This illustrated, well indexed book, was created exclusively to help you find
your family in County Tyrone, Ireland. Focusing specifically on families within
the county, it includes an introduction to research and sources in Tyrone. The
most numerous families from birth records are given, as well as rather rare
Tyrone families found in heraldic records. Included you will find a full page
county map from the Atlas of Ireland, along with a listing of modern parishes
and old townlands, along with the address and location of records for more
research. Published by the Irish Genealogical Foundation, this book was
originally made for members researching in Tyrone.
This work includes copies of actual records (some worn, torn and faded), from
the IGF Library. It also includes rough sketches of family coats of arms and
notes from centuries past - seldom found elsewhere. The resources provided here
will help research any family in the county, including old Irish families, and
settler families from England, Scotland, Wales and the continent. This book is a
hands on guide for finding your family in Tyrone - some family history is
included - but not a lot, for that see 'The Book of Irish Families Great and
Small'.
That book gives hundreds of family histories from County Tyrone, and the
surrounding areas. "Genealogy and Family History of County Tyrone" expands upon
that coverage with added families and new resources just for Tyrone.
Among the most numerous families here in the 19th century were:
Quinn.....Quine.....Quinne
Mullan.....Mullen.....Mullens
Kelly.....Kelley.....Kellie
Donnelly.....Donnelley.....Donelly
Gallagher.....Gallaher.....Galagher
McKenna.....MacKenna.....McKena
Campbell.....Cambell.....Camble
Hughes.....Hughs
Wilson.....Willson.....Wilsone
McLaughlin.....McLoughlin.....Laughlin
O'Neill.....Neale.....Neill
Doherty.....Dougherty.....Daugherty
Smith.....Smythe.....Smyth
Hamilton.....Hamiltone.....Hamelton
Contents:
- List of books
- Illustration from an earlier work
Part One
- Introduction to Sources; Birth Index
- National Resource List
- Local Resource List
- Names in County Tyrone
- Searches on file
Part Two
- Coats of Arms and Genealogical Notes
- Arms connected in some way to the county, as taken from the "Irish
Book of Arms"
Part Three
- Tyrone Families in the Civil Survey
Part Four
- Tyrone Families in 'Irish Pedigrees'
Part Five
- Place Names and Locations
- County Map
- A sampling of parish and place names
- Passenger list from Tyrone
- Castle Caulfield
- Topography and family in Keating's history
- Additional resource list
- Index
