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The actual churches used by the Fraser famlies are difficult to established at the moment. There were two main churches close at hand that the families had been associated with and these areKILDRESS PARISH CHURCH (Anglican Church of Ireland, used in the early days after arrival in Ireland) and laterORRITOR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH when Presbyterianism was established and tolerated by government in the early 1800's.
Other Churches that the family had connections or associations through marriage with were:CARLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH & SANDHOLES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Fraser family records (marriage, birth, baptism and death certificates) can be found in both church archives and at PRONI in Belfast. These records have yet to be fully researched and much remains to be discovered and hopefully published on this website.
Gravestones for the early family members (ie late 1700's early 1800's) have been hard to locate and really are non existant (still standing or visible) in Kildress Cemetery. Orritor Presbyterian Church does not have a cemetery and family members were buried in cemeteries in the town of Cookstown. In those early days the erecting of a family gravestone was an expensive undertaking, so many a family member was buried with just a wooden cross or tree as a marker. Money was spent wisely and not wasted on unnecessary items.
Other family members who left Ballinasollus and moved to their own farmlands around Drumquinn and Omagh continued to have associations with the Church of Ireland for worship and spiritural guidance. The Methodist Church has also featured in later years with some of the family offspring , mainly due to the fact that no Presbyterian Churches were available locally.
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