Helen Have you considered doing a search for your people on the IFHF site? You can search births/baptisms, filtering by father name and get a series of result. If something of interest comes up, fine you may want to buy it. If nothing of interest comes up, as I have experienced, you can gain some confidence on your search parameters. Elimination can be a very helpful tool. John On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Helen <hdipilato@comcast.net> wrote: > Dear list, > > I have been searching for many years for a Bridget Hickey. I had a search > done at the Mallow Heritage Centre,she wasn't in that diocese. I did a > search in the Ballincollig area because at 16 she lived in Milford,MA with > the Sweeney/Ring family and the Sweeny's were from Ballincollig. She > surfaced with them in 1860. I'm now searching Rings and Hickeys in West > Cork. I did a nat. on John Ring he is from Cork son of Denis and Johanna. > Bridget Hickey's obit stated she was from Cork and had lived in Milford > since her arrival. > > Is either Hickey or Ring a prevalent Beara name? I am really lost on where > to look. Any advice would be appreciated. > > Best Regards, > Helen > > ------------------------------- > 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 >