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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Kilrea - Richard McCotter
« on: Monday 02 May 11 22:30 BST (UK)  »
Just saw this thread seems to have been revived a few months ago :)

BruceCC - great to hear from a descendant of one of the 12 McCotter sisters - would love to hear any details you have to share about your great-grandmother and the other grils. Have a few bits and pieces of info but not much. We have the same photo of the Richard and Margaret McCotter and their 13 living children (fyi - it's taken at the old family home in Kilrea - house is still lived in today), it seems there are a lot of copies of this photo around the world today :). My Dad and I have always been interested in tracing what happened to all the sisters (the only surviving son - Thomas James, is my Dad's Grandfather) so would love to hear from you.

Gortinanima - thanks for that! The family tree as I know it goes back to a Thomas James McCotter (born c 1750-1770). Perhaps te Richard McCotter of your post was his Grandfather? The repetition of the Christian names Richard and Nancy suggest a possibility. Can I ask where you saw the book you referenced?

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: Can any genealogy software print your entire family tree?
« on: Friday 24 October 08 15:54 BST (UK)  »
Thanks so much for all the replies - really helpful.

I'm a bit put off FTM from what i've read (!) but I see there is a free trial version of FHv3 so I might try that. The genealogy printers look good too - but I think I might have to wait until my research is a bit more developed as the tree is still growing all the time.

I'm a relative beginner and have just under 200 in my tree and would like to at least be able to print all relatives for each of my grandparents separately - sounds like FH v3 may do the job for that.

It is really annoying that so many different types of genealogy software can't do a  better job or at least give you more options to personalise and design the tree yourself ... the FTM diagram made me laugh!

Thanks!

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Can any genealogy software print your entire family tree?
« on: Friday 24 October 08 11:16 BST (UK)  »
I would like to be able to print out my entire family tree and I have not been able to find any software that will let me do so, having only the option of a 'descendant' or an 'ancestor' chart which obviously misses out the results of research discoveries, such as cousins, spouse's siblings etc etc.

Obviously it would may have to be over several pages with some complicated links but is this possible with any of the software available, either free or purchasable?

I'd also like software in which you had the ability to choose the size of printing and over how many pages just as you can with most microsoft/windows programmes.

Would love some advice, particularly on free or inexpensive programmes?

Or just which software is considered the best and most flexible and why?


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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Kilrea - Richard McCotter
« on: Monday 13 October 08 09:16 BST (UK)  »
Nancy McCotter (17 October 1852) married James Church on 14 June 1882. She was the third child of Richard & Margaret (nee Shaw) McCotter. I have the dates from the family bible - I'm fairly sure the 1852 is correct - earlier in this post Aghadowey notes records of her Christening - is the 1854 you have on the death certificate handwritten?

That is an incredibly interesting story! I have it written down that James Church died in 1918 but I'm not sure where I got that from. Do you know if they had children in Texas?

Nancy's sister Emily also emigrated to Farmersville, Texas. I'm not sure if she followed Nancy out or perhaps even came with her. She was a lot younger, born in 1870 and married in 1896 so likely that she followed. Great to know where the Texas location comes from!

As far as I know there was more than one McCotter family in the area - the distinction is relatively easy to follow as the other McCotters would all have been of Catholic religion. I have been told the bicycle shop belonged to them but I could be wrong.

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Kilrea - Richard McCotter
« on: Friday 10 October 08 14:23 BST (UK)  »
Hi Peter
I'm guessing you are Rhona's brother and my Dad's (Derek) cousin? He mentioned this week that he had been speaking/emailing I think with Rhona and she had said you were doing some research. I understand you are due over for a visit soon? I look forward to meeting you if you manage to catch up with my Dad!

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Kilrea - Richard McCotter
« on: Thursday 17 July 08 16:15 BST (UK)  »
I saw that Thomas & Peggy-Anne note from 1828 too but I was unsure what age communion took place - I had imagined it was likely to be around 12yrs. However assuming this is Richard's father Thomas he would have been 38 in 1828. I wasn't sure who Peggy Anne was but on writing this I've realised it must be short for Margaret Ann, his wife. I've seen that name before so that is very helpful!

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Kilrea - Richard McCotter
« on: Thursday 17 July 08 15:45 BST (UK)  »
Thank you to everyone - it is brilliant to get all this information and dates etc.

Thomas James McCotter definitely died in 1918 - the family then left Kilrea/Lislea. I saw that will record and assumed Thos was an entirely different name - I now realise it's simply short for Thomas - thank you. Out of curiosity is it worth requesting death certificates for prominent ancestors or am I to understand there is some issue with a lot of NI records being destroyed?

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Kilrea - Richard McCotter
« on: Thursday 17 July 08 14:00 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much, that's incredibly quick and helpful, I really appreciate it! The gravestone at the Kilrea First Presbyterian is spot on, it's where most of my knowledge comes from. It may well have been Lislea as well, I actually know the house, but I don't know the area very well. It's a few miles down the road from Kilrea, it's an Ivy-covered farmhouse which I believe is now some sort of plant nursery. The 14 children were born between 1850 and 1875, I'd be surprised if they moved to a different church with the family plot at First Presbyterian but I suppose it is possible. I'm just not really sure where to take the research from here, any tips would be appreciated! Thank you!

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Derry (Londonderry) / Kilrea - Richard McCotter
« on: Thursday 17 July 08 13:04 BST (UK)  »
Looking for information about Richard McCotter from Kilrea, born 1823, died 1904. Had 14 children (my great grandfather Thomas, an infant boy and 12 girls).

Would like to find out more about Richard and his ancestors (parents - Thomas McCotter & Margaret Ann), his wife Margaret Shaw, and what happened to the 12 girls.

As far as I know many of the girls emigrated to England etc (Caroline Amelia & Rebecca Jane can be found on census records in England but little detail). Any information would be really appreciated!

Or tips on the best places to look......

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