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In September 2017 the Branch will host a Family History Conference aimed at the descendants of Causeway Coast Families. "Return To The Causeway, A Journey Into The Past" will run from Monday 25th to Friday 29th September, 2017 at Portrush Atlantic Hotel. Information and booking details can be found at the branch website at http://colerainefhs.org.uk/?page_id=188712

Conference Programme Return To The Causeway

Monday 25th September 2017

Welcome event 7pm

Tuesday 26th September 2017
Keynote speaker –Dr William Roulston UHF
Informal session with local genealogists
Introductory talk on Public Record Office of Northern Ireland by PRONI staff
Forum on delegate queries (see booking form)
 

Wednesday 27th September 2017
Coach trip to Derry/Londonderry
St Augustine’s Church
Emigration talk by Brian Mitchell
Walking tour of City Walls
Free time to explore
Visit to Moville Quay, County Donegal, emigrant departure point
1798 Book launch by Keith Beattie
 

Thursday 28th September 2017
United Irishmen in Causeway area – Keith Beattie
Round table discussion and storytelling
DNA and Adoption – Sean T Traynor
1718 Bann Valley Migration – Dr Linde Lunney RIA
Heaney’s Heritage: Country life in Co.s Antrim & Londonderry – Graham Mawhinney
Ulster Dialects – S Alex Blair
Conference Dinner with music and talk from Willie Drennan

 
Friday 29th September 2017
Coach trip to Upperlands/Garvagh
The history (and present) of Irish Linen Making – Bruce Clark
Visit to Clark’s linen mills
Lunch at Ardtara Country House
Visit to Garvagh Museum for social history talks & demonstrations
Feedback and Farewell Address

Every effort will be made to keep to the programme outlined here, however it is possible that changes may take place due to circumstances outside the organisers’ control. Where changes are necessary every effort will be made to minimise them and their impact.

Booking Your Place :- http://colerainefhs.org.uk/?page_id=188717

If the original birth certificate has been marked adopted, then the adoption would be deemed a "legal Adoption", and both birth certificates would be available from Groni in the normal application process, one from the birth registers, and one from the "adopted childrens register" which was compiled in 1948 but included adoptions from 1922.

The other route would be to aquire baptismal records, i have one marked " adopted son of" but a through search has not revealed a legal adoption, and that was as recent as the thirties. So like all events, some adoptions were only assumed to have taken place.

From a recent visit to these townlands, researching the names of McKee and Kennedy, I noticed there are still Hamilton's predominately in Ryan and Finnard to date.

thanks for those Otto

Sean TT