Hi,
I looked up McKinney’s stuff a few weeks ago at PRONI but was a bit disappointed – I think I probably had the wrong reference number.
The one I got out was D4255/1 which contained a dozen or so pages covering pretty much what the PRONI blurb describes:
Plastic-slip folder entitled 'William Fee McKinney: Family Trees and Notes'. Documents include amongst others: one photocopy of the passenger log of William McKinney, 1888; one photocopy of a passenger list of the S.S. Arawa, which was sailing from Lyttelton, New Zealand to London, 1887; genealogy of the Bigger family of Belfast; letter from William Fee McKinney to his son, Hugh Giffen McKinney, at Mornington, Western Australia, about family history and the Ulster Dialect, 1909; plan of a homestead at Yanko Station, New South Wales, Australia, the property of Messrs Wilson Brothers, c.1900; photocopy of the will of Joseph McGaw of Ballyvesey, Carnmoney, 1835; genealogical material relating to the McMordie family of Belfast; genealogical material relating to the Wilson family of Ballyvesey, Carnmoney; Belfast Telegraph obituary of engineer, Hugh Giffen McKinney; genealogical notes of the McKinney family of Carnmoney; auction account book of Martha Harvey of Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, 1892; and a letter to Jane Creigh of Whitehouse, Co. Antrim, from her son, Thomas Creigh, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA, 1788.
I also tried his diaries (T3234) but they weren’t very helpful either.
I’ve also heard talk about this stud book packed with information so I’m still quite keen to get a look when I’m next at PRONI if someone knows the correct reference...?
By the way, what names in the Ballynure area are you researching?