3.
Despite this all is not lost!
We may not be able to identify who your ancestors
were with precision
But hopefully we can identify the homeland of your
ancestors
o
We will need to have an understanding of:
▪
The early history of the plantation formation
▪
Sources of available records and maps
▪
The administrative structure of Ulster
▪
a method of recording the distribution of your
surname
6.
Arizona Area: 113,990 Sq. Mi.
But first a Question of Scale
32,595 / 113,990 x 100 = 28%
Ireland Area: 32,595q. Mi.
Arizona Area: 113,990 Sq Mi.
Ulster Area: 8,603Sq. Mi.
8,603 / 113,990 x 100 = 7.5%
But first a Question of Scale
1,176 / 113,990 x 100 = 1%
Arizona Area: 113,990 Sq Mi.
County Antrim Area: 1,176 Sq. Mi.
But first a Question of Scale
7.
The administrative structure of Ulster:
The County
There are 80 Baronies in
Ulster.
The average size of a Barony
is 106 sq. miles
The Barony of Glenham
Lower is typical, 101
Sq miles
The Administrative Structure of Ulster
The Barony
The Administrative Structure of Ulster:
The County
At the time of the 1610
plantation there were
nine counties in Ulster
Three counties,
Monaghan, Cavan and
Donegal would become
part of the Republic
of Ireland in 1922
There are 80 Baronies in
Ulster.
The average size of a Barony
is 106 sq. miles
The Barony of Glenham
Lower is typical, 101
Sq miles
The Administrative Structure of Ulster
The Barony
The Administrative Structure of Ulster:
The County
Antrim and Down were
not part of thye 1610
plantation
They were awarder to
Hamilton and
Montgomery in 1603
Despite this because of their physical proximity to
Scotland they were an important source of Ulster
Scots who would eventuallyemigrate to the new
world
There are 80 Baronies in
Ulster.
The average size of a Barony
is 106 sq. miles
The Barony of Glenham
Lower is typical, 101
Sq miles
The Administrative Structure of Ulster
The Barony
The Administrative Structure of Ulster:
The County
County Monaghan had
been part of the failed
Elizabethan plantation
of the late 16th century
It was not part of the
1610 plantation
There are 80 Baronies in
Ulster.
The average size of a Barony
is 106 sq. miles
The Barony of Glenham
Lower is typical, 101
Sq miles
The Administrative Structure of Ulster
The Barony
The Administrative Structure of Ulster:
The County
Londonderry was unique
In that it was planted by the
Companies of London, not
English or Scottish
“Undertakers”.
8.
The administrative structure of Ulster:
The Barony
The administrative structure of Ulster:
The Barony
The Barony was the
foundation of the
Ulster plantation
Ulster contains 80
Baronies
The average size of
each Barony is
approximately
100 Sq miles
The Foundation of the Plantation 1610
Baronies planted
by Scottish
Undertakers
Baronies planted
by English
Undertakers
The Foundation of the Plantation 1610
The Foundation of the Plantation 1610
Baronies planted
by Servitors
The Foundation of the Plantation 1610
All Baronies that
were officially part
of the 1610
Plantation
The Foundation of the Plantation 1610
13,147 individuals
appear in the 1630
muster roll
The Foundation of the Plantation 1610
Five distinct
regions prospered
as the plantation
matured
The Foundation of the Plantation 1610
the Laggan Valley
The Loch Earn Basin
The Loch Neagh Basin
North Coastal Coleraine
Carrickfergus Bay
9.
The administrative structure of Ulster:
The Parish
The administrative structure of Ulster:
The Parish:
There are Civil and
Roman Catholic Parish
Boundaries
Civil Parishes record
protestant records
There are 413 Civil Parishes
in Ulster
The average size of
a Parish is 20 Sq miles
The Civil parish is
used to record most
Ulster records
10.
The administrative structure of Ulster:
The Townland:
The administrative structure of Ulster:
The Townland:
The administrative structure of Ulster:
The Townland:
The Townland is the
smallest administrative
unit in Ulster
o
The Townlands is your
Ancestors
“neighbourhood”
there are 33,462
Townlands in Ulster
11.
