Thanks to the Irish Heritage Newsletter.... Recipe for Barmbrack Bread Ná mól an t-arán go mbruithear é. (Don't praise the bread until it is baked) IH member Jean has sent out this recipe and interesting story about Barmbrack Bread Perhaps the most distinctive cake is the Barmbrack. It is the only surviving example of the use of yeast in our traditional cooking. In the earlly days of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Lady Gregory would always arrive from Coole Park, her home in County Galway with a barmbrack in her holdall. It was custom for her to preside at tea in the Green Room surrounded by writers and actors; W.B. Yeats, J.M. Synge, Lennox Robinson, Sean O'Casey and a supporting cast that included Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Shields, Sara Allgood, Maire O'Neill, and a host of others who later went on to make international reputations in the Theatre. This Barmbrack Bread became affectionately known as the Gort Cake. A Barmbrack is a light, yeasty, fruitcake that is always sliced and spread with butter before eating. At Hallow's Eve (October 31) the Barmbrack is baked with a wedding ring wrapped in paper and mixed into the dough. If your slice of Barmbrack contains the wedding ring, you will be engaged before the year is out. BARMBRACK BREAD 4 cups flour. 2 eggs. Well beaten 1/4 teasp. nutmeg. l 1/2 cups sultana raisins. pinch of salt 1cup currants 2 Tablespoon Butter 1/3rd.cup chpped candied peel. 1 cake yeast (3/4 ounce) 2 Tablespoons sugar l 1/4 cups milk. Sift Flour and nutmeg together. Rub butter into the flour. Cream the yeast in a cup with a teaspoon of sugar. Add the rest of the sugar to the flour mixture and mix well.Warm the milk to body temperature. Add tothe liquid yeast and most of the well beaten eggs. Beat the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients until the batter is stiff but elastic. Fold in the raisins, currants and fruit peel. Turn into an 8 inch x 4 inch deep cake pan so that the dough only fills half the pan. Cover with a cloth and leave to rise for about an hour or until it doubles in size. Brush the top with a little of the beaten eggs to give a glaze. Bake at 400 for approx. 1 hour, or until a skewer pushed into center of cake comes out clean. -- Pat Connors, currently visiting Sharon Springs, NY http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

While Australia is really not part of our mailing list, many of our ancestor's siblings and cousins emigrated to Australia and they have just released a massive amout of birth, death and marriage records that can be searched online. Marriages go to 1854, deaths to 1974 and births to 1905. This is an index and if you find a record that is for your family, you can order the certificate. These are for New South Wales (NSW) only. http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/searchHistoricalRecords.htm -- Pat Connors, currently visiting Albany NY

