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From: "Winnie Boothe" <>
Subject: Re: Scotch-Irish Genealogical Research Materials
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:17:55 -0500
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Thank you for offering to share such an amazing amount of work with the
board.
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From: "ko4qc" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: Scotch-Irish Genealogical Research Materials


> Well..'whoop-te-doo' for you!!!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 5:17 PM
> Subject: Scotch-Irish Genealogical Research Materials
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > This past June I travelled to Londonderry and Belfast accompanied by my
> > research parter, John Giacoletti, former Curator of Rare Books at the
> > University of North Carolina, and we experienced three action packed
> weeks
> > in various libraries and research facilities and pubs. This was my 20th
> trip
> > to Ireland, but the first for genealogical research. We are both
skilled
> > researchers and we were prepared. We were also LUCKY. If you would like
> to
> > read about our genealogical findings just go to the main rootsweb.com
page
> > and look for the link to "threaded archives" Type in COWAN and search
> June
> > and July 2002 and see what you think.
> >
> > It took me almost seven years of intense research to prove what I set
out
> to
> > prove and along the way I stumbled across a few research tools that I
have
> > shared with people before and will do again now. They are rare, out of
> print
> > books and manuscripts which I doubt most people have ever seen. One of
the
> > items is found in only six Universities in America and a couple of them
> are
> > not found here at all. They are as follows:
> >
> > The Laggan and its Presbyterianism and In the Days of the Laggan
> Presbytery,
> > 1905,1908, by the Rev. Alexander Lecky, B.A., member of the Royal Sociey
> of
> > Antiquaries of Ireland, Belfast, Davidson & McCormack, 54 Kings St. 211
> > pages
> > On our recent trip to Donegal we met J.B. Shannon, age 90, who assisted
in
> > the 1975 reprinting of this book. He is the last living person who had
> > anything to do with these books and he says they are still the BEST
source
> > for Ulster Presbyterian research. From Lecky I quote, "The lists of
names
> of
> > former generations of Lagganeers, and their places of abode, that are
> given
> > in the Appendixes, and which NEVER before appeared in print, whilst they
> may
> > of necessity prove dull reading to those who have no acquaintance with
the
> > locality, will not, I hope, be altogether uninteresting to those who
bear
> the
> > same name, or live in the same places..."
> >
> > Fighters of Derry, Their Deeds and Descendants, being a Chronicle of
> Events
> > in Ireland during the Revolutionary period 1688-1691, by William Young,
> Eyre
> > and Spottiswoode, London, 350 pages.
> > One of the most difficult sources to locate, in fact almost impossible.
> > Months worth of reading and packed with great genealogy. Contains the
> > following biographical sketches:
> > 1. The leaders of the County Associations who, with their levies, took
> part
> > in the preliminary operations and contributed much of the man power for
> the
> > Defence.
> > 2. The Apprentice Boys and those responsible for shutting the gates on
> the
> > 8th Dec. 1688.
> > 3. The actual Defenders during the 105 day siege (over 1200
genealogical
> > sketches)
> > 4. Those engaged in the relief of the city
> >
> > A History of the Siege of Londonderry and Defense of Enniskillen in 1688
> and
> > 1689, with Historical Poetry and Biographical notes, by the Rev. John
> Graham,
> > M.A. Rector of Magilligan in the Diocese of Derry. Includes the Battles
> of
> > the Boyne, Athlone, and Aughrim and the siege and Capitulation of
> Limmerick
> > by Lord McCaulay, Toronto, 1869
> > The historical poems are family genealogies about those who were at
Derry
> and
> > where they came from. Along with "Fighters of Derry" these two sources
> > contain more actual genealogical information than any others I have
seen.
> >
> > Three Hundred Years in Innishowen, Being More Particularly an Account of
> the
> > Family of Young of Culdaff with Short Accounts of Many Other Families
> > Connected with Them, by Amy Young, 1929, The Linenhall Press, Belfast,
311
> > pages.
> > Some of the names included are Young, Hart, Harvey, Cary, Vaughan,
> > McLaughlin, Skipton, Richardson, Knox, Ussher, Smith, Nesbitt,
Chichester,
> > Ball, Lawrence, Crofton, Boyd, Stuart and many others.
> >
> > The Laggan and its People, by S.M. Campbell, privately printed.
> > A look at the history of the Laggan (Presbyterian Derry/Donegal) through
> the
> > eyes of a local historian. Draws on local lore, Abercorn papers, records
> from
> > PRONI.
> >
> > The Tinkling Spring: Headwater of Freedom, A Study of the Church and Her
> > People, 1732-1952, by Howard McKnight Wilson, 1954, Fisherville,
Virginia
> 542
> > pages
> > The best source of information on the Scotch-Irish of Augusta/Rockbridge
> > Counties in Virginia. Includes the Baptismal Records of the Rev. Craig.
> > In-depth study of the early families of the Shenandoah Valley.
> >
> > Castle's Woods: Frontier Virginia Settlement, 1769-1799, a thesis
> presented
> > to the Faculty of the Department of History, East Tennessee State
> University
> > in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of master of
> Arts,
> > by James W. Hagy, 1966, 150 pages.
> > The most popular of the documents offered, this covers the families who
> > settled in Russell county, Virginia when it was considered the frontier.
> If
> > your ancestors came through southwestern Virginia, this document is the
> > history of your family. Contains information on specific families as
well
> as
> > the farmers, speculators, artisans, and preachers who resided there.
Lots
> on
> > the Indian battles that were a daily feature of life on the frontier.
> Names
> > like Russell, Walker, Porter, Cowan, Houston, Boone, Montgomery, Fraley,
> > Thompson, Anderson, Kilgore, and 50 or so other "Scotch-Irish" families
> make
> > this an invaluable resource for your family history.
> >
> > The Reverend Samuel Houston, V.D.M., by George West Diehl, 1970, McClure
> > Publishing Co. 125 pages
> > History of the early Virginia Presbyterians through the life of the Rev.
> > Samuel Houston, kin to Sam Houston of Texas fame.
> >
> > Well there you have it. The best documents I have found. If you are
> > interested in purchasing any of the above items (I would like to make
> copies
> > for free but I can't)
> > contact me at for details.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Robert Cowan
> > 525 Harrogate Rd.
> > Matthews, North Carolina 28105
> >
> >
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