Re: [Bann Valley] New members

[K Ray <kkray68@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello fellow members.

I am Ken Ray, live in Florida, and have been doing family research for a number of years.  My great grandparents left the Rasharkin area to travel to the Albany - Troy area of New York State in 1887.  The surname at the time was REA but later changed by (I believe) a naturalization clerks error as listing shows RAY  and forever it stands.

My interest in family matters does focus on the REA name but also my great grandmothers surname; McCaughern (and variations of its spelling).  Also I cannot locate my gr, gr grandmothers family with variations of spelling of her name McConnels, McConnelly or McConkie.  Cannot find any record of their burial; (Charles Rea and Nancy/Anna McConnelly) they attended the Rasharkin Presbyterian Church.

Other interests in family names are; McShane, Nixon, Wallace, McAuley, Veith

The Rea's settled in the area of New York along with many other Northern Ireland/County Antrim families such as;  Wilson, Bamford, Black, Killough, Torrens, Dunlop, Thorns, Dysart, Graham, Elder, Beattie, Cairns, Birkby and Taylor.  I have found information on many of these family names in my research.  If anyone is interested in the above names I would be happy to pass along what data I have for them.

Thank you for allowing me into this group, hope we can share our knowledge.



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From: Richard Torrens (Genealogy) <Genealogy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 4:02 AM
To: bannvalley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Bann Valley] New members

There have been several new members recently - hullo to you!

The list is generally quiet until a new member joins, introduces
themselves and says what their interest are. Most of us have been her for
a long time, so have more or less wrung each other dry.

So who are you all?

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