Newtown Presentation
The Tinneny Family History Site
 

A JOURNEY HOME

 TO

NEWTOWNBUTLER

-- 

A Genealogical  Presentation

  To 

The Newtownbutler Historical Society 

 

August 10, 2004

 By 

Richard J. Tinneny 

 

A JOURNEY HOME TO NEWTOWNBUTLER 

INTRODUCTION

OVERVIEW

  • Background
  • Making the Connection
  • Gathering Information
  • The Journey
  • Sources
  • Lessons Learned
  • Fundamental Considerations
  • The People Aspects
  • A Wonderful Quote

BACKGROUND

  • Goladuff To Greenock To Philadelphia
  • Getting Interested – Dads Stories
  • A Visit With Aunt Rose
  • Years of Searching

FINALLY THE CONNECTION

  • Helping a Student Opens the Door
  • Initial contacts
    • Belturbet
    • Library for Addresses of Churches around Belturbet
    • Wrote Letters
    • The Newtownbutler Connection – Old Phil Tinneny

  MAKE THE JOURNEY

  • Get To Know the Family
  • Get to Know the Neighbors
  • Learn the Area
  • Visit the Churches
  • History Centers – Can Be A Mixed Blessing
  • Fermanagh History Center and Oliver McCaffrey
  • Technical support during the visit

  SOURCES

  • Get the Stories From The Old Ones
  • County Records Offices
  • Cemeteries
  • County Heritage Centers
  • Health Records
  • PRO Dublin
  • Land Records Office Dublin
  • Fermanagh Gold Website
  • The Burned Census and Substitutes
  • Libraries
  • News papers
  • Letters Home
  • The Mormons
  • Others Who Have Searched
  • The Old Shoe Box of Memorial Cards

  SOME LESSONS LEARNED

  • Go Where the Info Is
  • Names
  • Bits and Pieces
  • Know the Terms
  • They Have Stories Too
  • Tell Me and I’ll Tell You if it is True
  • Don’t Assume
  • Hours of Operation and Bank Holidays
  • A Wasted Journey – Know the Rules
  • Flowers Can Help – Always Say Thanks

  SOME FUNDAMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

  • Do No Harm
  • Respect Confidentiality
  • Share Information
  • Keep The End Product Affordable
  • Attribute Source Materiel
  • Always Say Thanks

THE PEOPLE PART

  • Family Connections
  • Visits
  • Similarities
    • Features
    • Traits
    • Medical
    • All thought we were the last Tinnenys
  • Connect the Next Generation

  A wonderful quote by the author B.J. Huff Concerning the Irish and their reunions: 

“Only a people so often displaced,

So frequently exiled,

Could know the rare wonder,

The incomparable joy,

Of coming together with loved ones,

Once counted as lost.”

B.J. Hoff 

Richard J. Tinneny

2 Baker House Court

Columbia, South Carolina USA