>From Ireland Obits.... Nelda ---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 08:42:55 -0500 > From: ahern@world.std.com > To: nelda_percival@hotmail.com > CC: ireland-obits@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: County DOV > > > Nelda Percival > > > In a Death record for a Beatty in KY they give the birth country > > as county DOV Ireland.. any idea? > > It's probably a U rather than a V and is a phonetic spelling of how any > Irish person might refer to County Down. > > http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/ulster/index_dn.htm > Down sources for genealogy > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirdow/ > County Down GenWeb > > http://www.ancestryireland.co.uk/index.php?filename=map_down > Civil Parishes of County Down > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donaghmore1/cover.html > Newry, Donaghmore, Loughbrickland & Banbridge > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/ > County Down Research Site > > http://www.familia.org.uk/services/ni_northeast.html > Northern Ireland (Northeast) Libraries Family History Resources > > http://www.familia.org.uk/services/ni/belfast.html > Family History Resources at Belfast Libraries >

Its a long shot, but what if a part of the W was cut off at some point leaving a V? Armond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nelda Percival" <nelda_percival@hotmail.com> To: <bp2000@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:47 AM Subject: [BP2000] Donna - FW: County DOV > >>From Ireland Obits.... > Nelda > > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 08:42:55 -0500 >> From: ahern@world.std.com >> To: nelda_percival@hotmail.com >> CC: ireland-obits@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: County DOV >> >> >> Nelda Percival >> >> > In a Death record for a Beatty in KY they give the birth country >> > as county DOV Ireland.. any idea? >> >> It's probably a U rather than a V and is a phonetic spelling of how any >> Irish person might refer to County Down. >> >> http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/ulster/index_dn.htm >> Down sources for genealogy >> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirdow/ >> County Down GenWeb >> >> http://www.ancestryireland.co.uk/index.php?filename=map_down >> Civil Parishes of County Down >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donaghmore1/cover.html >> Newry, Donaghmore, Loughbrickland & Banbridge >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/ >> County Down Research Site >> >> http://www.familia.org.uk/services/ni_northeast.html >> Northern Ireland (Northeast) Libraries Family History Resources >> >> http://www.familia.org.uk/services/ni/belfast.html >> Family History Resources at Belfast Libraries >> > Remember - To remove un-needed email text from your replys > ********************* > Visit Project website at: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bp2000/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > Visit Beatty Y-DNA Project at: http://www.beattydna.org/ > ********************* > Mailing List's Archives at: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/surname/b/bp2000.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BP2000-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >