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Re: Buchanan/Carson
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 27 May 09 21:54 BST (UK) »
You have posted the date and place of marriage but in order to get names of both fathers you will need to get the marriage certificate. The indexes to civil registration are online (link below) but that only gets you the index details needed to order the marriage certificate (name, date, registration district, volume and page number).
Very few Irish church records are available online.
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Re: Buchanan/Carson
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 27 May 09 21:57 BST (UK) »
What I was hoping is that other researchers of my family in Ireland have this missing link and we could correspond.
 

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Re: Buchanan/Carson
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 27 May 09 22:00 BST (UK) »
It's certainly possible that someone researching these families might see your post so if you wish to wait for a response you may do so.
Meanwhile you might want to look at the Tyrone resources posted at the top of the Tyrone board:
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,78.0.html
-and all Irish Resources:
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,385.0.html
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Re: Buchanan/Carson
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 27 May 09 22:51 BST (UK) »
As Aghadowey suggests your first port of call would have to be the marriage certificate.  Here are the marriage details from EmeraldAncestors.com subscription site:-

Date of Marriage   4 May 1847
Groom Name   William BUCHANAN
Bride Name   Matilda CARSON
Church   Crew Bridge Church of Ireland
Parish   Ardstraw
Civil District   Castlederg
County   Tyrone

The certificate will give addresses and father's names for the bride and groom which will enable you to connect your couple to a wider Irish family.

Details from marriage certificates are available from most Northern Irish district councils for around £4 provided you have the name of the bride and groom and the exact date and place of the ceremony (as provided by Emerald above).  The relevant council in this case is Strabane and their district registrar can be contacted by phone or email via the following link:-

http://www.strabanedc.com/council/services/births-deaths-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/

Once you have these details, post them here and someone should be able to help.

A good place to start would be Griffith Valuation which would give details of where their families lived:-

http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/gv_family_search_form.php

but you need addresses and father's names as a starting point (a quick check of Griffith shows 11 Carson families in Ardstraw parish in 1860).


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Re: Buchanan/Carson
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 27 May 09 23:11 BST (UK) »
thank you

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Re: Buchanan/Carson
« Reply #14 on: Friday 19 June 09 23:59 BST (UK) »
HI
I received the marriage certificate...somehow I believe the name of the place William Buchanan resided in is not a correct spelling.

However I have William Buchanan married May 4 1847 22 years old a Bachelor living in Carandaragh father is Robert Buchanan and he is a farmer

Matilda Carson 21 years old a spinster residing in Drumclamph her father is Samuel Carson a farmer.

Is this enough to make a connection?  Thanks rr 

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Re: Buchanan/Carson
« Reply #15 on: Saturday 20 June 09 13:25 BST (UK) »
I have no connection to your family but I think the townland you are looking for is Cavandarragh (or perhaps a variant spelling of same).

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Re: Buchanan/Carson
« Reply #16 on: Saturday 20 June 09 23:04 BST (UK) »
Thank you

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Re: Buchanan/Carson
« Reply #17 on: Monday 22 June 09 18:13 BST (UK) »
Hello rr

as promised I had  little look around.

http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/tyrone/ardstraw.php

At above link, you will see that there was still a Samuel Carson in Drumclamph at time of Griffiths. There is also only one Buchanan recorded, a John, but also at Drumclamph, not Cavandarragh (although there is a Robert Carson there).

This would certainly suggest, though, that possible connections to your Buchanan/Carson did indeed remain in Ireland.

Further, it may be worth contacting the author of the following
http://www.mccaskie.org.uk/Gill.htm
http://www.mccaskie.org.uk/Neilands.htm
given it makes mention of Buchanan and Drumclamph.

Or also:
http://www.geocities.com/genealogist@sbcglobal.net/buchurneyardstraw.html broken link
Or also:
http://www.geocities.com/genealogist@sbcglobal.net/mybuchan.html broken link

And an interesting Buchanan of Ardstraw snippet at:

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Buchanan/default.aspx?section=results

You may have seen all of above before, if not happy reading/hunting.  There is more on the net, just google.
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