I don't think Mary Burke ever uses a donation as an incentive to look up parish records. I met her a few years ago and she was very gracious with her time taking my inquiries, and sending the info later. Like most Sacristans she is all alone with other duties to perform, and like most Sacristans looking up records comes only after her parish priorities. Sure I offered her 20 Euros which she declined at the time. Of course she works on "Irish Time" too but eventually she e-mailed me telling me that she could find no records re my inquiry. Don In a message dated 12/9/2008 7:13:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, john.steitz@gmail.com writes: Mary Thank you very much. I will give this a try. Do you know, is this the records for all of the Bantry Parish or just this particular Church? Again thank you for the information. John On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Mary Ellen Moran <jacmare@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Hi John, > I'm also looking for ancestors in the Bantry area but have stayed with the > Beara list because I enjoy reading Riobard's items and the material others > contribute. I found baptismal and marriage records at St. Finbarr's Roman > Catholic Church. The sacristan there is Mary Burke. The record book is > kept in the sacristry amid the cleaning supplies! Mary has indicated that > she has little time to look up records but a small contribution may provide > more of an incentive. Good luck with your search...Mary Ellen> Date: Mon, > 24 Nov 2008 15:21:45 -0500> From: john.steitz@gmail.com> To: **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)

I also have had the pleasure of receiving help from Mary Burke. She sent a letter back after a while when I wrote her several years ago. The mail lady who delivered it had only one request, that when I was done with the envelope, that I let her have it. Our mail lady in this small Florida rural town (Mims, FL) takes unusual stamped letters to local elementary classes, and she had never seen one from Ireland. ----- Original Message ----- From: <DBJOLEARY@aol.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Buckley >I don't think Mary Burke ever uses a donation as an incentive to look up > parish records. I met her a few years ago and she was very gracious with > her > time taking my inquiries, and sending the info later. Like most > Sacristans she > is all alone with other duties to perform, and like most Sacristans > looking up > records comes only after her parish priorities. Sure I offered her 20 > Euros > which she declined at the time. Of course she works on "Irish Time" too > but > eventually she e-mailed me telling me that she could find no records re > my > inquiry. > > Don > > > In a message dated 12/9/2008 7:13:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > john.steitz@gmail.com writes: > > Mary > Thank you very much. I will give this a try. Do you know, is this the > records for all of the Bantry Parish or just this particular Church? > Again > thank you for the information. > John > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Mary Ellen Moran > <jacmare@hotmail.com>wrote: > >> >> Hi John, >> I'm also looking for ancestors in the Bantry area but have stayed with >> the >> Beara list because I enjoy reading Riobard's items and the material >> others >> contribute. I found baptismal and marriage records at St. Finbarr's >> Roman >> Catholic Church. The sacristan there is Mary Burke. The record book is >> kept in the sacristry amid the cleaning supplies! Mary has indicated >> that >> she has little time to look up records but a small contribution may >> provide >> more of an incentive. Good luck with your search...Mary Ellen> Date: >> Mon, >> 24 Nov 2008 15:21:45 -0500> From: john.steitz@gmail.com> To: > > > **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and > favorite sites in one place. Try it now. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) > > ------------------------------- > 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: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.16/1840 - Release Date: 12/9/2008 4:53 PM

