Thank you all. This is very good and promising information. John (son of a Buckley) On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Stan & Shiela Etheridge < seth5455@bellsouth.net> wrote: > 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 >