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Re: William McELWAIN b. c1857 Ireland
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 07 January 06 16:04 GMT (UK) »
Hi Both,
I guess I forgot the most obvious question - what religion?
In that period there are four distinct 'hotspots' of the Morning family - Antrim, Londonderry, Donegall and Wicklow.
Of those that I have managed to track and identify - the Wicklow ones have all been Catholic, The Antrim and Londonderry have all been presbyterian and I don't know about those in Donegall.
I have a wonderful letter written in 1784 about the Antrim Mornings (which I think are my lot). I haven't figured out if I can add attachments - probably not (no doubt Christopher can advise) - but I am happy to provide a transcript to anyone who is interested. The letter is by the local minister and tells the story of a visit he made to the home of Adam Morning of Aird (which is about a mile from the Giants Casueway)
Alan

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Re: William McELWAIN b. c1857 Ireland
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 07 January 06 16:18 GMT (UK) »
Hei Alan,

I have not figured how to add attachments to RootsChat either  8)
I know how to do it with e-mails. I wonder if it is something similar?  ???
Try http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,285.0.html
There are times I am a bit dense  8) Technical jargon is beyond me   ???
If you understand the reply sent to you would you mind translating it into Plain English for me please. I hope you are soon able to add attachments as I am sure everyone would love to read the wonderful letter about the Antrim Mornings.

Best Wishes,

Kristoffer 

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Re: William McELWAIN b. c1857 Ireland
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 07 January 06 16:58 GMT (UK) »
Just to prove you can teach an old dog new tricks - sorry Christopher
When you go to post a message  if you look just below the Message box you will see a link that says 'additional Options' - click on this and the bottom option allows you to add attachments with some limitations. The file types are those that are less likely to harbour viruses so I guess this is the reason why the attachments are limited to these file types: txt, jpg, jpeg, gif, pdf, mpg, png, ged.
I have attached a PDF of the transcript of the letter - hopefully you and others can cope with this file format.
Alan
PS - now to see if the theory actually works - no doubt someone will tell me if I haven't uploaded the file!!

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Re: William McELWAIN b. c1857 Ireland
« Reply #12 on: Saturday 07 January 06 23:53 GMT (UK) »
Hi Alan

The theory worked and makes interesting reading!!

You have proved you can teach old dogs new tricks after all - sorry Christopher!

saz ;D

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Re: William McELWAIN b. c1857 Ireland
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 08 January 06 00:39 GMT (UK) »
lol Saz

I will get the hang of it eventually

Uncle Chris

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Re: William McELWAIN b. c1857 Ireland
« Reply #14 on: Sunday 08 January 06 16:14 GMT (UK) »
I did it....I did it.....all by myself as well 8)

Alan..............Thank you for sharing that with us a lovely read.

Steve

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Re: William McELWAIN b. c1857 Ireland
« Reply #15 on: Sunday 08 January 06 23:42 GMT (UK) »
Well done sis

You are such a clever girl now!

Just think how much clever you will be when you get to my age!!!!!!!!!! :-* :-* :-* :-*

Happy Birthday to me-21 again ;D - Happy birthday to me 21 again ;D - Happy birthday to me 21 again ;D
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Re: William McELWAIN b. c1857 Ireland
« Reply #16 on: Monday 09 January 06 00:29 GMT (UK) »
She has such a long way to go to catch up Steve. I doubt her brain will cope.

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Re: William McELWAIN b. c1857 Ireland
« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 21 February 06 20:50 GMT (UK) »
I'm descended from a William McElwain, born 1798 near Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Ireland (died near Orangeville Ontario in 1880).  But my clan emigrated around 1836 clearly not to Australia but to Quebec and then to Ontario Canada.  My William married an Eliza (Beggs) too.  Presbyterian.  My William begat a son, also William, but that William (the second) was born around 1840 near Sorel, Quebec.  I would be very happy to find the link between my McElwains and the McIlvaine clan who were in Ayrshire Scotland until the late 1600s....  But no links to be found yet. 

Mark McElwain
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