Hi, I am trying to find a birth for Amelia Brown born abt 1830 in Kenmare can anyone tell me the name of the Church I would have to write to. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Riobard O'Dwyer" <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Kinmare or Kenmare > The place has to be Kenmare (Co. Kerry). People pronounce it as if it were > Kinmare. > ---- Riobard. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Kelly" <mobones@bessi.net> > To: <beara@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 5:35 AM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Kinmare or Kenmare > > >> Hi, Val, >> >> I don't know Irish geography well, but do be suspicious that the place >> name >> was taken down correctly. I have an ancestor relation who appeared in >> the >> 1861 English census as having been born in the Irish town of "Kibbercen". >> There is no such town, but there is one called Skibbereen. I later found >> evidence to support that he indeed was born in or near Skibbereen. >> Perhaps >> someone took notes in the field, then later transcribed them incorrectly >> onto the final census sheet. Who knows? >> >> Of course, I have not seen the record you cite, but I do know penmanship >> in >> census records varies wildly. An 'e' can sometimes look like an 'i', >> especially if there is a stray mark near it that resembles a proper dot. >> >> Best wishes, >> Kevin in MO, USA >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Val Messer" <valmess@b130.aone.net.au> >> To: <BEARA@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 10:38 PM >> Subject: [BEARA] Kinmare or Kenmare >> >> >>> Hi from Qld., Australia, >>> >>> In England Census records of 1851 and 1861 the place of birth for my >>> gggrandmother, Ellen Morrissey nee Sullivan, appears to be KINMARE. >>> However, when I googled for some information about the place I was asked >>> 'Do >>> you mean KENMARE?' >>> >>> The Census record definitely shows KINMARE as the dot is clearly above >>> the >>> letter 'i.' Or is it a case of confusion in hearing the Irish accent? >>> >>> Could someone please enlighten me - Which should it be? Or are they two >>> separate places in Co Kerry? >>> >>> Regards >>> Val. >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com 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: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1628 - Release Date: >>> 22.08.2008 >>> 18:32 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > It has removed 1530 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >
Carol This may give you a general sense of Kenmare. http://homepage.eircom.net/~dinglemaps/genuki/KER/Kenmare/index.html On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Carol Murray <c.a.murray@btinternet.com>wrote: > Hi, I am trying to find a birth for Amelia Brown born abt 1830 in Kenmare > can > anyone tell me the name of the Church I would have to write to. > Carol > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Riobard O'Dwyer" <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> > To: <beara@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 12:01 PM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Kinmare or Kenmare > > > > The place has to be Kenmare (Co. Kerry). People pronounce it as if it > were > > Kinmare. > > ---- Riobard. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kevin Kelly" <mobones@bessi.net> > > To: <beara@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 5:35 AM > > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Kinmare or Kenmare > > > > > >> Hi, Val, > >> > >> I don't know Irish geography well, but do be suspicious that the place > >> name > >> was taken down correctly. I have an ancestor relation who appeared in > >> the > >> 1861 English census as having been born in the Irish town of > "Kibbercen". > >> There is no such town, but there is one called Skibbereen. I later > found > >> evidence to support that he indeed was born in or near Skibbereen. > >> Perhaps > >> someone took notes in the field, then later transcribed them incorrectly > >> onto the final census sheet. Who knows? > >> > >> Of course, I have not seen the record you cite, but I do know penmanship > >> in > >> census records varies wildly. An 'e' can sometimes look like an 'i', > >> especially if there is a stray mark near it that resembles a proper dot. > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> Kevin in MO, USA > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Val Messer" <valmess@b130.aone.net.au> > >> To: <BEARA@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 10:38 PM > >> Subject: [BEARA] Kinmare or Kenmare > >> > >> > >>> Hi from Qld., Australia, > >>> > >>> In England Census records of 1851 and 1861 the place of birth for my > >>> gggrandmother, Ellen Morrissey nee Sullivan, appears to be KINMARE. > >>> However, when I googled for some information about the place I was > asked > >>> 'Do > >>> you mean KENMARE?' > >>> > >>> The Census record definitely shows KINMARE as the dot is clearly above > >>> the > >>> letter 'i.' Or is it a case of confusion in hearing the Irish accent? > >>> > >>> Could someone please enlighten me - Which should it be? Or are they two > >>> separate places in Co Kerry? > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Val. > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com 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: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1628 - Release Date: > >>> 22.08.2008 > >>> 18:32 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > >> in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > -- > > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > > It has removed 1530 spam emails to date. > > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >