Many thanks for this!! On Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 9:36 AM Robert Forrest, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Elizabeth, > One good place to start is Bill Macafee's excellent website on Antrim & > L'Derry local history and genealogy. There is an incredible amount of > material to mine as he has multiple data-bases - in addition he provides > contextual detail on all of the sources he provides on his website. I had > the pleasure of working with Bill on his Co Derry/Londonderry CD and he is > really a mine of information. His enthusiasm for local history is second to > none. > > http://www.billmacafee.com/ > > I recommend this as one of the best sites for information for this region > anywhere on the internet. > > Kindest Regards > Bobby > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Elizabeth Vervaeke <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 15 June 2020 12:18 > *To:* CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Robert Forrest <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Senior and Junior > > Is there a way for folks overseas ( Canada) to research these records? I > alternatively new to researching records beyond Ancestry and local > historical archives. > Thank you for the tremendous resources you have made available to so many! > > Kind Regards > > Elizabeth Cunningham- Vervaeke > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 8:03 AM Robert Forrest via CoTyroneList, < > [email protected]> wrote: > > A tip for those researching their family history: > > Senior and Junior usually denotes father and son but not always -- > sometimes junior can refer to a nephew: > > An example of this I found recently in the Registry of Deeds > > Book 350 page 435 memorial number 237290 registered 11 July 1783 > A memorial of a deed poll dated 13 Jan 1783 between Robert Morrison senior > of Drummore (Ballykelly, Co L'Derry) and Robert Morrison of Drummore junior > his nephew. > > Family tradition says that the Robert Morrison one of the 13 to shut the > gates at the famous siege of Derry was from this family (oral tradition). > > The Registry of Deeds is perhaps the only archive in Ireland to escape > unscathed over the years and the records are intact from 1708. A must for > eighteenth century research. > > > https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/Your-family-tree-series-information-leaflet-17-Registry-of-Deeds-Dublin.pdf > > Kindest regards > Bobby Forrest > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList Mailing List > Mailing List Email Address: [email protected] > Change Your Preferences: > http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY > > _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: [email protected] Change Your Preferences: http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY
