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Roscommon / Re: Poynton
« on: Tuesday 14 June 11 23:04 BST (UK)  »
I went to the Irish Family History Foundation and found a civil record of a death for Gilbert Poynton in 1904. I looked it up on the county site since you can put in more parameters if you have them . Each record costs €5.00 so you want to be fairly certain.

(It also shows a birth for a Gilbert Lucus Poynton in 1867. I looked  up a couple of the others and they are there too. I'm pretty sure these are the right people)

If you pull the civil death certificate you can get the age and possibly a little more info. I usually see the age, address, marital status, occupation, and information of the informant of the info - relationship, name, and address.

Roscommon site: http://roscommon.rootsireland.ie/

Main site: http://www.rootsireland.ie/




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Roscommon / Re: Protestant Cemetary Castlerea
« on: Tuesday 14 June 11 22:42 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the information and the offer. If anyone comes across this, the Cornwall family started in Kilkeevin. I understand that Mathias Cornwall (born around 1733) relocated from Lavally Galway. He is listed in the 1749 Elphin Census as a Weaver. His wife was Elinor and they had three children under 14.

In any case, this brings me to the minimum three posts to participate in PM. lol


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Roscommon / Re: Repository Loan Fund
« on: Monday 13 June 11 00:38 BST (UK)  »
I've corrected the link. Thanks for the catch.

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Roscommon / Repository Loan Fund - Corrected
« on: Sunday 12 June 11 23:38 BST (UK)  »
Here is a great resource. I found some ancestors and based on who was guaranteeing loans, was able to get confidence on relationships


http://movinghere.org.uk/search/default.asp

There are records online for the each of the funds containing names and relationships. Loans were issued to individuals and each loan had one or more sureties. The records allowed me to confirm the townland and other information. Just understanding who received the loan and who acted as surety allowed me to confirm some relationships.

You can do searches for people or place names against the "Catalogue of Digitised Records". Use the sub-records for the best results. Do your search and then select "Irish"




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Roscommon / Re: Protestant Cemetary Castlerea
« on: Sunday 12 June 11 19:34 BST (UK)  »
I have a few ancestors buried there  too. George Reynolds (b 19808) was buried there in 1848. I really can't track much on him. He lived in Tarmon (termonmore?). His wife was Elizabeth. He supposedly married above his station. On a subscription list for the Castlerea Relief Fund in 1835 he was listed as Mr. Geo Reynolds.  (I have the list that has a lot of the key families but can't upload it to this site. I didn't see Wilkinson on it)

His son William Reynolds was born in 1840 and baptized in Holy Trinity.  He married Margaret Cornwall in 1871 in Kiltullagh. They lived in Creggaslin up to his death in 1889 and most of the children were baptized in Holly Trinity as well. Other names include Cotton and Glover.

After William died my grandfather was raised by relatives. An aunt paid for an apprenticeship with Connolly Brothers and he is shown living with them in the 1901 census. He emigrated to NY in 1906.

If there is any way to get a scanned copy of the sketch, it would be appreciated.

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