Sent this reply to Kathy...... On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Ros Dunstall <daisygirl.1212@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Kathy, > both of these records would be at State Records at Cavan, you can do a > search by name, but to find out the info you either need to visit or > write to one of the Archivists for assistance, they are very helpful. > <http://143.216.32.39/archivessrsa/t1tbmain.asp?MainURL=t1tbdui.asp&FunctionName=$SASABKWDSCH> > I couldnt find any hit for John Edwards or John Thomas Edwards but you > would need > to ask them if they have school admissions for Macclesfield > the children may have also been taken in by relatives and not > necessarily been made "wards of the state" > Good luck > Ros > > >