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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Harris form Finkiltagh
« on: Sunday 01 November 15 19:15 GMT (UK) »Thanks for your reply. I am Russell's daughter, Eileen. My tree is the private one originally named Irish Harris family tree. Maybe you are already a guest on my tree. I have since added a few other names to the title. There was one other private tree when I started that had some Portglenone Harrises on it. That gentleman, Neil, was kind enough to share with me. At that point, I wasn't sure that Johnston was one of the Finkiltagh bunch, as the only thing I had to go by was his marriage record to Margaret. He was in no other family trees, Johnston was the only one of the siblings who came to Canada, so that may explain him being forgotten. When I went to PRONI a year ago in August, I found Johnston's baptism entered in the 2nd Portglenone Pres church records. He was born 1 Jan 1837 and his baptism was recorded in May of that year, so I am fairly confident it is him. At that point, I sat down at their computer and entered all of the baptisms that I had found for both David and Roberts Harris's children. I put together a family tree based on these baptisms, along with other peoples' input from Ancestry. I can't guarantee total accuracy, just hoping other folks like yourself can straighten out my mistakes. There are only about 4 trees on ancestry following Johnston's line, and I am in close touch with all but one. My reason for staying private is that I don't want my tree to mislead people, I am still working on verifying things. There will definitely be more trips to Ireland in the future. Feel free to contact me on Ancestry, my user name is eileenrharris, I will gladly send you an invite to my tree. I have toyed around with the idea that Johnston's mother Jane had the maiden name of Johnston, but have absolutely nothing on her except for her death certificate. Her married name was used, of course. Johnston was not a common first name, so it makes sense, but I know better than to assume....