Cathcart Family of Ballymuckleheany, Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/cathcart2.html> Thanks to Julia Holton King Todd for another great addition to CTI! Jim McKane Kitchener, Ontario

You did a fantastic job on these, Jim, and a big thanks to Julia for making them available. But am I the only one who is both elated and yet also slightly deflated when I see such extensive family narratives? Elated because I am delighted for those whose family it is and definitely green with envy, wishing they were mine. But also, as a researcher who has been working on genealogies for over twenty years, whose computer is littered with family trees that show only one, or perhaps two people, at the top of the tree, who I am able to discern through the mists of time back beyond that almost insurmountable1800 barrier, when I see such a plethora of 18th century names, or the histories of the 11 children born to a couple between 1817 and 1837, I realise just how inadequate my trees are, and how limited my research is. Whatever, I am not likely to give up now, partly because so few of us have that elusive "family bible", or those journals and letters available to Julia. Keep pegging away folks! Boyd https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/ On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 at 10:04, James McKane via CoTyroneList < cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > Cathcart Family of Ballymuckleheany, Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry, > Northern Ireland <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/cathcart2.html> > > Thanks to Julia Holton King Todd for another great addition to CTI! > > Jim McKane > Kitchener, Ontario > ================================= > 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 > =================================

You said it well, brother. Katie Green, a Devlin/Stinson researcher > On Jul 16, 2022, at 6:40 AM, Boyd Gray via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > > You did a fantastic job on these, Jim, and a big thanks to Julia for making them available. > > But am I the only one who is both elated and yet also slightly deflated when I see such extensive family narratives? > > Elated because I am delighted for those whose family it is and definitely green with envy, wishing they were mine. But also, as a researcher who has been working on genealogies for over twenty years, whose computer is littered with family trees that show only one, or perhaps two people, at the top of the tree, who I am able to discern through the mists of time back beyond that almost insurmountable1800 barrier, when I see such a plethora of 18th century names, or the histories of the 11 children born to a couple between 1817 and 1837, I realise just how inadequate my trees are, and how limited my research is. > > Whatever, I am not likely to give up now, partly because so few of us have that elusive "family bible", or those journals and letters available to Julia. > > Keep pegging away folks! > > Boyd > > https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ <https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/> > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/ <http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/> > > > > > On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 at 10:04, James McKane via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com <mailto:cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com>> wrote: > Cathcart Family of Ballymuckleheany, Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/cathcart2.html> > > Thanks to Julia Holton King Todd for another great addition to CTI! > > Jim McKane > Kitchener, Ontario > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com <mailto:cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> > List Archive - https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com <https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com> > Join the list by sending an email to - cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com <mailto:cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com> > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - cotyronelist-owner@list.cotyroneireland.com <mailto:cotyronelist-owner@list.cotyroneireland.com> > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com <mailto:cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com> > ================================= > ================================= > 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 > =================================

Thanks for your compliments, Boyd; however, Julia deserves all the credit for sharing this data so willingly. Good genealogy is all about the sharing of information. Julia would not have had this information without others willingly sharing it with her! Likewise, I would not have 90% of my family history without sharing. We, at CTI, only wish more of our supporters would come forward with some of their data "hoard" which we can share with everyone. Jim McKane Kitchener, Ontario On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 7:42 AM Boyd Gray via CoTyroneList < cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > You did a fantastic job on these, Jim, and a big thanks to Julia for > making them available. > > But am I the only one who is both elated and yet also slightly deflated > when I see such extensive family narratives? > > Elated because I am delighted for those whose family it is and definitely > green with envy, wishing they were mine. But also, as a researcher who has > been working on genealogies for over twenty years, whose computer is > littered with family trees that show only one, or perhaps two people, at > the top of the tree, who I am able to discern through the mists of time > back beyond that almost insurmountable1800 barrier, when I see such a > plethora of 18th century names, or the histories of the 11 children born to > a couple between 1817 and 1837, I realise just how inadequate my trees are, > and how limited my research is. > > Whatever, I am not likely to give up now, partly because so few of us have > that elusive "family bible", or those journals and letters available to > Julia. > > Keep pegging away folks! > > Boyd > > https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/ > > > > > On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 at 10:04, James McKane via CoTyroneList < > cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > >> Cathcart Family of Ballymuckleheany, Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry, >> Northern Ireland >> <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/surnames/cathcart2.html> >> >> Thanks to Julia Holton King Todd for another great addition to CTI! >> >> Jim McKane >> Kitchener, Ontario >> ================================= >> 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 >> ================================= > > ================================= > 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 > =================================