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Cavan / Re: Drung and Larah parish registers- Leviston and Cowan
« on: Friday 25 December 09 13:28 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, thanks Bernard John - Walter's tree seems to have been really widely distributed.   It's a great boon for sorting out that side of the family, despite the absence of dates.

No worries Maggie: thanks for looking, anyway.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the Rountree (and Cowin/Leviston) Clans.

regards

F

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Cavan / Re: Drung and Larah parish registers- Leviston and Cowan
« on: Monday 14 December 09 23:33 GMT (UK)  »
It isn’t easy to develop Irish family trees because of the loss of so many records in the fire in the Four Courts PRO back in 1922.  I offer the following thoughts:

David Craig’s site was brilliant on Drung families but the link I had (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.craig/craigfami/index3.htm) is no longer accessible.

I have full transcripts of the 1796 Flax Growers Lists for the Parishes of  Drung and Drumgoon (ie Cootehill) but see no Cowin/Cowans.

More positively:
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch
throws up no entries for Cowin but has 16 Cowans, including a Thomas in Drung who presumably is one of your Cowins..

In the neighbouring parish of Ashfield, the site
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~adrian/Ash_Bap1.htm
has several “Cowans” (Henry 1822; Atty 1840; Mary 1842; Thomas 1845 ..) I expect that these would also be linked?

Otherwise, I’ve found that the site
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=home
can be useful, but unless you have some pre-existing details (eg know the names of both parties to a marriage) or are following an unusual name, you will have to purchase a copy of each potentially relevant certificate from the Irish General Register Office. However this site does provide the references (registration district, year/quarter and page numbers) you need to order the cert, and saves a great deal of sifting through the manual records held in that Office.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/
gives access to the 1911 Census and  our National Archives expect to have the 1901 Census up shortly. The search facility is good but requires precise spelling of entries. 

I have perused the surviving records for Drung in the 1821 Census held in hard copy in the National Archives offices, but unfortunately didn’t transcribe any Cowins or Levistons.

Otherwise, personal examination of the records held by the Church Representative Body in Dublin, or where available, in the local parish, seem to be the main residual options unless you are willing to take the fee-paying route.

Taking up your kind offer to transcribe relevant items on your List, my particular interest is in the Fannin, Foster and Rountree familes.

regards

F

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Cavan / Re: Drung and Larah parish registers- Leviston and Cowan
« on: Thursday 10 December 09 20:51 GMT (UK)  »
I see that the parish register printout for Drung Christenings at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~adrian/LDSBap01.htm
lists a Mary (15 Sept 1811) and James (4 April 1817 and 1 Sept 1822) to Francis and Frances Cowin.  The two entries for James suggest the first-named James died prior to September 1822: in such circumstances it was quite usual to give the same name to the next child born of that gender.  Hope this is of some help.

I assume you had accessed an alternative Parish register.  Is it too available on the web?

regards

F

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