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Hello, not sure if this forum is still active but I'm also researching the McPhillamy/ McPhillamy family who left the Newtonstewart area of Co Tyrone in the late 1700s and settled in Muirkirk, Ayrshire. We know that William McPhillamy/ McPhillamy (a labourer) was born in Badoney/Bodoney, a village close to Gortin, near Omagh. He probably travelled to Scotland with a younger brother or family member, Andrew (referred to in previous posts). There appear to be no cemetery records including likely parents or siblings of the two brothers in the Newtonstewart area. Can anyone suggest any other Northern Ireland records which I could search? The Tithe Applotment Books cover a later period (1820/30s), so I really need to look at records dating from 1750 to 1800.

Thanks Mollipops!
I really just wanted to know where the original post information came from 'Created : 2012-03-11 19:32:38 / From original database', since there is a lot of information listed here that my family was previously unaware of. I assume some of it's taken from the BHC landing records. But certain things like the 'marriage of Elizabeth in 1902 to John Alex Stewart, 35, laborer, born in Memphis, USA' are a mystery to us and would not have been included in the BHC records since it happened 19 years after her arrival in Canada. I wonder where this info came from?

I'd be happy to start a new post, but we already know about all of Elizabeth's Canadian relatives (my wife's mother's immediate family), so it's ones in the UK - possibly still living in Staffordshire -who we would like to track down. I suspect they have no idea of their relationship with Elizabeth, since her lineage was difficult to trace even using several different genealogy sources. We were greatly helped by Ian Winkle who is a very skilled family researcher.

Many thanks,

James