Thanks again to George of the Irish Heritage Newsletter. Samhain Tales Halloween was also a very important festival, a throwback to pagan times with its own rituals and traditions. Mrs. McEneaney, Castleblayney remembers, her Mother rubbing salt and oatmeal into her hair to protect her from the fairies. Maggie Malone, Carrickmacross remembers that champ was the traditional meal. "We used to put the champ out for the fairies to please them. Some poeple put it on the piers of the gate or on the doorstep. You see this was the time when the fairies moved from one fort to another." It was told that no fruit should be picked after Halloween because it has been diseased by a spirit called Puca. Michael Joe Murphy, Crossmaglen, in his book "A Slieve Gullions Foot" tells the story of a blacksmith named Willy who made a deal with the devil on the Hallow Eve to get money for drink. His fate was to wander the region with a wisp of light til the end of time. The legend of Willy-the-Wisp is still alive today preserved in a game played by many local people in their youth. "He was running around the mountain one night. If it was dark I'd show you Willy-the-Wisp, you can see him out there on the mountain. He's be running along the mountain. If I said I saw Willy-the-Wisp, people would be blessing themselves and they'd be in an awful state. I used to do it myself. You'd want some looking glasses. They'd make a reflection of you, move one of them and the light would run along the side of the mountain." -James Murphy, Mullaghbawn Halloween was generally a time of fun and celebration; "At Halloween we put two hazel nuts in the ashes and give them the name of a boy and girl. If the two burn together they will be married and if one shoots out they will separate." "Many games are played on Hallow'eve night. One is to tie an apple with a cord to the ceiling. They all get their hands tied behind their backs and they try in turn to catch the apple with their teeth. Another game for that night is to put an apple swimming on a tub of water and all try to see who could take the apple out with his teeth." "On Halloween night young girls would go blindfolded to corn sacks, pull out a stalk of corn and count the prickles. This was believed to be the number of years till they would get married." "Mostly all the tricks played refer to weddings, the person who is sweeping will be married to whoever takes the brush from the first person. To look into a looking glass in the name of the devil and whoever you are to marry will appear in the glass." "In Ireland it was thought that the fairies and the dead were very close to each other. Finvara, one of the fairy kings, was also King of the Dead, and it was thought to be very dangerous to be out after nightfall on Hallowes Eve and for a month after it, till the end of November." -Katherine Briggs, The Vanishing People: Fairy Lore and Legends. Pantheon Books,1978. "It is especially dangerous to be out on the last night of November, for it is the close of the season of revels-the last night when the dead have leave to dance on the hill with fairies, and after that thery must all go back to lie in the chill, cold earth without music or wine till the next November comes round, when they all spring up again in their shrouds and rush out into the moonlight with mad laughter." - Lady Wilde, Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland. London, 1887. According to the old tradition, still observed in Ireland, by which each calendar day begins at sunset, the last day of November would end at sunset on our November 30. This makes the night of our November 29 to be the last night night of Gaelic November. The customs of disguise and itinerant begging have long been associated with Samhain, probably going back at least as far as the Druids. It has been speculated that Celtic priests disguised themselves as spirits on Samhain night to walk among the ancestors and learn from them. In Ireland, in the area of Ballycotton and Trabolgan, a pagan "trick or treat" ritual survived until the early 1900s. Local youths would gather and parade from farmhouse to farmhouse, led by a man in a white robe with a horse-head mask. The leader was known as Lair Bhan (the White Mare), and the group would ask each farmer for gifts for "Muck Olla". This name is often assumed to be a distortion of a forgotton pagan god-name, but I believe it is more likely a Gaelic term of abuse, similar to the Manx expression "muc ooillagh", meaning greasy pig. The Muck Olla followers recited a long string of verses, threatening dire consequences if the farmers did not shell out the goodies, and the party would return home well-laden with gifts of farm produce. -- Pat Connors, currently visiting Albany NY

Thanks to George of the Irish Heritage Newsletter.... Irish Recipe - Boxty is for Halloween or Samhain Boxty comes up in conversation throughout the year, usually accompanied by a wistful smile and some lip-smacking. Should you witness this behavior, kindness dictates that this treat be served as soon as humanly possible. No one will question the date, though your motives may be suspect, as in: Just how much did you say you spent on&? Never mind. Boxty is as good as absolution. Ingredients 1 cup of mashed potatoes 1 cup of grated raw potatoes 2 cups of self-rising flour 1 to 1 ½ cups of milk or buttermilk ¼ teaspoon of salt ¼ to ½ cup of butter Sour cream, optional Directions Mix the mashed potatoes with the grated raw potatoes in a large bowl. Stir in the rest of the dry ingredients and 1 cup of liquid. As the batter is mixed, add small amounts of additional milk or buttermilk until the batter is loose enough to work with. Melt two tablespoons of butter over gentle heat. When the butter is melted and the pan heated, ladle small pancakes into the pan. Brown on both sides and serve hot with more butter or sour cream. -- Pat Connors, currently visiting Albany NY

Here is an interesting article sent by the Irish Heritage newsletter... Irish Independent Sat, Oct 01 05 US offering more third-level courses 'as Gaeilge' IRISH language courses are now being offered in more universities in the US than in Ireland. A total of 29 third-level institutions across the US are running programmes in Irish for students and scholars of the native tongue. Among them are some of the most prestigious universities in the US, including Harvard and Notre Dame, the University of California at Berkeley and New York University. Globally, 55 universities are now making courses available in modern, middle and old Irish as well as Celtic Studies. Whether you are in Moscow, Sydney, Toronto, Oslo, Hamburg, Turin or Vienna you will now be able to study the cupla focail. Minister with responsibility for the promotion of Irish, Eamon O Cuiv yesterday announced the establishment of a €300,000 fund available from next year to promote the teaching of Irish in third-level institutions overseas. The fund is being provided through the Ciste na Gaeilge section of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Minister O Cuiv made the announcement at an international symposium in Notre Dame University, Indiana on the subject "Why Irish?". The minister's grandfather, Eamon de Valera had visited the university in 1919 on his tour of the US, seeking recognition for an independent Irish government. Delivering the keynote address to the symposium, Minister O Cuiv said he was delighted to return more than 85 years later as a member of government in an independent Ireland and to launch a government sponsored fund to cement and promote the ties between Ireland and universities that teach Irish around the world. He said: "These programmes foster a greater appreciation of Ireland and our culture outside the island." The Minister pointed out that the Irish language was the oldest spoken and written language in Europe, north of the Alps, and stressed the importance of linguistic diversity to the cultural heritage of people around the world. -- Pat Connors, currently visiting Albany NY