Sources of Historical Maps
Sources of historical maps
Lewis Topographical Atlas:
Sources of Historical Maps
Lewis Topographical Atlas\northern Ireland (Covering Ulster)
Sources of Historical Maps
Lewis Topographical Atlas\northern Ireland (Covering Ulster)
Sources of Historical Maps
Antrim:
Pre famine(1837)
Transportation network minimally
impacted by Railway
development
Lewis Topographical Atlas\Northern Ireland (Covering Ulster)
Sources of Historical Maps
Rumsey Historical maps: John Roque 1790
Sources of Historical Maps
Rumsey Historical maps: John Roque 1790
Sources of Historical Maps
12.
Sources of Map Boundaries
Hard copy Amazon
o
boundaries for every county
o
Includes a Key for each map
▪
County
▪
Barony
▪
Parish
▪
Poor Law Union
▪
Roman Catholic Parishes
▪
The location of Presbyterian
congregations
Sources of Map Boundaries
The New Genelogical
Atlas of Ireland
Parish maps for every
county
Includes the boundaries
Includes a map key
Ulster historical Foundation
Free Parish boundaries by county
The Civil Parish is the major
repository of historical
records
You can access all the
Parish maps from the
Ulster Historical
Foundation
Click- the image and it
displays the county map
and the key which can be
downloaded and printed
Online Map and Boundary Sources
The Ulster Historical Foundation
Online Map and Boundary Sources
“Openstreet” Townland maps
Once you identify a Parish
you will also want to identify the
townland
Openstreet maps completed a
multi year project to create
boundary files of 75,000+
Townlands for all of Ireland
THe site will also locate every
Barony, Parish, or Townland
on a map
13.
Using maps to identify the homeland of
your Ulster Ancestors
Barry Griffith’s Irish surname maps:
Barry Griffith’s Irish surname maps:
Uses the 1901 or 1911 Census
Display maps at the National scale
o
Expressed per 100.000
o
Farmers
o
Religion (major denominations)
We Begin the search for your ancestor
with the 1901 census distribution
Barry Griffith’s Irish surname maps:
Barry Griffith’s Irish surname maps:
Barry Griffith’s Irish surname maps:
14.
Patricia Ewing - “I am looking for more information
on Alexander Ewing, blacksmith, and his wife Isabel
Gallagher Ewing. They lived in County Donegal, near
Letterkenny, and moved to Philadelphia about 1853.
His father's name was Moses. Her father was Anthony.
It likes Moses may have been born in Glasgow and also
a blacksmith according to Alexander and Isabel's
marriage certificate. Ideas how to investigate this
further?”
Finding your ancestors home
Case Study: the Ewing Surname
Finding your ancestors home
Patricia Ewing - “I am looking for more information
on Alexander Ewing, blacksmith, and his wife Isabel
Gallagher Ewing. They lived in County Donegal, near
Letterkenny, and moved to Philadelphia about 1853.
His father's name was Moses. Her father was Anthony.
It likes Moses may have been born in Glasgow and also
a blacksmith according to Alexander and Isabel's
marriage certificate. Ideas how to investigate this
further?”
Case Study: the Ewing Surname
The 1901 - 1911 Census
Begin with the 1901 Census
o
Barry Griffins Irish Surname Map site
The 1901 - 1911 Census
The 1901 - 1911 Census
The 1901 - 1911 Census
The 1901 - 1911 Census
The 1901 - 1911 Census
15.
Creating a Surname Distribution
Creating a Surname Distribution
We will rely on “census
substitutes”
The goal will be to trace your
ancestors surname back in time
We can begin with the Griffith
Valuation
o
Undertaken in the mid
19th century
o
a Search lists all
individuals
o
free access
Creating a Surname Distribution
The Griffith Valuation
The primary valuation of Ireland or Griffith's
Valuation - carried out between 1848 and 1864 to
determine liability to pay the Poor rate (for the
support of the poor and destitue within each Poor
Law Union) -
provides detailed information on where people
lived in mid-nineteenth century Ireland and the
property they possessed.
Lists the Valuation by
county, in this case by
Donegal
Format includes Parish
and Townland
List all the records for
a surname
Easier to cut and paste
Cut and Paste the data into
a spread sheet.
The Griffith Valuation
Step #1
Control “C” and
Control P
Or use a Scraper
(Google) chrome plugin
Step #2
Build a pivot table
o
Excel
o
Libre office
o
google sheets
match the pivot table values and
parish with the map key
Plot the value from the key with
the parish map
Record the surname frequency on
the map
Values plotted on
the map
Grifffith Valuation
16.
