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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Tyrone => Topic started by: noseyjosey on Sunday 24 April 16 17:08 BST (UK)
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Has anyone any idea where Catholic people were buried in the Aughnacloy area? The Chapel in the main street was not built until around 1900 but there must be an older graveyard. I know there were three barn type churches at Dernabane which was known as the Quarry Chapel, Killens and the Hopps chapel near Caledon, There are no burial records as far as I know. Any help would be appreciated,
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you could contact priest...
http://www.armagharchdiocese.org/parishes/parish-details/?page=ddb_parish_details&parishID=10
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Thanks for the advice. I phoned and got the information I needed. In case anyone else is interested Catholics were buried in a Church of Ireland cemetery off the Aughnacloy to Ballygawley road. There are some headstones but no surviving records.
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Thanks for the advice. I phoned and got the information I needed. In case anyone else is interested Catholics were buried in a Church of Ireland cemetery off the Aughnacloy to Ballygawley road. There are some headstones but no surviving records.
Which Cemetery?
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The priest just said the Church of Ireland cemetery. I googled Tullyvar Road and cemetery and there is a photo of the gates. I won't rush to visit as its unlikely there is a headstone. Another brick wall!
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There are burial records for Aghaloo (R.C.) Parish 1868-1900-
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Tyrone&parish=Aghaloo&churchid=180
Burials are not in the online parish records-
http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0180
I think the Church of Ireland church is St. James', Carnteel-
http://ireland.anglican.org/information/dioceses/parish/10130
http://www.genuki.eu/TYR/Church56.htm
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The burial I am interested in would be in the 1840s. I have checked Carnteel C of I for baptisms etc but I think this person was a Catholic married to a Protestant. Her children are in the C of I records but at least three married Catholics. Their Father died a young man and she was left with small children and a 30 acre farm which she seems to have managed to keep. Her name was Catherine Conway and she married Thomas Henderson about 1808. I could not find the marriage. Maybe she just came from a different parish and is buried there but as I don'tknow when she died I am grasping at straws! I am not even sure she was Catholic but it seems odd that her son's would marry as they did.
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Thanks to all. I found this information very useful. I am looking for family members born prior to 1845 in Aughnacloy to Peter/Neles McNamee a shoemaker. This explains why I can not find any births except one in 1846.
Ellen
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Welcome to RootsChat :)
Civil registration of births only started in Ireland in 1864. So, before that date, church records (if they are in existence) will need to be found, and you will need an idea of location (parish if not actual townland) and religion.
Have a look at this free site: https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/news/154-update-to-the-civil-records-3
KG
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Thank you. I used both of these sites. I need records from 1800 to 1845 for births marriages and deaths in Aughnacloy. The church records only start from 1845. Any suggestions would be most welcome. I am looking for information on a family McNamee. The father, Peter was a shoemaker in Aughnacloy and one of his sons John also trained as a shoemaker with his father. John moved at some stage to live and work in Armagh. I have his marriage certificate from 1887, and his father was died by ths time. But can not find anything recording his death.
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It will be tiresome but you could check the early Catholic Church records on microfilm for Aghaloo Parish at www.nli.ie. Sometimes people act as sponsors at baptism or witness at marriage and this can give you some idea of possible relatives. It is not definitive but it can help, sometimes. Also think of checking neighbouring parishes, such as Killeeshil, Errigal Kieran and Errigal Trough. A days subscription to Rootsireland can help narrow things down and it isn't too expensive.
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Thank you I will give it a shot.