On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:41:34 GMT, Eagle@bellsouth.net (J. Hugh Sullivan) wrote: >On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:59:58 -0500, Brian <drmorrisnospam@comcast.net> >wrote: > >>Is everything in family search available on ancestry.com? I haven't >>tried family search in quite a while but only found one item that I >>had already found on ancestry. > >I have not tried to compare. But in a listing of sources I find that I >have used Ancestry frequently and Family Search rarely. I use both >probably out of a desire for overkill. Ancestry is somewhat expensive. > >I find that tress are very repetitive on Ancestry and most are, to say >the least, very suspicious. > >>You mentioned looking for a French name in France. > >I was replying to Mr. Groleau and presuming he was of French ancestry. >It gave me a chance to use c'est la vie, vice cherchez la femme. 8-) > >>I have problems >>because I am looking for very common Irish names. Morris, O'Connor, >>Casey and Sullivan. >>Do you have any suggestions? I have counties for Morris and O'Connor >>but not any clue for Sullivan and Casey. > >I don't look at Irish counties, mostly because I am looking before >1800 when mythology and history books are about the only prime >sources. Irish Pedigrees by John O'Hart is very good but has errors. >Track King Milesius and the genealogy after O'Suilebhain in Ireland. >It's almost impossible to help without some particulars. > >Sullivans were mostly in the Bantry Bay area and a LOT of "stuff" is >available on them - but mostly names prior to my ability to link to >current people. I had a cousin who shared a gg grand with me named >Russell. She insisted she had found the grave of his father when she >went to Ireland because the found the grave of a Russell Sullivan. I >shudda stopped there. 8-) > >My DNA indicates that I am of Viking descent. I am familiar with scads >of Sullivan genealogies, most of which are R1b1 vice R1a1 which I am. > >My research, as I have often reported, is copying every fact I can >find on Sullivan in NC and VA to about 1835 and reviewing them in >numerous scenarios to see if I can generate genealogies. I supplement >that with a listing of all Sullivan census records that I have copied >from Ancestry and Heritage Quest. > >In case you didn't know I have found Sullivan spelled 152 different >ways so far, so don't let your research overlook the possibility of >soundex searches or various spellings. > >When in the mood I can spend 12-15 hours a day doing research for a >week or two. But I'm retired and at an age when sitting is often the >most exercise I get. > >If your Sullivans were in VA before 1800 and in NC prior to 1835 I >might be able to help you - or in AL after 1835 regardless of DNA >tests. > >Hugh Thanks but I think my ancestors came to NY in the early 1800's. I was not aware of the many variations in spelling. I have noticed some family trees that I know are incorrect because I've done research into records. There is one fairly distant relative that I tried to communicate this to but she still has the incorrect information posted. I look at any trees as places to get ideas that need to be researched.