I am forwarding this with permission from Jean. I recommend ALL of her website, highly. She has been a pioneer in Irish Internet research. 1851 Census Index Liverpool—Irish born on my web site at the link below. Alternatively type Jean McCarthy into the Google search engine for a direct link. I have commenced transcribing the Index for the 1851 Census for Liverpool Irish born people. The index not only gives the surname, folio number & piece number in abbreviated form i.e. 2176/1 but also includes the given name. occupation and place of birth. In the case of entries from piece no's HO 107/2186 to HO 107/2193 the age has also been included. This index is a listing of those people who gave Ireland, an Irish County or an Irish Town as their place of birth. It does not include other family members in the census returns who were not born in Ireland. To find family members born elsewhere then reference must be made to other LDS Census Indexes or PRO films. The indexed Piece No. and Folio for the Irish born person will make this step easy. The Piece and folio numbers will give the LDS film number if a search of the full census is required. This is rather a large project which will take time to complete. Especially as particular attention is being paid to accuracy. So far the full Introduction of the Index, explanatory notes and abbreviations, Chapman Codes as well as all the surnames beginning with A has been transcribed. I will endeavour to transcribe the entire Index as soon as possible. I hope this helps at least some of you with your research. Kind Regards. Jean McCarthy nee Moore. Staffordshire, England. My own main names of interest: MOORE, (Ireland, Canada & Australia) BOWDEN, (Ireland, New Zealand, Tasmania & Australia) HAWTHORNE. (Ireland and Pennsylvania) In Co Down, Co Armagh & Co Antrim Ireland: McCALLISTER, McAULEY, FLINN, STRAIN, SPRATT, McCLENAGHAN & KENNEDY. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanmccarthy36/ -- Pat Connors, currently visiting Albany NY

Here are some of the words you see when searching the GV. I found the info on the Origins Network subscription website. Immediate Lessor The immediate lessor was the person or organisation the occupier (usually a leaseholder) held their land from usually by payment of rent. This could be the outright owner who held the freehold, or a middle man who held an estate by some form of leasehold and sub-let the premises to the actual occupier. If this term appears in the 'Immediate lessors" field, it means the same as "As Lessor", ie that the occupier owns the land. In fee Lands held 'in fee' were freehold tenures, derived from a grant from the Crown. Lease The frequent term of a lease was 21 or 31 years, known as a 'lease of years'. Alternatively land was leased for the life time of named individuals otherwise known as a 'lease of lives', eg. typically there were three named lives, including the tenant, his son and another named individual. The lease and rent agreement remained in force until the death of all three named persons. Some of the more prosperous tenants secured the right to get renewable leases for ever, or leases for several hundred years, which were essentially freehold in all but name. However over 80% of all tenancies in the mid nineteenth century were annually set, with no security and no formal lease. Occupier The individual or corporation who owns, leases or rents a holding (tenement) and who is financially responsible for the taxes levied on the holding. This will generally be the head of the household, in the case of a house. NOTE: Particularly in urban areas there may be several households living within a single house, and only one head-of-household (if any) will be named. -- Pat Connors, currently visiting Albany NY

I am passing on this article with permission... > Online genealogy should be a hit > > > FAMILY history researchers will soon have a field day through the > provision of 1901 and 1911 census returns on the web. > > A project to digitise the records of the National Archives is > underway, and access will be provided through the internet. > > Last year, millions of web hits caused the British 1901 census website > to crash after unprecedented interest in the uploaded records. > > It is understood that the provision of Irish census information on the > web is still some way off, but its provision will prove a boon to > those of Irish extraction worldwide. > > Civil records of births, marriages and deaths have recently been > digitised at the General Register Office, but are not yet available > through the internet. > > Making millions of census returns available online would be > revolutionary for those researching their family trees and take huge > pressure off the National Archives in Bishop Street, where the records > can currently be viewed on microfilm. > > It is understood that Ireland will soon pass Britain by having the > 1911 census online. Britain has a 100-year secrecy rule on census > returns, but in Ireland they are deemed to be in the public domain > after 75 years. > > Census returns in Ireland immediately before 1901 were largely > destroyed through the burning of the Custom House during the War of > Independence. -- Pat Connors, currently visiting Albany NY

