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From: Linda Merle <>
Subject: Re: New Subscriber
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 10:28:32 -0800


Hi Sara,

I am trying to get caught up on my email, and I do't think we responded to
you.

Because there are not very good IRish records, you want to look for ways
to leverage English or Scots records. You must also compensate by learning
more. www.genuki.org.uk is the hub of British and IRish research -- check
in there, and if you can afford it, buy or borrow a book on Irish genealogy
or browse articles in a genealogy magazine.

You can't make the assumption that a family you find in IReland in IGI
is your family. IGI coverage of Ireland is very bad and names repeat a lot too
in both Scotland and Ireland. Look for evidence in Scottish records of
his arrival in Scotland -- Use censuses. Order the film for the parishes
in Scotland. You may find indication there of his origins. Look for wills.
Look for them in Edinburgh and Canterbury as well as Lanark and Down.
Reason: if you died and owned property in more than one county, the
will was probated in the higher court. In Scotland that would be Edinburgh.
But if you died owning property in several British countries, it was probated
in Canterbury. The Canterbury will index is therefore very valuable. It's
been published for earlier times. Don't know about yours. The will may
give you lots of family history. Also look for deeds in IReland and Scotland.
(Each of these things is a genealogy class that leaves you feeling like
a swimming student not ready for the first plunge off the high board. Don't
worry about it now).

Also in Ireland you do have civil registration for these people. With him
being a merchant, you will find him. You just need to learn how. People
write books on how to do all this so you will not get all the info in an
email. You aren't ready for that anyhow! So just learn at your own pace
and eventually you will find them. Census and civil registration are the first
places to look. And wills.

Americans forget too that immigrant ancestors may have had property
that required probate in the Ol' Country -- or may have been willed land
or other valuables by other family members. This of course only works
for a small segment of the population. Your ancestor, however, is in that
segment!


Best of luck,

Linda merle






>1881 Census. Lanark, Scotland.
>Henry BURROWS, Linen Cloth Merchant, aged 41, born IRE
>Margaret BURROWS, Wife, aged 40, born IRE
>Isabella BURROWS, Dau, Linen Weaver, aged 17, born IRE
>Stephen BURROWS, Son, Iron Moulder, aged 15, born IRE
>Mary J. BURROWS, Dau, Linen Weaver, aged 14, born IRE
>
>IGI entries.
>(mar) 7 Feb 1863. Henry BURROWS / Margaret THOMPSON.
>Newtown Ards, Down, Ireland.
>
>(chr) 22 Aug 1865. Stephen BURROWS
>Newtown Ards, Down, Ireland.
>
>(chr) 15 Apr 1867. Mary Jane BURROWS
>Newtown Ards, Down, Ireland.
>
>Thankyou in anticipation
>Sara McGinlay
>Blackpool, Eng.

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