 "Some families can trace their ancestors back three hundred years, but can’t tell you where their children were last night." -- Unknown | |
Onsite Links
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If you would like to share your county Down genealogy research but don't have a website send me the data to mourneminers@optonline.net and I'll add it to this site. | |
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| The best starting point for researching your family name in Co. Down would be to take a visit to Ros Davies index of County Down surnames. Ros has compiled data on over 250,000 people in the area. These names have been extracted from the many resources including civil registrations, parish registers, gravestones, local histories, post office directories, land records, wills, and local newspapers. Ros has indexed all names on the site. |
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BAXTER Family of Donaghadee and Bangor. | |
| Descendants of John Browne – linked to BROWNEs of Janeville, Co. Down. |
Biographies of John Monteagle BROWNE & Susannah EDGAR - both of Co. Down. | |
BROWNE family of Tullycarnen otherwise known as Coney Island | |
Descendants of William John Conway and Agnes Jane McCracken of Conlig, Co. Down | |
| The Cowans from County Down (PDF file) |
| Site includes: Curry, Johnston, Donaldson, Clarke, Greer, Mercer, Humphries, and Boyce. |
| Passport Application |
| Newspaper Article |
| If you are looking for information on the Mackrell, Kane, Moore and Dinsmore families from South Down take at look at the family gateway. |
Letter from John DINSMORE from Rostrevor to Henry McELROY, Canada | |
| Summary of research on the Doyle family from Mourne. |
| Anyone interested in the DOYLE family of Kilkeel may find my site detailing my Grandfather's time mining in Butte, Montana worth a look. |
EDGAR family whose later generations were from close to Downpatrick. | |
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| Information on the Fitzpatrick families of County Down |
| Descendants of William FITZSIMONS from Downpatrick, County Down |
| James GALLOWAY born 1776 in County Down (Estate Of Lord Douglas) died 1861 in West Adelaide Twp., Lambton Co., ONT. |
| A wonderful site that aims to publish the research undertaken by various Grays into their respective family trees which have either originated in or passed through County Down. |
JOHNSTONs of Gilford, Co. Down. | |
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| Information on Sarah Lynchey who was born in Co. Down and transported to Australia. |
| Line of Descent for the Needham's, Earls of Kilmorey (Queen's Co), Viscount Mourne & Newry (Co Down) and Barons of Orhera (Co Armagh), Ulster. |
| The MARMION family of County Down have published a beautiful site detailing the result of their genealogical research. |
Descendants of Robert Martin and Sarah Baillie of Bangor, Co. Down | |
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| The McAdam Family of N. Ireland - includes references to Co. Down |
| The McCartan's of Kinelarty |
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| Extracts of McFall family records from the Derrylornan Parish Magazine |
| in County Down go to "Where the Mountains of Mourne Sweep Down to the Sea - Ballymageogh and Slievemageogh in County Down" by Hugh McGough. |
| Information on Henry McGrath, a successful ranchman. |
| General McKee information and links |
| Detailed summary of research on the McKee family of Greencastle Street, Kilkeel. Also references to the Boyd, Donaldson, Reid, Curragh, Shannon, Stewart, Floyd, Hayden, and Ross families of Kilkeel. Also notes on the Moravian Church (United Brethren). |
| Information on the McKees from Bangor |
| Thanks to Patrick McKenney who has kindly donated the results of his research into these names. Includes family leases and wills. |
| A web site for the descendants of Patrick McLaughlin of County Down, Ireland. |
| Descendants of Armstrong McMORRIS (about 1738-1823) of (Magherabeg, Dromore, County Down?) |
The ORR family of Killough, near Ardglass, Co. Down. | |
A wonderful letter written by Richard Binney ORR from 1896 | |
| The Quinn family of Drumcro, Kilkeel. |
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| A selection of data - Births/marriages/census/memorial inscriptions is available on-site. |
| Philip Strong from Australia has produced an extremely informative site on the STRONG family from Drumbo, Holywood, Knocknagoney and Belfast. |
| Descendants of Thomas Taylor and Mary Cunningham. Thomas Taylor Cunningham 1841 - 1920 came to New Zealand from Fourtowns County Down Ireland, on 6th March 1864 in the sailing ship "Statesman". |
| Read the story of John TODD who left Hillsborough, Co Down in the early 1800's and settled in Stranraer were he eventually became the local sheriff officer. |
 | Data on "Strays" from County Down. Always worth a look. |
Common Surnames in County Down include: | |
| Although the surname McGuinness, from which the famous drink gets its name, originated here, the surname is now less common in Down than further south and west.
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©2006/2007/2008 Fiona Jones
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