I have permission from Jean Rice who orginally posted this on the UK-Irish list to also post it here. RESOURCE: "Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries Through the St. Albans (VT ) District, 1895-1924" film (M1461), is part of an immigration and naturalization record set at your local LDS FHC. If you have trouble locating it on the CD of FHC Library holdings, try keying in 1472801 when asked for the US/Can film area number. That number will bring up information on this set and others. Researchers believing their FH has nothing to do with the state of VT (or Canada) tend to overlook these valuable films. Actually, they pertain to persons crossing back and forth at ANY point along the entire USA-Canadian border! (Records were apparently stored in VT). It is very possible that your ancestors were in Canada at some point in their travels, as mine were. In addition to the usual data one would expect to find on an individual, you are provided with the last residence, name and address of a friend or relative in the "old" country, same at intended destination, traveling companions, when last in country, color of hair, eyes, height, identifying scars, etc. Best of all, they give the name of any ship (or train), port, date involved in travels which can lead to a second microfilm of ship manifests. I found my English father, his mother and siblings on one film as they crossed the border frequently over a period of several years. Names are soundexed, alphabetical by surname. Note, although the Soundex film says it ends in 1924, dad emigrated in 1925 from Liverpool and his record was on the film. All "aliens" who crossed the border with one particular surname (and variations) for that ENTIRE TIME PERIOD are grouped together on one, at the most, two, films, depending on how common the surname was. Each time they crossed the border for travel, work, honeymoon, visit back in the "old" country, etc., it generated another record. Let's say you were looking for Thomas Albert. Kelly on the Kelly/Kelley film - if you didn't find him under his full name or Thomas A. Kelly, try looking for him under Thomas Kelly, T. A. Kelly, and even T. Kelly. Important -- it is also possible he is listed under his middle name. Although parents' names are not given, you should be given enough data to identify a relative. The name of the person paying for the trip is also given, which may be the father, etc. Most of the photographed cards (front and back) are very clear. This record set provided me with some of the most extensive information I have been able to obtain on my family to date and only cost me a fee of $3.75 at a local LDS FHC. The National Archive branches in the USA have these same films to view for free, and likely they are available in Canadian repositories, as well. The film numbers might be different but the title of the film set should be the same. The LDS FHCs are open to the general public and the volunteers there will help you find/order just the right film to view. Jean -- Pat Connors, currently visiting Albany NY

Anyone have connections to James Sheridan living in Brechin, Simcoe Co. about 1861? Wife is Cindy McDonagh; oldest child is Mary Bridget Sheridan who later married Henry Bassett. They are listed in the book, "they came to mara" published by the Ramara Township. Thanks, M. McKean

Thanks to George of the Irish Heritage Newsletter.... Irish Pratie Oaten 3 lg. potatoes 1 c. rolled oats; uncooked 1/2 c. Butter; melted 1 t. salt bacon fat Bring a pot of water to a boil. Dump in the unpeeled potatoes and boil until tender. Mash them. Allow them to cool for about 10 minutes, and mix in the oats to form a soft dough. Add the melted butter and salt and mix in well. Roll out on a floured surface to about 1 inch thickness, and then cut out with a 2 inch round biscuit cutter. Fry in a little bacon fat until golden brown on both sides. -- Pat Connors, currently visiting Washington DC http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

