Dear Listers While researching a family member in the Victorian Digger Index, I found an abbreviation for a birthplace I don't recognize. It was entered in 1871 for a birth in 1820 (on a marriage entry) It was: KINGS CO Looks like Kings College to me, but that's ridiculous. I know there was or is a Kingstown in Dublin. Is this familiar to anyone? Cheers Rowena ( in Melbourne)

Hi, if you check the Digger index a little further - say by searching for birth place of Kings - you'll find the answer you're looking for .. Kings Co is an abbreviation for Kings County Ireland - from the genuki site we learn: > "/King's county/, a county <Map.html> of Ireland, bounded N by E. and > W. Meath, E by Kilkenny and Queen's county, S by Tipperary, and W by > Galway; 43 . long and 39 broad, containing 707 square miles. More than > 1/3 of the county is occupied by bogs and mountains; the soil of the > arable lands is very fertile, and consists either of a deep moor, or a > shallow gravely loam. Principal rivers, the Shannon, Little Brosna, > and Greater Brosna. It sends 2 members to parliament. Pop. 132,319. > Chief town, Phillip's town." and this from an Offaly website http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4612/offaly.html : > Part of the kingdom of Offaly in ancient Ireland, was known as King's > County from 1556 until the Irish Free State was established in 1922. > It is a County with a glorious past, and is symbolized by the monastic > settlement of Clonmacnoise, burial place of Rory O'Connor the last > High King of Ireland, and an internationally known place of learning > from the 6th century A.D. The width of the county is crossed by the > Grand Canal traversing the County from > East to West, it is regarded as one of the most beautiful and tranquil > waterways in Ireland. > > Danish raths, or hill fortresses, and remains of ancient churches and > monasteries are among the points of interest. > > The River Shannon flows along most of the western border of Offaly. It > has an area of 1,997 sq km (771 sq mi) and the Slieve Bloom Mountains > rise to 518 m (1700 ft) in the southwest. The Bog of Allen covers the > northeast. > > > Offaly is within one hour of Dublin to the East, and of Limerick and > Galway to the West. good luck with the research ... Robert in melbourne. Rowena Gough wrote: > Dear Listers > > While researching a family member in the Victorian Digger Index, I found an > abbreviation for a birthplace I don't recognize. It was entered in 1871 for > a birth in 1820 (on a marriage entry) It was: > > KINGS CO > > Looks like Kings College to me, but that's ridiculous. I know there was or > is a Kingstown in Dublin. Is this familiar to anyone? > > > Cheers > > Rowena > > ( in Melbourne) > > > > > >

Hi Rowena I am probably jumping at shadows as you do not say in just what part of the world this place might be. Suspecting it might be Oz, I found a place in S. A. called Kingscote - principal town and port on Kangaroo Island.In 1883 name was changed to Queenscliffe but the name of Kingscote was eventually reinstated. (Reed, A. W., Place Names of Australia, 1973, Reed Books Pty Ltd, Sydney) I will keep an eye open in other places to see what I can find ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rowena Gough" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 6:31 AM Subject: Birthplace Abbreviation Help > Dear Listers > > > > While researching a family member in the Victorian Digger Index, I found > an > abbreviation for a birthplace I don't recognize. It was entered in 1871 > for > a birth in 1820 (on a marriage entry) It was: > > > > KINGS CO > > > > Looks like Kings College to me, but that's ridiculous. I know there was or > is a Kingstown in Dublin. Is this familiar to anyone? > > > > Cheers > > > > Rowena > > ( in Melbourne) > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.11/1818 - Release Date: 11/28/2008 7:31 PM