Hi Windy, You are right - there is a greater wealth of family information available if we know our ancestors' Townland and give it when asking for information. If you are like me you don't have the ability to provide it. I would give it to you I could. However, in my family (maternal and paternal Irish parents) there is only one ancestor born in 1832 who ever named his townland in Ireland (this was Heirhill, Ballyheigue, Kerry- not Berehaven Cork - on i.e. on the other side of the family 4 generations back). The others who mentiioned their origins in passing only named major towns - Limerick, Dublin, Tralee, Cobh/Cork. All of them immigrated prior to 1876 and all of them were either farmers or miners. As Riobard has has told us, many people who immigrated "... said ..." only that they came from Berehaven/ Castletown Bere. They never mentioned their Townlands. For example, in my family we have Caupy/Caupey Harringtons who Riobard has traced to Cluin and Allihies. We have Cruises who we can find in Cluin/Allihies (and Killarney before they appear in Cluin in 1812). We also have Donovans who say they were from Berehaven but we really can't place them anywhere with certainty. However, all their obituaries at the turn of the century in Michigan and Montana do say they came from Berehaven. So, Berehaven is a start even if slim evidence. One thing going forward, I think it would be informative for families (like mine) who have no exact living memory of their origin other than "Berehaven, Cork" or "Castletown Bere, Cork" to transcribe and publish the Allihies/Berehaven mining records.. At least it may narrow the field for some of us. I hope the transcription of these records is happening now. If not, I would be happy to help. Anne -----Original Message----- From: gwynneth39@comcast.net To: BEARA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 7:48 pm Subject: [BEARA] Names and Towns. I think it would be nice when members write about their ancestor or are asking for information on their ancestors they could mention the Villages or Towns they came from as well as their nick names. As there are so many ancestors in everyone's family with the same names, we could be missing out on a wealth of information as well as finding lost cousins. I have so far found at least five cousins of my husbands just by reading this list with that info on it. Wendy Conroy. The Conroys' of Fuhir Allihies. ------------------------------- 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

Hi Ann My Granma was a Caupey Harringtons, wonder if we are related? Sheila> To: beara@rootsweb.com> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:09:23 -0400> From: adkflan@aol.com> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Names and Towns.> > Hi Windy,> You are right - there is a greater wealth of family information > available if we know our ancestors' Townland and give it when asking > for information. If you are like me you don't have the ability to > provide it.> I would give it to you I could. However, in my family (maternal and > paternal Irish parents) there is only one ancestor born in 1832 who > ever named his townland in Ireland (this was Heirhill, Ballyheigue, > Kerry- not Berehaven Cork - on i.e. on the other side of the family 4 > generations back). The others who mentiioned their origins in passing > only named major towns - Limerick, Dublin, Tralee, Cobh/Cork. All of > them immigrated prior to 1876 and all of them were either farmers or > miners.> As Riobard has has told us, many people who immigrated "... said ..." > only that they came from Berehaven/ Castletown Bere. They never > mentioned their Townlands. For example, in my family we have > Caupy/Caupey Harringtons who Riobard has traced to Cluin and Allihies. > We have Cruises who we can find in Cluin/Allihies (and Killarney before > they appear in Cluin in 1812). We also have Donovans who say they were > from Berehaven but we really can't place them anywhere with certainty. > However, all their obituaries at the turn of the century in Michigan > and Montana do say they came from Berehaven. So, Berehaven is a start > even if slim evidence.> One thing going forward, I think it would be informative for families > (like mine) who have no exact living memory of their origin other than > "Berehaven, Cork" or "Castletown Bere, Cork" to transcribe and publish > the Allihies/Berehaven mining records.. At least it may narrow the > field for some of us. I hope the transcription of these records is > happening now. If not, I would be happy to help.> Anne> > > -----Original Message-----> From: gwynneth39@comcast.net> To: BEARA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 7:48 pm> Subject: [BEARA] Names and Towns.> > > > > > > I think it would be nice when members write about their ancestor> or are asking for information on their ancestors they could mention> the Villages or Towns they came from as well as their nick names.> As there are so many ancestors in everyone's family with the same> names, we could be missing out on a wealth of information as well> as finding lost cousins. I have so far found at least five cousins of my> husbands just by reading this list with that info on it.> > Wendy Conroy.> The Conroys' of Fuhir Allihies.> > -------------------------------> 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 _________________________________________________________________ Win New York holidays with Kellogg’s & Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354033/direct/01/

Now that some of us have photos on the Irish Heritage site I think it would be great to look them over and see if there are any family resembelences. Goodness knows I am grasping at straws but a face comes from past generations. I am told my my uncle that I resembled my great-grandmother Mary Sullivan, Not sure but her photo is up on the site ~~C