Hi I am wondering if it was Carmean - only trouble is this may be Co Derry according to the Wikilist of Derry townlands - Desertlyn. Between Moneymore and Magherafelt. Cathy On 21/07/13 4:21 PM, "Anne Hetu" <[email protected]> wrote: > I will be traveling to Ireland next year, and I would love to find the area > where my grandparents lived in County Tyrone. The problem is, I have not been > able to find a parish by the same name as is written on the family tombstones. > My 2nd great grandfather, Bernard (or Barnet) Mc Menamon (and his son John as > well) are buried in the Old Norton Cemetery in Norton, New Brunswick, Canada. > He was born in 1766 and emigrated to Canada around 1817. Bernard died on July > 28, 1853 and the inscription on his headstone reads: "Native of the parish of > Caurmon, County Tyrone, Ireland." The inscription on his son John's grave who > died in 1874 and is buried right next to him reads exactly the > same.....Caurmon. The stones are well-preserved and the writing is clear. I > have searched and searched, and cannot find any such parish as Caurmon. Does > anyone have any light they can shed on this mystery? > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message