Some Items of NewsAuthor(s): Mary HughesSource: North Irish Roots, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1994), pp. 2-3Published by: North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27696933 .

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EDITORIAL

It is daffodil time in Belfast and your Editor's thoughts turn again to the production of another

edition of North Irish Roots!

The list of people who have contributed to the production of the Journal continues to grow. Samuel

Bracegirdle, Sam Burrows, Randal Gill, Mary Hughes and Noel Redmond all play an active role on the Editorial Committee. We are particularly grateful to Celene McLaughlin, Mary Rafferty, Andrew Renfrew and Doreen Walker for their help in processing the articles and Profile Forms for the Journal. Rosemary Henry has assisted with the proof-reading of the draft Journal. A special thanks to Caryl Sibbett for the new cover design. We are also grateful to John McCabe for his support in recent months and his various gleanings from old newspapers and other arcane sources. Every one has risen to their tasks with enthusiasm, especially when grammatically or calligraphically challenged by our Members' interests and queries!

The Society records its gratitude for a number of donations in recent months.

As before, we have tried to make sure there is a reasonable spread of items, with something of interest for everyone. We appreciate comments in correspondence from Members on items they

have found to be of particular interest or value.

SOME ITEMS OF NEWS Mary Hughes, Member number B 515

O Firstly a few dates for the diary: A A one day seminar on Tracing Your Ancestors is being held in the Forte Crest

Hotel, Dunmurry on Saturday 23 April; details are available from Muriel Sherlock, 0846 670956 The Annual General Meeting of the North of Ireland Family History Society is at 12.30 onwards on Saturday 21 May in McCracken Memorial Hall, Malone Road, Belfast

A The Second Irish Genealogical Conference will be held in Trinity College Dublin 22 - 28 September

A A conference on Famine and Emigration will be held in the Ulster American Folk Park in October; more details later

O The Society has bought a set of portable display boards which will be of great benefit for setting up exhibitions such as the one in CastleCourt or by any Branch wishing to put on a display.

O The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is publishing guides for sources for each county in Ulster. The first one, for Fermanagh, will be available in April.

O Anyone who has struggled through the long-awaited Index to the Belfast Newsletter will have discovered that there are enormous problems with it. A revised version will be available at the end of the year.

O Two new places to search for your relatives have been brought to our attention. Firstly, Women's Weekly magazine runs a column for people in the United Kingdom with relatives

in Australia and New Zealand to get in touch with one another. Secondly, Channel 4's Teletext service has on page 682 a feature called Lost Touch for Tracing Your Relatives.

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O The British Family History Conference is to be held on the Isle of Wight from Friday 31 March to 4 April 1995; more information from Mrs Janet Few, 12 Ranelagh Road, Lake, Sandown, Isle of Wight, P036 8NX

O Peter Orton has written with information about the Orton Family History Society; more

information (SAE please) from Derek Beck, 25A Longwood Avenue, Bingley, West Yorks

BD16 2RX (telephone 0274 567343).

O Jim MacPherson (Member number A 1031) has written to the Society with news of the Clan MacPherson Association and its activities; more information from him at 129 Friars Croft,

Kirkintilloch, Glasgow G66 2AX.

O Work on the Society's Library database is nearly finished and should be available for

Branches in the near future.

O Down County Museum (The Mall, Downpatrick, Co Down BT30 6AH) has been developing a

computer database containing information on convicts who were transported from Ulster to

Australia from 1791 onwards; Carrie Wilson is a Junior Fellow of the Institute of Irish

Studies at Queen's University and is interested in hearing from anyone who has information

on this subject.

O Just before Christmas three representatives of the North of Ireland Family History Society

(David Honneyman, Hilary Maginnis and Arthur McKeown) met three representatives of the

Irish Family History Society to discuss current activities and possible areas for cooperation.

O Cliff Trethewey (135 Stanborough Road, Plymstock, Plymouth PL9 8PJ) has written to the

Society with information about the Lighthouse Society of Great Britain and, in particular, the

Index of Lightkeepers they are working on.

O The number and variety of Heritage Centres in the north of Ireland continues to grow; the

latest is devoted to the Somme. The Somme Heritage Centre is near Conlig, between

Bangor and Newtownards; more information from 0247 823202.

LETTERS TO THE SOCIETY

This is a new feature of the Journal; it contains snippets of information taken from Members'

correspondence with the Society in recent months.

Dear Editor

I was interested to read Nannette M ?Men's article about making use of the telephone directories to

help in her research of her CABENA ancestors. Only two entries in the current Dublin directory

suggests that this is a most unusual surname, but telephone directories can provide interesting

information for those with rather less unusual surnames - but not, I guess, if you are looking for a

SMITH, JONES, ROBINSON or BROWN!

I have referred to the 103 telephone directories which cover the whole of the British Isles in

connection with my research of the INSLEY family.

Nearly 40 years ago a retired INSLEY schoolmaster made contact with me and that started me on

my quest. Fortunately several elderly great-uncles were then alive and having referred me to Nether

Whitacre in North Warwickshire I had soon traced my ancestors back to a Joseph INSLEY who

married in 1781. There I was stuck for many years, but having decided to research the whole of the

INSLEY family prior to 1900 I was interested to find that of all the INSLEY's who are listed in the IGI

as having baptisms and marriages between 1700 and 1899, 88% were listed in Warwickshire,

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