Just some miscellaneous items of interest for you while I'm
working on the 3rd Somerset County ,
MD
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| Donegal in Autumn |
1. From The Ulster
INTERESTING WEB-SITES
For anyone interested
in Scots-Irish families and DNA analysis,
check out Barry
McCain's blog
and the Scots-Irish
DNA Project website:
Over 500 families are
currently participating in the project.
Those of you whose
ancestors were Highland Scots or Redshanks
will find it
particularly interesting.
2. I also
now own (thanks to my brother!) the following book: Researching
Scots-Irish Ancestors: The Essential Genealogical Guide to Early Modern Ulster,
1600-1800 by William Roulston. As you know,
researching Scots-Irish records is quite a challenge because there are very few
records and most are only available through PRONI (see below), but this book
promises to make great strides in aiding our research (thanks Bill!).
3. Of course, what we really need is for
the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland
(PRONI) to allow the microfilmers in to copy their voluminous archives! Very
few records are available online, but at least the electronic "card
catalogue" is now available and will hopefully make searching out our
Scots-Irish ancestors just a little easier:
- http://applications.proni.gov.uk/DCAL_PRONI_ProniNames/SearchPage.aspx (name search)
- http://applications.proni.gov.uk/LL_DCAL_PRONI_ECATNI/SearchPage.aspx (search catalogue)
- http://applications.proni.gov.uk/LL_DCAL_PRONI_ECATNI/BrowseSearchPage.aspx (browse catalogue)
Except for the name search, I can't say that it looks super
user-friendly (, but if any of you have luck with a search, let me know!
If any of the online addresses in this article don’t come
across as "hot links,” you will have to cut and paste them into your
search engine’s Search Box.
Hope you are all having a lovely Autumn, wherever you are! -
donna
