Good Morning Tom,

The Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland are not available for online viewing.

They were published in the 1990s by the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, Belfast from the original documents. The Memoir for Ardstraw parish can be found in Vol. 5, Parishes of Co Tyrone 1, ISBN 0853893624 and can be purchased from the Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast www.ancestryireland.com/shop/http://www.ancestryireland.com/shop/
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Best,
Len

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Thanks, Len.  And nice to hear from you.

I forgot about the e-book with select Strabane Morning Post, But I have searched and browsed it before.

So your content begs two questions:

1. Could Newspapers.comhttp://Newspapers.com digitize the rest of the Strabane papers?  I will ask them.
2. Where can I view the Ordinance Survey Memoirs (Vol 5, Tyrone 1) ?

Stay well.

Tom

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On Sep 13, 2021, at 8:56 AM, Len Swindley <len_swindley@hotmail.commailto:len_swindley@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hello Tom! Good to hear from you.

I hope this brief response is helpful.

The Strabane Morning Post is not available online: I first accessed hard copy of this great newspaper at the British Library, London in 1993 and it contains great treasure. The many issues (1812-37) have been transcribed and is available as an e-book  (Strabane and West Ulster in the 1800s) at  www.cotyroneireland.com/estore/index.php?maincat_id=9http://www.cotyroneireland.com/estore/index.php?maincat_id=9
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County Tyrone & Ulster E-Books for download
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The article posted yesterday is a report listing the award winners at the Ardstraw Church of Ireland Sunday School, not a list of students. I would be most surprised if your forebears attended this school; Sunday schools offered a very basic education for the children of the labouring poor, fees not being charged as teaching was gratuitous.

The Ordnance Survey Memoirs (Vol. 5, Tyrone 1) for Ardstraw Parish was compiled in 1831 and contains data regarding the many schools in the parish.

The Parochial School in Mill Street, Newtownstewart had an enrolment of 46 pupils (40 males and 6 females) offering a fee-paying education for the children of the gentry, merchants and prosperous farmers. As regards the Sunday school the Memoirs record an attendance of 100 pupils. Additionally, there were two Presbyterian, a Methodist and a Catholic day school in the village.

Of course, it is with certainty that no roll books and or lists of students have survived, apart from the interesting list of prize winners - it is so long ago.

Hope this offers some clarification and regards,
Len

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Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: New Content - Newtownstewart Sunday School Award Winners, Ardstraw Parish, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1823

Thanks, Len.
I tried to find this article on my own. I could not find it.  The reason I am interested is that my relatives would have been in Sunday School in Newtownstewart , Ardstraw Parish, Church of Ireland, just shortly after this time.  The kids were
Thomas Chambers b: 1821. My 2nd gg father
George Chambers b: 1824. My 2nd gg uncle
Mary Ann Chambers b: 1828. My 2nd gg Aunt

Can you find them in the Strabane Morning Post?
Len and Jim - thanks for all you do.

Thomas Chambers USA

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Newtownstewart Sunday School Award Winners, Ardstraw Parish, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1823https://www.cotyroneireland.com/schools/newtownstewart.html

Thanks again to Len Swindley for another great addition to CTI!

Jim McKane
Kitchener, Ontario

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For the OS memoirs, it is worth searching on-line on worldcat to see if a local library has it. If you are near a university that has it, for example, anyone can look at it without a borrowers card. That is how I found it in Melbourne. They are a great read.
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Good Morning Tom,

The Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland are not available for online viewing.

They were published in the 1990s by the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, Belfast from the original documents. The Memoir for Ardstraw parish can be found in Vol. 5, Parishes of Co Tyrone 1, ISBN 0853893624 and can be purchased from the Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast www.ancestryireland.com/shop/http://www.ancestryireland.com/shop/
[https://www.ancestryireland.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/facebook-default.jpg]http://www.ancestryireland.com/shop/
BooksIreland - Ulster Historical Foundationhttp://www.ancestryireland.com/shop/
Visit www.booksireland.org.uk for a wide range of Irish and Scots-Irish history and genealogy books on Irish and Scots-Irish culture and history
www.ancestryireland.com
Best,
Len

From: tchamberswi@gmail.com tchamberswi@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, 14 September 2021 12:42 AM
To: Len Swindley len_swindley@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: New Content - Newtownstewart Sunday School Award Winners, Ardstraw Parish, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1823

Thanks, Len.  And nice to hear from you.

I forgot about the e-book with select Strabane Morning Post, But I have searched and browsed it before.

So your content begs two questions:

1. Could Newspapers.comhttp://Newspapers.com digitize the rest of the Strabane papers?  I will ask them.
2. Where can I view the Ordinance Survey Memoirs (Vol 5, Tyrone 1) ?

Stay well.

Tom

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 13, 2021, at 8:56 AM, Len Swindley <len_swindley@hotmail.commailto:len_swindley@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hello Tom! Good to hear from you.

I hope this brief response is helpful.

The Strabane Morning Post is not available online: I first accessed hard copy of this great newspaper at the British Library, London in 1993 and it contains great treasure. The many issues (1812-37) have been transcribed and is available as an e-book  (Strabane and West Ulster in the 1800s) at  www.cotyroneireland.com/estore/index.php?maincat_id=9http://www.cotyroneireland.com/estore/index.php?maincat_id=9
CoTyroneIreland E-Bookshttp://www.cotyroneireland.com/estore/index.php?maincat_id=9
County Tyrone & Ulster E-Books for download
www.cotyroneireland.comhttp://www.cotyroneireland.com
The article posted yesterday is a report listing the award winners at the Ardstraw Church of Ireland Sunday School, not a list of students. I would be most surprised if your forebears attended this school; Sunday schools offered a very basic education for the children of the labouring poor, fees not being charged as teaching was gratuitous.

The Ordnance Survey Memoirs (Vol. 5, Tyrone 1) for Ardstraw Parish was compiled in 1831 and contains data regarding the many schools in the parish.

The Parochial School in Mill Street, Newtownstewart had an enrolment of 46 pupils (40 males and 6 females) offering a fee-paying education for the children of the gentry, merchants and prosperous farmers. As regards the Sunday school the Memoirs record an attendance of 100 pupils. Additionally, there were two Presbyterian, a Methodist and a Catholic day school in the village.

Of course, it is with certainty that no roll books and or lists of students have survived, apart from the interesting list of prize winners - it is so long ago.

Hope this offers some clarification and regards,
Len

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Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: New Content - Newtownstewart Sunday School Award Winners, Ardstraw Parish, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1823

Thanks, Len.
I tried to find this article on my own. I could not find it.  The reason I am interested is that my relatives would have been in Sunday School in Newtownstewart , Ardstraw Parish, Church of Ireland, just shortly after this time.  The kids were
Thomas Chambers b: 1821. My 2nd gg father
George Chambers b: 1824. My 2nd gg uncle
Mary Ann Chambers b: 1828. My 2nd gg Aunt

Can you find them in the Strabane Morning Post?
Len and Jim - thanks for all you do.

Thomas Chambers USA

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On Sep 12, 2021, at 6:20 AM, James McKane via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.commailto:cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote:

Newtownstewart Sunday School Award Winners, Ardstraw Parish, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1823https://www.cotyroneireland.com/schools/newtownstewart.html

Thanks again to Len Swindley for another great addition to CTI!

Jim McKane
Kitchener, Ontario

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