Pipe Organ Research: I am compiling a list of all organs (pipe, reed & electronic) in Northern Ireland churches as well as the Republic of Ireland to a lesser extent. If you would like to help me fill in some unknowns please look at this list of NI churches I still need details of. You can also look at the list of 792 pipe organs I have visited so far.

Genealogy: I have carried out detailed research over the past 10 years on the Giffin/Giffen families in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. I have also traced most other lines of my family tree and you can view my ancestral tree. The farthest back I have traced is my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather John Stevenson who was probably born c.1710 and lived at Easdale on the island of Seil, Argylshire. Here are some of the genealogical questions I need help with both on my Giffin line and the rest of them.

Links to sites run by me on this server Northern Ireland Pipe Organ Web Site The Ulster Society of Organists and Choirmasters Pipe Organ Preservation Co. (of Ireland) Links to sites designed by me elsewhere St Mark's Parish Church Dundela, Belfast Wells-Kennedy Partnership Ltd, Organ Builders The Organ Club Pipe Organ Preservation Trust

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