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From: "Barbara Ray" <>
Subject: Re: [BLACK-L] Ulster Research Trip and Genealogical Materials
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:31:20 -0400
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You are very kind, Robert, to share your research and insights. I have just
begun to read in this area, and remain overwhelmed by the task of
understanding the origin and migration of my Scots-Irish ancestors, and of
early Presbyterianism. I have just finished reading a new book that folks
with an interest in this subject might like to know about. It is "As God Is
My Witness; The Presbyterian Kirk, The Covenanters & The Ulster Scots," by
Brian J. Orr, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 2002. The publisher's web
site is www.heritagebooks.com. It is a 17th century story, including the
horror of theocracies as monarchs and politics shift, martyrdom by early
ministers and their supporters, astonishing human cruelty and so very much
more. Thankfully, there was a new world on this side of the Atlantic for
settlement by the descendants of these hardy people.
Barbara McDaniel Ray
Atlanta, GA
Descendant of Virginians, Thomas (abt. 1752-1814) and Susannah Richardson
(abt. 1757-1837) Black
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> For approximately three weeks in May and June John Giacoletti and I made a
> research trip to Northern Ireland to gather information on some of the
> Defenders of Derry. I said I would post our findings to the various lists
> that had been contacted prior to our departure. To view all of our posts
> please go to the rootsweb.com main page and find the link to "threaded
> archives" Type in COWAN and search June and July 2002 and you will find
some
> really interesting posts describing our research adventures. If you have
any
> comments or questions please feel free to contact me at .
>
> Prior to the trip I offered four obscure, out-of-print publications that
> should be included in every Ulster Presbyterian's genealogical library.
They
> all have either expired copyright provisions or, in the case of the Hagy
> thesis, I have the author's permission to reproduce the document. The
> publications are:
>
> "The Laggan and its Presbyterianism" and "In the Days of the Laggan
> Presbytery," 1905,1908, by the Rev. Alexander Lecky, B.A. member of the
Royal
> Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Belfast 211 pages
> We met JB Shannon, age 90, who assisted in the 1975 reprint and he said
these
> books are still the BEST source for Ulster Presbyterian research. Books
> contain lists of former generations of Lagganeers, and their places of
abode,
> which have never before appeared in print.
>
> "Fighters of Derry, Their Deeds and Descendants, being a Chronicle of
Events
> in Ireland during the Revolutionary period 1688-1691," by William R.
Young,
> 1932, Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 350 pages.
> One of the most difficult sources to locate, in fact almost impossible.
> Contains biographical sketches (1200+) of the Defenders of Derry
>
> "A History of the Siege of Londonderry and Defence of Enniskillen in 1688
and
> 1689, with Historical Poetry and Biographical Notes," by the Rev. John
> Graham, M.A. Rector of Magilligan in the Diocese of Derry. Includes the
> Battles of the Boyne, Athlone, and Aughrim and the siege and capitulation
of
> Limmerick by Lord Macaulay, Toronto, 1869
> 311 pages. Full of genealogical information about the families who were
at
> Derry.
>
> "Castle's Woods: Frontier Virginia Settlement, 1769-1799, a thesis
presented
> to the Faculty of the Department of History, East Tennessee State
University
> in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of
Arts,
> by James Hagy, 1966, 150 pages.
> The most popular of the documents offered, this covers the families who
> settled in Russell county, Virginia when it was considered the frontier.
>
> And a new addition:
>
> "The Tinkling Spring, Headwater of Freedom" A Study of the Church and Her
> People, Howard McKnight Wilson, Fisherville, 1954
> This book contains more genealogy of the early settlers of
Augusta/Rockbridge
> Counties Virginia than any other. Baptismal records of the Rev. Craig and
> detailed analysis of many of the early families from the 1740's on.
>
> Please contact me privately at for details on how to
acquire
> these materials. It is very slow and cumbersome to contact each list
> individually so in the future I will be putting these and other items I
deem
> valuable on abebooks.com
> Once again, I will be happy to answer any questions that have to do with
the
> migration of Scots-Irish people from Ulster to Pa, Virginia and Tennessee.
> But remember, I probably don't know who your mamma is, I had a hard enough
> time figuring out who mine was.
>
> Regards,
> Robert Cowan
> 525 Harrogate Rd.
> Matthews, North Carolina 28105
>

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