It's true that Mary doesn't ask for anything, but it seems reasonable to make a small "donation" to the church to avoid having the parish (or Mary herself) shell out the money for postage and/or photocopy. I don't think this is unreasonable and will help to insure continued good will. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan & Shiela Etheridge" <seth5455@bellsouth.net> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Buckley >I also have had the pleasure of receiving help from Mary Burke. She sent a > letter back after a while when I wrote her several years ago. The mail > lady > who delivered it had only one request, that when I was done with the > envelope, that I let her have it. Our mail lady in this small Florida > rural > town (Mims, FL) takes unusual stamped letters to local elementary classes, > and she had never seen one from Ireland. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <DBJOLEARY@aol.com> > To: <beara@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:14 PM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Buckley > > >>I don't think Mary Burke ever uses a donation as an incentive to look up >> parish records. I met her a few years ago and she was very gracious with >> her >> time taking my inquiries, and sending the info later. Like most >> Sacristans she >> is all alone with other duties to perform, and like most Sacristans >> looking up >> records comes only after her parish priorities. Sure I offered her 20 >> Euros >> which she declined at the time. Of course she works on "Irish Time" too >> but >> eventually she e-mailed me telling me that she could find no records re >> my >> inquiry. >> >> Don >> >> >> In a message dated 12/9/2008 7:13:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> john.steitz@gmail.com writes: >> >> Mary >> Thank you very much. I will give this a try. Do you know, is this the >> records for all of the Bantry Parish or just this particular Church? >> Again >> thank you for the information. >> John >> >> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Mary Ellen Moran >> <jacmare@hotmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi John, >>> I'm also looking for ancestors in the Bantry area but have stayed with >>> the >>> Beara list because I enjoy reading Riobard's items and the material >>> others >>> contribute. I found baptismal and marriage records at St. Finbarr's >>> Roman >>> Catholic Church. The sacristan there is Mary Burke. The record book >>> is >>> kept in the sacristry amid the cleaning supplies! Mary has indicated >>> that >>> she has little time to look up records but a small contribution may >>> provide >>> more of an incentive. Good luck with your search...Mary Ellen> Date: >>> Mon, >>> 24 Nov 2008 15:21:45 -0500> From: john.steitz@gmail.com> To: >> >> >> **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and >> favorite sites in one place. Try it now. >> (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.16/1840 - Release Date: 12/9/2008 > 4:53 PM > > > ------------------------------- > 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 looking for my family also,my grandfather was baptized at st finbarr's in 1872.how do i get in contact with mary burke. jim sullivan --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Marge Sullivan <hjmcs@optonline.net> wrote: From: Marge Sullivan <hjmcs@optonline.net> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Buckley To: beara@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 3:06 PM It's true that Mary doesn't ask for anything, but it seems reasonable to make a small "donation" to the church to avoid having the parish (or Mary herself) shell out the money for postage and/or photocopy. I don't think this is unreasonable and will help to insure continued good will. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan & Shiela Etheridge" <seth5455@bellsouth.net> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Buckley >I also have had the pleasure of receiving help from Mary Burke. She sent a > letter back after a while when I wrote her several years ago. The mail > lady > who delivered it had only one request, that when I was done with the > envelope, that I let her have it. Our mail lady in this small Florida > rural > town (Mims, FL) takes unusual stamped letters to local elementary classes, > and she had never seen one from Ireland. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <DBJOLEARY@aol.com> > To: <beara@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:14 PM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Buckley > > >>I don't think Mary Burke ever uses a donation as an incentive to look up >> parish records. I met her a few years ago and she was very gracious with >> her >> time taking my inquiries, and sending the info later. Like most >> Sacristans she >> is all alone with other duties to perform, and like most Sacristans >> looking up >> records comes only after her parish priorities. Sure I offered her 20 >> Euros >> which she declined at the time. Of course she works on "Irish Time" too >> but >> eventually she e-mailed me telling me that she could find no records re >> my >> inquiry. >> >> Don >> >> >> In a message dated 12/9/2008 7:13:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> john.steitz@gmail.com writes: >> >> Mary >> Thank you very much. I will give this a try. Do you know, is this the >> records for all of the Bantry Parish or just this particular Church? >> Again >> thank you for the information. >> John >> >> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Mary Ellen Moran >> <jacmare@hotmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi John, >>> I'm also looking for ancestors in the Bantry area but have stayed with >>> the >>> Beara list because I enjoy reading Riobard's items and the material >>> others >>> contribute. I found baptismal and marriage records at St. Finbarr's >>> Roman >>> Catholic Church. The sacristan there is Mary Burke. The record book >>> is >>> kept in the sacristry amid the cleaning supplies! Mary has indicated >>> that >>> she has little time to look up records but a small contribution may >>> provide >>> more of an incentive. Good luck with your search...Mary Ellen> Date: >>> Mon, >>> 24 Nov 2008 15:21:45 -0500> From: john.steitz@gmail.com> To: >> >> >> **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and >> favorite sites in one place. Try it now. >> (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.16/1840 - Release Date: 12/9/2008 > 4:53 PM > > > ------------------------------- > 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

So I have had the pleasure of making it home this holiday season and I have come across some letter my grandmother had written or received from other relatives. It makes me laugh, one of them (not my grandmother) found Riobard's book in a library in Montana and was looking through it. They read through the entries and one of the names we are researching is Houlihan. Well this relative writes to my grandmother and says, I think that since it says (Suavane) Houlihan it must be what they call all Houlihan's. Well, unfortunatelly she was wrong and we are of the Cain Houlihan branch. Anyway, another thing I read in a letter was that it was tradition to name the first son after the paternal grandfather and the second son after the maternal grandfather. Same goes for the daughters first daughter after the first paternal grandmother and second after the maternal grandmother. Does anyone have a clue if this is even remotely true? Thanks and happy holidays! Stephanie

Yes Stephanie, to my knowledge it was the norm. In my family, all four children are named after the grandparents in that order. Noreen in NY In a message dated 12/22/08 23:13:56 Eastern Standard Time, spitfire_sh@hotmail.com writes: Anyway, another thing I read in a letter was that it was tradition to name the first son after the paternal grandfather and the second son after the maternal grandfather. Same goes for the daughters first daughter after the first paternal grandmother and second after the maternal grandmother. Does anyone have a clue if this is even remotely true? Thanks and happy holidays! Stephanie

So I have had the pleasure of making it home this holiday season and I have come across some letter my grandmother had written or received from other relatives. It makes me laugh, one of them (not my grandmother) found Riobard's book in a library in Montana and was looking through it. They read through the entries and one of the names we are researching is Houlihan. Well this relative writes to my grandmother and says, I think that since it says (Suvane) Houlihan it must be what they call all Houlihan's. Well, unfortunatelly she was wrong and we are of the Cain Houlihan branch. Anyway, another thing I read in a letter was that it was tradition to name the first son after the paternal grandfather and the second son after the maternal grandfather. Same goes for the daughters first daughter after the first paternal grandmother and second after the maternal grandmother. Does anyone have a clue if this is even remotely true? Thanks and happy holidays!Stephanie