Hello, Karen -- I have the following STANLEY family record among my McCABE and SEARLS ancestors from the Bandon area: Francis McCABE (1848-1925), farmer and baker, Derry Castle, son of Isaac McCABE, farmer and schoolmaster and Catherine JONES married Elizabeth STANLEY (1849-1918), daughter of Francis STANLEY, farmer of Knockaneady, Ballymoney Parish on July 2, 1874 at Desertserges (west of Bandon). I've also come across the following STANLEY marriage record: William STANLEY and Mary BURCHIL on July 26, 1759 at Ballymodan, Bandon. Here are some STANLEY burial records at Ballymodan, Bandon: May 31, 1719 ___________ son of Edw Stanly Oct. 26, 1720 James son of Edward Stanly Jan 24, 1725 Susanna dau of Edw: Stanley Jan. 3, 1732 Mary dau of Thomas Stanley May 31, 1733 Elizabeth dau of Edward Stanley July 28, 1735 Edward April 5, 1739 Antonio of Thoms Stanley Feb. 25, 1741 Mary wife of Thos Stanly Apr. 8, 1743 John son of widow Stanley You may find more at the Bandon and Kilbrogan registers or at this link to some Ballymoney Parish registers: http://www.paulturner.ca/Ireland/Cork/Ballymoney%20Parish/bp-text-9.htm Other links to area information: http://www.bandon-genealogy.com/index.htm http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/cork/ http://myhome.ispdr.net.au/~mgrogan/cork/ballyneen_surname.htm (includes STANLEY death records) http://www.ginnisw.com/Confirmation%20Records/Scully%20to%20White.html (includes STANLEY confirmation records) http://www.failteromhat.com/guy/kinsale.htm (includes STANLEY resident) http://books.google.com/books?id=8b4eREmqNj0C&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=ballymoney +parish+county+cork&source=bl&ots=tvfi-bsvHQ&sig=_ltw7oyC7ubH7NNM9UZ1yyfpPp4 &hl=en&ei=Kw9fS63mHsyUtgeYmuzqCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved =0CB8Q6AEwCTgU#v=onepage&q=stanley&f=false http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=Town landsInCivil&civilparishid=221&civilparish=Ballymoney&citycounty=Cork Hope this helps. Dave MacCabe Austin, Texas ***************************************************************** on 1/26/10 2:00 AM, countycork-request@rootsweb.com at countycork-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:38:30 -0800 > From: "Karen Fraser" <kmfraser@pacificcoast.net> > Subject: [CO CORK] STANLEY - new member > To: <COUNTYCORK@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <913BE4F4A1FE49C9A43EFE416F937F1E@KarenPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello everyone, > > I'm new to Irish research and have a lot to learn. > > My gggrandfather, William STANLEY, gave his birth place as Cork (no > clarification of whether it was the City or County) on the 1871 Census, Wigan, > Lancashire, England. On his marriage certificate in 1839, William gave his age > as 19 so he was born about 1820 and he named his father as Francis STANLEY. In > 1841, William & Ellen and their son, Thomas, age 1, lived with Francis > STANLEY, age 75, weaver and his wife, Amelia, age 70, both born Ireland. > Besides William, Francis had a son, Francis, born about 1816 in Ireland and > married in Wigan in 1836. I believe he also had a son, David, born about 1813, > married in Wigan in 1834, so the family left Ireland by the early 1830s. > William named his only surviving son, David. > > Quite by accident, I've come across some Ballymoney and Bandon parish records > and found STANLEYS with the forenames Francis, David and William and decided > it might be a good place to start my search. Does anyone know where I might > find earlier records? William and David, I know would be very common names but > is Francis also a common name? > > I would appreciate any help or suggestions on where or how to start my > research. > > Karen Fraser > Vancouver Island, BC > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the COUNTYCORK list administrator, send an email to > COUNTYCORK-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the COUNTYCORK mailing list, send an email to > COUNTYCORK@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COUNTYCORK-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the > email with no additional text. > > > End of COUNTYCORK Digest, Vol 5, Issue 12 > *****************************************