You're welcome. Best of luck with your research. Sorry I could not be more optimistic but this is definately not an easy hobby/pasttime/life's work! > > From: Frances Bishop <bishad@direct.ca> > Date: 2005/09/21 Wed AM 11:52:22 CDT > To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Ontario Irish] Finding birth place from ON death > registration > > Hi Tom. Thanks very much for sharing your experience. This sounds > like excellent advice for anyone working back to Ireland from Ontario > records. Best wishes, Frances > > > >Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:58:02 -0500 > >From: Tom LaPorte <tlaporte@mts.net> > >To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: Re: [Ontario Irish] Finding birth place from ON death > >registration > > > >I would say even having Armagh as a starting place is pretty > >fortunate. In my experience tracing my own surnames, county and > >township death registrations, census forms, church b/m/d records > >seldom go beyond simply stating Ireland. I think your chances would > >be pretty slim but that's what we do, chase after that slim > >possibility until it's found. One place I have found where birth > >place is often more specific is in any legal document where they had > >to make a specific claim about themselves. Land transactions or > >court declarations have been particularly fruitful and are most > >likely to be correct. > >> > >> From: Frances Bishop <bishad@direct.ca> > >> Date: 2005/09/20 Tue AM 09:47:34 CDT > >> To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com > >> Subject: Re: [Ontario Irish] Finding birth place from ON death registration > >> > >> Thanks Pat. I'm still hoping to learn more about the kinds of birth > >> and possibly immigration information one can obtain from Ontario > >> death registration records for 1877. > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> Frances > >> > >> my original letter-------------------- > >> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:27:06 -0700 > >> From: Frances Bishop <bishad@direct.ca> > >> To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com > >> Subject: Finding birth place from ON death registration > >> > >> Has anyone had any luck finding an actual place of origin/birth place > >> in County Armagh by viewing 1877 death registrations for Simcoe > >> County or any other part of Ontario? > >> > >> Death registration seems the most sensible place to start. Family > >> lore simply states "County Armagh". This covers lots of places. Any > >> suggestions welcome. > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >Tom LaPorte > > > >-------------------------------- > > > ==== CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH Mailing List ==== > Add your names to the Ontario Irish surname registry at: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/OntarioIrish/surnames.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > Tom LaPorte

Thanks for the URL Pat, as well as your wonderful suggestions, tips, and help on the list. Marybeth ====================================================== In a message dated 9/13/05 1:48:34 PM, nymets11@pacbell.net writes: << Try Hastings County on Ontario GenWeb website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~onhastin/ -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com >>

Hi Tom. Thanks very much for sharing your experience. This sounds like excellent advice for anyone working back to Ireland from Ontario records. Best wishes, Frances >Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:58:02 -0500 >From: Tom LaPorte <tlaporte@mts.net> >To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Re: [Ontario Irish] Finding birth place from ON death >registration > >I would say even having Armagh as a starting place is pretty >fortunate. In my experience tracing my own surnames, county and >township death registrations, census forms, church b/m/d records >seldom go beyond simply stating Ireland. I think your chances would >be pretty slim but that's what we do, chase after that slim >possibility until it's found. One place I have found where birth >place is often more specific is in any legal document where they had >to make a specific claim about themselves. Land transactions or >court declarations have been particularly fruitful and are most >likely to be correct. >> >> From: Frances Bishop <bishad@direct.ca> >> Date: 2005/09/20 Tue AM 09:47:34 CDT >> To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [Ontario Irish] Finding birth place from ON death registration >> >> Thanks Pat. I'm still hoping to learn more about the kinds of birth >> and possibly immigration information one can obtain from Ontario >> death registration records for 1877. >> >> Best wishes, >> Frances >> >> my original letter-------------------- >> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:27:06 -0700 >> From: Frances Bishop <bishad@direct.ca> >> To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Finding birth place from ON death registration >> >> Has anyone had any luck finding an actual place of origin/birth place >> in County Armagh by viewing 1877 death registrations for Simcoe >> County or any other part of Ontario? >> >> Death registration seems the most sensible place to start. Family >> lore simply states "County Armagh". This covers lots of places. Any >> suggestions welcome. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Tom LaPorte > >--------------------------------

I would say even having Armagh as a starting place is pretty fortunate. In my experience tracing my own surnames, county and township death registrations, census forms, church b/m/d records seldom go beyond simply stating Ireland. I think your chances would be pretty slim but that's what we do, chase after that slim possibility until it's found. One place I have found where birth place is often more specific is in any legal document where they had to make a specific claim about themselves. Land transactions or court declarations have been particularly fruitful and are most likely to be correct. > > From: Frances Bishop <bishad@direct.ca> > Date: 2005/09/20 Tue AM 09:47:34 CDT > To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Ontario Irish] Finding birth place from ON death registration > > Thanks Pat. I'm still hoping to learn more about the kinds of birth > and possibly immigration information one can obtain from Ontario > death registration records for 1877. > > Best wishes, > Frances > > my original letter-------------------- > Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:27:06 -0700 > From: Frances Bishop <bishad@direct.ca> > To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Finding birth place from ON death registration > > Has anyone had any luck finding an actual place of origin/birth place > in County Armagh by viewing 1877 death registrations for Simcoe > County or any other part of Ontario? > > Death registration seems the most sensible place to start. Family > lore simply states "County Armagh". This covers lots of places. Any > suggestions welcome. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom LaPorte

