RE: [Bann Valley] Pollock, Boggs, McNeill, Sloan, Armstrong, Irwin

[<boydgray26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rosemary,

Permit me to ask the obvious.

When you say you wish to get a "feel for the area" and visit "locations of
relevance", have you used the online Griffiths Valuation plus its associated
maps to find precisely where your Pollocks et al lived in the mid 1850s?

 http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/gv_family_search_form.php

I assume this is your ancestor (in summary form) or his father:
Family Name 1  POLLOCK  
Forename 1  ROBERT  
Landlord  
Family Name 2  HEYLAND  
Forename 2  LANGFORD  
Location  
County  LONDONDERRY  
Barony  LOUGHINSHOLIN  
Union  BALLYMONEY  
Parish  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY  
Townland  DRUMOOLISH  
Place Name  DRUMOOLISH  
Place Type  TOWNLAND  
Publication Details  
Position on Page  4  
Printing Date  1858  
Act  15&16  
Sheet Number  33  
Map Reference  5;6;7  

And this is the good folk of Drumoolish:
Occupier Surname  Occupier Forename  County  Parish  Details  Original Page
*Map  
CROCKETT  JOHNSTON  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
MULHOLLAND  FREDERICK  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
ROE  THOMAS  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
POLLOCK  ROBERT  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
WM KELSY & BROTHERS   LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
KELSY  ABIGAIL  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
KELSY  SAMUEL  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
SMYRL  PAUL  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
SMYRL  JONATHAN  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
SMYRL  ANNE  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
CAMPBELL  WILLIAM  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
IRWIN  JOSEPH  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
MCANULLA  JAMES  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
SCHOOL-HOUSE   LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
MULHOLLAND  JOHN  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
MCALLISTER  JOHN  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
GIBSON  MARGARET  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
MULLAN  CHARLES  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
DOHERTY  JOHN  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
GIBSON  MATTHEW  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
WHITE  JAMES  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
GIBSON  JAMES  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
MCCONNELL  JOHN  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
NEILSON  ROBERT  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
HEYLAND  LANGFORD  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
MULHOLLAND  PATRICK  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
BROWN  ROBIN  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
WORKMAN  DANIEL  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
CLARKE  JAMES  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
BLACK  JAMES  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
MILLER  JOHN  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
ROE  JOHN  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
ROE  ROBIN  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
KELSY  JAMES  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
WORKMAN  JAMES  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
BARCLAY  JAMES  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
WORKMAN  JOSEPH  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
HALLIDAY  ROBERT  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
CASSIDY  HENRY  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        
BLACK  JOHN  LONDONDERRY  TAMLAGHT O'CRILLY        

Combine the GV maps available at this website with a modern OS map and you
will find the most relevant location of all - the location of the family
homestead.

If you want to push further back, the most important source to view while
you are in NI is of course the Tithe Applotment Books.  These are available
at Coleraine and Ballymoney libraries.

Oh, and if you can find it, youy should buy The Fairy Thorn, a book about
Kilrea.  I am sure you have also seen Kernohan's book transcribed by Barb
Braswell on Richard's website as it too gives an excellent feel for the
area:
http://www.torrens.org.uk/Genealogy/BannValley/books/Kilrea/index.html

Seasons greetings,

Boyd Gray

http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm

http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/




-----Original Message-----
From: Rosemary Pollock [mailto:morewind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 29 December 2009 21:48
To: BannValley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Bann Valley] Pollock, Boggs, McNeill, Sloan, Armstrong, Irwin

I have been a lurker for some years, but have rarely posted.  However, I am
planning a visit to Ireland in April 2010, so the time has come to get down
to business.

 

Robert Pollock from Drumoolish emigrated to Australia in 1863.  I am keen to
expand my knowledge of his family and possibly visit locations of relevance.
SNIP


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