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Glasgow archive/Desertoghill and Garvagh: a 1796 occurrence
Catalogue · 08 Sep 2026
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Desertoghill and Garvagh: a 1796 occurrence

A 1796 flax-grower entry records John Glasgow at Desertoghill; parentage and descendants are not yet known.

Desertoghill and Garvagh, County Londonderry · 1796-1796

The open question

Can a church, lease, probate or estate record identify John Glasgow’s household at Desertoghill?

The flax list proves a late-eighteenth-century locality occurrence, not a relationship to Tamlaght, Inishrush or another Derry group.

People to investigate

Named anchors and candidates, not an automatic descendant list.

What connects this group?

One documented local occurrence, deliberately kept separate from named family clusters.

What would move it forward?

Trace the Desertoghill and Garvagh tenant, church and probate records for household detail.

Read the evidence

Your research notebook.

Select 2 people to compare their evidence.