Thanks Pat. I'm still hoping to learn more about the kinds of birth and possibly immigration information one can obtain from Ontario death registration records for 1877. Best wishes, Frances my original letter-------------------- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:27:06 -0700 From: Frances Bishop <bishad@direct.ca> To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Finding birth place from ON death registration Has anyone had any luck finding an actual place of origin/birth place in County Armagh by viewing 1877 death registrations for Simcoe County or any other part of Ontario? Death registration seems the most sensible place to start. Family lore simply states "County Armagh". This covers lots of places. Any suggestions welcome. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you know the county, sometimes the rest is easy if they were born when church records are available. They have all been filmed and are at PRONI plus the National Library of Ireland in Dublin. Also, the Amagh Ancestry Centre has the records and in the computer and can do a fairly quick lookup (took them 5 weeks to get the info back to me, however). You can write to them at: http://www.irish-roots.net/Armagh.htm -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Has anyone had any luck finding an actual place of origin/birth place in County Armagh by viewing 1877 death registrations for Simcoe County or any other part of Ontario? Death registration seems the most sensible place to start. Family lore simply states "County Armagh". This covers lots of places. Any suggestions welcome.

My thanks for your suggestions and the following URL. Ontario research is fairly new to me, and I should have thought to check the local FHC for these films. The Ontario Archives site will be a great help as well. All the best to you with your family searches. Regards, Marybeth Corrigall ==================================== In a message dated 9/12/05 7:47:58 PM, tlaporte@mts.net writes: << I don't have any experience with Ontario Catholic Church records so for me, the best way would be to bring in the appropriate county bmd registers which are all available through the LDS at their libraries. You look up the appropriate microfilm #'s on the Ontario Archives site http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/interloan/v-contents.htm#births Then there is also a link on that page to get the appropriate LDS microfilm #. You can also search for the appropriate film number on the LDS web site but I find the Ontario Archives indexes easier to use. > > From: ACMBJC@aol.com > Date: 2005/09/12 Mon PM 03:54:48 CDT > To: CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Ontario Irish] question abt. Catholic records in Hastings Co > > Listers: > > Might anyone know how to obtain Catholic marriage or baptism records, c. > 1850-1880 for Hastings Co., Tyendinaga Twp. ONT. Any help will be most > appreciated, and thanks for your time. > > Marybeth C. > northeast Ohio > acmbjc@aol.com > > > ==== CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH Mailing List ==== > Check out the ONTARIO IRISH webpage at: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/OntarioIrish/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > Tom LaPorte ==== CAN-ONTARIO-IRISH Mailing List ==== Check out the ONTARIO IRISH webpage at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/OntarioIrish/ ============================== >>

The Ireland GenWeb County Tipperary website has been updated. New and updated townland pages include: Ballysheeda, Bonarea, Glebe, Drumminacunna, Knockantibrien, Newtown, Rossacrow, Shanaknock, Baurnadomeeny, Bealaclave, Coonmore, Foildarragh, Foilduff, Foilduff (Jackson), Drumbane, Tipperary Town, Cashel, Adamstwon, Bishopswood, Goulmore, Laghile, Reardnogy Beg & More, Shanballyredmond, Gorteenavalla, Newport Town, Carrick on Suir Town, Terryglass, Borrisokane, Puddingfield, Killawardy, Cappaghwhite Town, Birchgrove, Glenbane, Rathkea, Clonakenny, Solloghod-beg, Roran, Cappanasmear, Terryglass, Clogheen Town, Nenagh, Ballingarry Town, Woodford, Silvermines Town. Webpages for both Abington and Aghacrew civil parishes have been added. Religious records, links, surnames and records pages also have been updated. You can check out the website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irltip/tipperary.htm If you have and contributions, corrections, comments about the website, please email me off list. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com