Naming, Marriage & Death Practices – Rivka Goldblatt
Do You Know the Jamisons of Mountpottinger, Belfast or Glasgow? – Charlotte Murtagh
Betham, Crossle & Thrift Genealogical Abstracts
From Corraglass to the Cape Colony – the Life of Loftus Albert Maguire (1881-1942) – John Maguire
Review – The Top 300 Surnames of Derry-Londonderry by Brian Mitchell – Brian O’Hara
Some Publicans of Carnmoney – Chris Hill
Old Photographs
Letter from Ceylon – R. H. McKeag
Members’ Interests – Names Being Researched
Members’ Interests – Queries
Names and Addresses
Register of Reciprocal Research
Associate Membership Renewal
An invitation to Renew Associate Membership was included in the Journals sent to Associate Members. Using the online system helps to reduce the administration work needed to process the Renewals. Your continued support of the work of the Society will be greatly appreciated.
Best wishes to you for 2018.
Thank you.
Family History Fair and Family Tree DNA Event
 The Committee of the NIFHS Ballymena Branch invites you to their
“Family History Fair and Family Tree DNA Event” We would also like to extend this invitation to your friends and family. This free event is open to everyone – from beginners to experienced family historians – to discuss their family history research with a wide range of genealogy experts. The event is generously sponsored by Family Tree DNA (FTDNA).
Raffle prizes are available which include:
This is the event of the year and not to be missed! Further information is available at www.facebook.com/ballymenafamilyhistorysociety Looking forward to you joining us at The Braid this Saturday, |
Family Trees
The Society’s collection of Family Trees has now been indexed.
Are your relatives mentioned there?
Or in the Ancestor Charts?
Or in the Mourning Cards?
The late Randal Gill, IGRS Fellow
Posthumous presentation to family of late Randal Gill to mark his election as a Fellow of the Irish Genealogical Research Society – recognising his decades of dedicated service to the genealogy community in Northern Ireland and further afield.
My Family Odyssey
The result of the Competition was announced at the Society’s Annual General Meeting on Saturday 21 May 2016.
There were 18 entries received for the Competition.
1st Place –
William Kelley, Associate Member, USA
2nd Place –
Audrey McKeown, Branch Member, Belfast
3rd Place –
Catherine Quinn, Associate Member, Australia
About Members-Only Content
- If it is available to everyone you will go straight to the page.
- If it is only for Members you will be asked to log in (unless you have already done so once); you will then go to the page.
The Members Only Content is identified by its name being shown in blue within the Records Lists.
(Username and Password required to access them.)
Parish Register Indexes
– Holy Family Parish Church, Belfast: Baptisms – Marriages – Burials
Co. Antrim gravestone inscriptions
– St. Mary’s R. C. Parish Church, Greencastle, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim
– “Our Lady’s Acre,” Longlands Road, Newtownabbey – the extension graveyard for St. Mary’s.
Co. Down gravestone inscriptions
– Ardglass Church of Ireland Graveyard, Co. Down
– Ballycruttle R. C. Graveyard, near Downpatrick, Co. Down
– Reformed Presbyterian Church Graveyard, Killinchy, Co. Down
– Boardmills 1st Presbyterian Church Graveyard, Co. Down
– Boardmills 2nd Presbyterian Church Graveyard, Co. Down
– Bright Church of Ireland Graveyard, Co. Down
– Holy Trinity Church, Kircubbin, Co. Down
– Killysuggan Graveyard, Newtownards, Co. Down
– Magherahamlet Parish Church, Drumgavlin, Ballynahinch, Co. Down
– Saintfield 2nd Presbyterian Church, Ballynahinch Road, Saintfield, Co. Down
– St. Andrew’s Church of Ireland Graveyard, Balligan, Inishargy, Co. Down
Co. Fermanagh gravestone inscriptions
– Gravestone inscriptions from Castle Archdale, Killadeas, Trory and Servicemen’s graves from two churches in Irvinestown
Co. Tyrone gravestone inscriptions
– Corrick Abbey Burying Ground, Co. Tyrone
– Corrick Abbey Families
Presbyterian Historical Society Envelopes
– A collection of correspondence to and from the Presbyterian Historical Society dating from the early 1900s up until about 1996.
Also included are some USA Obituaries and Notes from Canada.
The Irish Law Times & Solicitors’ Journal lists
– Volume VI – 1872 : A weekly Newsletter and Gazette of legal postings.
Go to the Members Only Content page.
Surnames Lists for some Church Records
Surnames Lists for the following Church Records are now available.
Ballyblack Presbyterian – Baptisms, Marriages
Ballyfrenis Presbyterian – Baptisms, Communicants, Marriages
Ballygilbert Presbyterian – Baptisms, Marriages
Ballygowan Presbyterian – Baptisms, Marriages
Ballygrainey Presbyterian – Baptisms, Marriages, Burials
Ballyhalbert St. Andrew’s Church of Ireland – Marriages
Ballyhemlin Non-Subscribing Presbyterian – Baptisms, Marriages
Ballymacarrett Methodist – Baptisms, Marriages
Ballywalter Presbyterian – Baptisms, Marriages
Belfast, Agnes Street Methodist – Baptisms, Marriages
The Church Records page has been updated to included the links to the Lists.
The Look Up Service is available for members who want to investigate any leads.