The Flax growers list -The Ewing surname
The Flax Growers Bounty List is also known as The Spinning
Wheel Survey of Ireland. The list was compiled in 1796 by the
Irish Linen Board. The list consisted of about 60, 000 growers
who were given incentives for growing flax. Flax was a very
important crop in Ireland.The Board decided on a scheme of
incentives to get people to grow the crop. Indiviuals were
rewarded with 4 spinning wheels for planting one acre of
flax.
Ancestry.com
o
Includes the Parish and Townlands locations
o
All records can be copied at once
The Ulster Flax Growers Distribution
Ewing Flax growers distribution
The 1740 Protestant household returns
The Muster Roll of the Province of Ulster is a large,
leather-bound volume in the British Library, where it is
shelved as Additional Manuscript 4770. The volume
consists of 283 folio sheets, each slightly larger than a
page of A4, on which are recorded the names of 13,147
adult males from the nine counties of Ulster. Each county
forms a separate section of the volume and the men who
mustered are listed under the names of their landlords;
beside each man’s name there is a description of the
weapons he was carrying or a note that he was unarmed
The 1630 Muster Roll
fully searchable
an index of names listed by
plantation (Barony)
o
Great for identifying surname
spelling variants
The 1630 Muster Roll
The R.J. Hunter Collection
Freely available online
List all individuals in one
search
Does not have an index
o
you will have to know the
variants
17.
Using Personal Information
The Will of William Gregg
Year - 1744
Dromore Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Three place names
are mentioned
o
Bellynagallah
and Belly-ernet
o
Londonderry
“Bellynagalla Bellyer-net”
Using Personal Information
The Will of William Gregg
Open Street map identifies:
o
Ballyarnet and
Ballynagalliagh
The 1901 Census lists the
townland of Culmore
approximately 2.5 miles
away from Ballyarnet and
Ballynagalliagh
Using Personal Information
The Will of William Gregg
There are no
Greggs lister for
Londonderry in the
1630 Muster Roll
There are however
two Greg’s found
in Londonderry
o
The Goldsmiths
estate
Bulleted point 3
Using Personal Information
The Will of William Gregg
Culmore
Goldsmiths
Estate
Personal Records -Toumbstones
18.
“I am looking for anyone in this group who
may be related to Robert McCall. He is buried
at Littlejohn Church in Caldwell County, NC.
His tombstone says that he was born in 1752 in
Amtrim, Ireland. This is my grandmother's
(Florence Viola McCall Thornburg) line. I am
interested in any DNA testing that has been
done by a continuous male line. Thanks in
advance”.
Personal Records -Toumbstones
Antrim
Personal Records -Toumbstones
Personal Records -Toumbstones
McCall 1630 Muster roll
Personal Records -Toumbstones
19.
Observations and Conclusions
Record availability is an issue but not insurmountable
o
It becomes increasingly an issue as you go back in time
The geography of scale works to the researchers advantage
Its unlikely you will be able to create a conventional
genealogical lineage
However a series of Census substitutes may identify your
surnames continuity in Ulster
The ulster plantation produced five distinct plantation clusters
o
Its very likely the home of your ulster ancestor will be found
in one of these clusters.
Census substitutes can identify continuity of your surname
Personal records can provide invaluiable clues
o
Wills
o
Bibles
o
Grave stones
o
Even family lore.
Most records are parish based
o
Parish records frequently will also provide the townland reference
o
Parish maps can be used to record your distributions
Observations and Conclusions
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Scots Irish Research: The Ulster Plantation
We have to manage expectations
o
what do we expect to find
▪
Will we find Irish ancestors?
▪
Will we be able to identify your ancestors homeland?
The issue of records
A matter of perspective
o
understanding geographic scale
Presentation Outline
Managing our expectations
o
What can we expect?
▪
Will we find our ancestors?
▪
Will we find the homeland of our ancestors?
Putting scale into perspective
o
Relative size North America, vs Scotland and
Ireland
Understanding the Administrative Structure of Ireland
o
Ireland - Counties, Baronies, Parishes, District
Electoral Divisions, Townlands
Presentation Outline
The issue with Irish Records
Setting the stage, the plantation process
Maps and Boundaries
Research Tools
o
The Census (online, searchable)
▪
The 1901 - 1911 Census of Ireland
o
Census Substitutes
▪
The Griffith Valuation
▪
The Flax Growers List
▪
The Hearth and Money roll
o
the 1630 Muster roll
Personal Records
o
Wills
o
Bibles
o
Tomb stones
o
Local history
o
Family lore
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