The case for checking and double-checking all available sources! As Co. Tyrone listers we are once again spoilt by all the kind work done by Len Swindley and others, also Jim McKane in running and supporting our website. I wanted to use one marriage item as an example of just why we should check as many sources as may be available and never, never assume that we might have all the answers. Please look at this entry, from the GRO transcript marriage registers of the Linenhall Street Presbyterian Church in Belfast, for a marriage that occurred on 7 th July 1848 …. [ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1848/09343/5383163.pdf | https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1848/09343/5383163.pdf ] Very clearly this is a record of the marriage between Thomas H. Black of Coleraine and Hannah Gilmore, a spinster of full age, resident in Ballymacarrett which is a townland or ward in Belfast – faithfully recorded and duly signed off in the hand of the clergyman Rev. Robert Knox who was present with the parties and who performed the actual marriage. Thanks to Len’s diligence, we can put a whole new slant to this happy event …. Gilmour & Gilmore Genealogy Notes, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland 1830-68 (Transcribed by Len Swindley from BMD notices in the Londonderry Sentinel ) [ https://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/gilmour.html | https://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/gilmour.html ] Indeed, this happy bride was no Belfast lassie. She was a County Tyrone girl, from Lisrone, a townland near Moy and between Dungannon and Armagh – Black/Gilmour family researchers please note, and please also note the different spellings of the surname …. Interestingly, the officiating clergyman at the Linenhall Street Church in Belfast was a Co. Tyrone man too. Rev. Robert Knox was a son of Hugh Knox of Urney, Co. Tyrone, and the grandson of Gustavous Knox of Little Drumenny, in Donagheady parish …. my ain kith and kin! Thanks, Len, for your kind posting – you have led me to downloading images for pages and pages of the Linenhall Street marriage registers, all in Robert Knox’s own handwriting and with so many examples of his own signature – a real treasure trove! Dave Mitchell Cape Town, South Africa

Yes Dave, sometimes the record can be 'screwed up' by careless recorders. Sometimes too the name is misspelled - as in my research, "Harrow" for "O'Hara", for one of many examples - or the Bride's maiden name confused with that of the informant or witness, and even the place of residence mentioned in the newspaper confused with the place of the church. As you rightly point out: check, check and check again as much as you can and treat all information as conditional until cross-checked. Even family lore can be distorted by time or ... Cheers, Gordon On 25/02/2023 11:11 pm, dm60--- via CoTyroneList wrote: > > *The case for checking and double-checking all available sources!* > > ** > > As Co. Tyrone listers we are once again spoilt by all the kind work > done by Len Swindley and others, also Jim McKane in running and > supporting our website. > > I wanted to use one marriage item as an example of just why we should > check as many sources as may be available and never, never assume that > we might have all the answers. > > Please look at this entry, from the GRO transcript marriage registers > of the Linenhall Street Presbyterian Church in Belfast, for a marriage > that occurred on 7^th July 1848 …. > > > > https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1848/09343/5383163.pdf > > Very clearly this is a record of the marriage between Thomas H. Black > of Coleraine and Hannah Gilmore, a spinster of full age, resident in > Ballymacarrett which is a townland or ward in Belfast – faithfully > recorded and duly signed off in the hand of the clergyman Rev. Robert > Knox who was present with the parties and who performed the actual > marriage. > > > Thanks to Len’s diligence, we can put a whole new slant to this happy > event …. > > *Gilmour & Gilmore Genealogy Notes, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland > 1830-68* > > > (Transcribed by Len Swindley from BMD notices in the /Londonderry > Sentinel /) > > > > https://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/gilmour.html > > Indeed, this happy bride was no Belfast lassie.  She was a County > Tyrone girl, from Lisrone, a townland near Moy and between Dungannon > and Armagh – Black/Gilmour family researchers please note, and please > also note the different spellings of the surname …. > > > Interestingly, the officiating clergyman at the Linenhall Street > Church in Belfast was a Co. Tyrone man too.  Rev. Robert Knox was a > son of Hugh Knox of Urney, Co. Tyrone, and the grandson of Gustavous > Knox of Little Drumenny, in Donagheady parish …. my ain kith and kin! > > Thanks, Len, for your kind posting – you have led me to downloading > images for pages and pages of the Linenhall Street marriage registers, > all in Robert Knox’s own handwriting and with so many examples of his > own signature – a real treasure trove! > > > Dave Mitchell > > Cape Town, South Africa > > > > ================================= > Send a Message to the List -cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com > List Archive -https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to -cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > To receive the Digest version, send an email to -cotyronelist-owner@list.cotyroneireland.com > Unsubscribe by sending an email to -cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > =================================