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Title: Ballykelly Church of Ireland
Post by: BrnCam on Wednesday 31 March 10 22:23 BST (UK)

Does anyone know what records are available for Ballykelly COI. I'm trying to trace a couple of famlies that came from the area, Meighans' and Moores.

Regards,
Brncam

Title: Re: Ballykelly Church of Ireland
Post by: aghadowey on Wednesday 31 March 10 22:36 BST (UK)

PRONI & Coleraine Library (box #87) have microfilmed records from Ballykelly (Tamlaghtfinlagan) Church of Ireland-
Baptisms 1796-1835, 1835-1846, 1846-1861, 1861-1875
marriages 1796-1835, 1835-1846
burials 1796-1835, 1835-1846, 1846-1946
Vestry Book 1748-1881

Title: Re: Ballykelly Church of Ireland
Post by: BrnCam on Wednesday 31 March 10 22:55 BST (UK)

Thanks aghadowey,
Dates are all a bit early for me at the minute, I would need to be looking connections around 1900 to 1911. I think I'm on the right trail with the records I've come across for the 1911 census but would like to check out births and marriages just to be certain.
Do you know if the church holds any further records?

Regards,
Brncam

Title: Re: Ballykelly Church of Ireland
Post by: aghadowey on Wednesday 31 March 10 23:10 BST (UK)

The church would have more recent records (note burials on microfilm up to 1946).

Title: Re: Ballykelly Church of Ireland
Post by: kingskerswell on Wednesday 31 March 10 23:14 BST (UK)

Hi,
   If you can give us some more detail such as first names we may be able to help more.

Regards

Title: Re: Ballykelly Church of Ireland
Post by: BrnCam on Wednesday 31 March 10 23:31 BST (UK)

Hello kingkerswell,
I'm looking for connections to Alexander Moore born about 1895, apparently he came from quite a large family. In later years he moved to Termeil Dungiven, where he died. He was married to Elizabeth (Madden) in Drumachose Pres. church in 1915.
The second family are Meechan or Meighan. I'm looking for an Elizabeth (born about 1895) whose fathers name was William.

Regards,
Brncam

Title: Re: Ballykelly Church of Ireland
Post by: kingskerswell on Thursday 01 April 10 00:00 BST (UK)

Hi,
    Your dates are a bit late for my sources but I have got a record of a William Meighan who married Jane Whiteside in Scriggan Presbyterian Church on 31 Aug 1880 but I have no records which might show children. Scriggan is about one and a half miles north of Dungiven.

Regards

Title: Re: Ballykelly Church of Ireland
Post by: BrnCam on Thursday 01 April 10 11:14 BST (UK)

I'm not sure that your William is the one I'm looking for. I'd found one on the 1911 census in ?Ballykelly with a daughter Elizabeth who would be around the right age for my relative.

Regards,

Title: Re: Ballykelly Church of Ireland
Post by: Boddie on Saturday 16 May 15 08:39 BST (UK)

Hello Brncm, you ask about Alexander Moore. Would his nick name have been (Tiger Flowers). An Alexander (Tiger Flowers) Moore c1896 died 24-06-1953 in Termeil, Dungiven. His father was Wm Moore of Ballykelly and his mother Sarah Jane Mackay. His wife died 27-11-1971.