Several of the people from Donegal County who moved to the US ca 1800 had the first name of Manasses (sometimes spelled Manus). Does this name have anything to do with Masiness? Just curious, Phil Bob wrote: >Didn't know where they were located so here is the data from Sean Raud > >CREESLOUGH T. xx Donegal Kilmacrenan Clondahorky Dunfanaghy Ulster >Creeslough 427 Donegal Kilmacrenan Clondahorky Dunfanaghy Ulster > >I have no data on these townlands. > >Bob >================================= ><SNIP> >Hello All, >Does anybody please have a copy of the 1901 census and be willing to do a >look-up for DENIS BRENNAN of MASINESS, CREESLOUGH. There should be quite a >few in residence including MARY his wife. > > >==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== >All email to listowner should be sent to >postalq@grnco.net > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >

Arthur, Thanks for the reply, yes the laptop is a great aid in doing research and allowing you to have your files within easy reach. My laptop is reaching the end of its life, keeps No Going but it has given many years of first class service. Another item that needs replaced. The reason for using a digital camera is that it would eliminate one step, the need to transcribe the original data to paper, only leaving the extraction to a spreadsheet. Another advantage of the digital camera is that the data can be scanned into the computer with a program such as OmiPage, this eliminates all typing except for spelling errors and formatting problems until the program learns what you are attempting (one hopes). Your idea regarding a second hand camera is practical, may take a look at it but we also need a digital camera, in addition to all those other upgrade cameras we have collected over the years. I have received a number of replies to the Camera question, some for a camera some against, big decision or just wait until the FHC buys a viewer that allows you to copy directly to a CD. IAW some members they do have these on the market. Thanks for the input. Bob

Hi Bob I don't know where you live in Canada,but some FHCs have a new system and it's great. You can download an image from a film to a CD,a floppy,or E mail it to yourself and print it out at home or file it. We still have a printer which prints out the frame that you want,like you we have to transfer the film to the printer,but at the end of this month we're getting the new system. I live in Brampton Ont. , Etobicoke in Mississauga Ont has the new system. I've tried the digital method but the results were not as good as the printer. I used a Kodak DX3215 with 1.3 Megapixels. One gentleman even had a litle jig set up to hold the camera. OH !and turn off the flash if you're going to attempt it. I imagine the better the camera ( more pixels) the better,probably at least 3 Megapixels for greater resolution. Frank McGonigal Ont.Canada ~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <hiflyte@telus.net> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 9:40 PM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] Non Gen - Cameras > List Members, > > Need some advice, if available. > Has anyone used a digital camera to take photo images of the BMD films held > at the FHC's? > > I have used them once but the result was a green image and not that clear, > but that could have been the model used and I don't remember what make it > was. > > If anyone has used a digital camera with positive results, what camera, make > and model was used? Is it necessary to use a flash? > > > I am considering purchasing a digital camera, one of the prime reasons is > taking images of the films. > > > Any suggestions? > > Bob > > Cdn.

List Members, Need some advice, if available. Has anyone used a digital camera to take photo images of the BMD films held at the FHC's? I have used them once but the result was a green image and not that clear, but that could have been the model used and I don't remember what make it was. If anyone has used a digital camera with positive results, what camera, make and model was used? Is it necessary to use a flash? I am considering purchasing a digital camera, one of the prime reasons is taking images of the films. The present method of reading the films, transcribing the data to paper, back to an Excel spreadsheet is very time consuming and tiresome. I hear that a few FHC's have a reader with a printer attached, our center has a number of film viewers but one must transfer the film to the viewer and make a print out for each frame. A very expensive method if one wants to extract all listings of a given surname for each year. If it were O'Donnell or a similar name a person would be broke long before they finished the task. Any suggestions? Bob Cdn.

I have found a problem with how Reunion handles images when creating web family cards. Maybe someone else has dealt with this and found a good workaround. I have several large, wide JPG files of census records. In reunion, you can load the image and view it in detail, using the % setting and the scroll bars. But when it's converted to html, all that you get is what was visible on-screen in reunion. You get no scroll bars in the html view, so the html image is useless for something like a census record. Is there a way around this? (not including copying the original JPG over the cropped one that reunion makes) Or is there a better program out there? Thanks. best, Paul Carr

barry armstrong wrote: >I would be interested in learning where your Doherty/Byrne's emigrated to >in USA. >My grandmother(b.1873) was born in Ardara area( Carn/Derryness/Beagh) and >emigrated first to Phila. then to Hazleton/ Wilkes Barre PA area. There >were Byrne relatives in all of these areas, most notably Cornelius (Con) >Byrne ( b.1835) a prominent business man in Hazleton.I seem to recall >Doherty's in Haz./WB area too. >Con Byrne was one of 12 children born to William and Mary(McHugh or McCue) > > > Hi Meg, I'm afraid I only heard second hand from my grandfather that the two Dohertys married Byrnes from Gweedore. I'm afraid I have no further information on the Byrnes, as none of them would have been any relation of mine (their descendents would be through the Dohertys). All the information I have is on the family group sheet below (child no. 6 & 9). The Dohertys had a sister who went to New London, CT, and cousins who went to Boston, MA, so I would hazard a guess that they stayed in New England. All these people would have emigrated in the 1900/1910s. Michael -- Family Group Record for Cornelius Doherty ================================================================================ Husband: Cornelius Doherty ================================================================================ AKA: Con Doherty Born: Abt 1851 - Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Christened: Died: - Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Buried: Father: Neal Doherty ( - ) Mother: Married: 5 Apr 1893 Place: St. Mary's Church, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. ================================================================================ Wife: Susan Doherty ================================================================================ AKA: Born: 1868 - Magheramore, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Christened: 14 Aug 1868 - St. Mary's Church, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Died: - Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Buried: Father: Michael Doherty ( -Bef 1901) Mother: Frances McEleney (Abt 1839- ) ================================================================================ Children ================================================================================ 1 F Mary Doherty Born: 1894 - Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Christened: 29 Jan 1894 - St. Mary's Church, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Died: - Derry, Co. Derry. Buried: Spouse: Never Married Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 F Susan Doherty Born: 1896 - Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Christened: 26 Feb 1896 - St. Mary's Church, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Died: 19 May 1978 - Cloontagh, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Buried: Spouse: Daniel McGonigle (1891-1969) Marr. Date: 1 Feb 1923 - St. Mary's Church, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Spouse: Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 M Patrick Doherty Born: 1897 - Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Christened: 25 Mar 1897 - St. Mary's Church, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Died: Buried: Spouse: Never Married Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 F Alice Doherty Born: 1898 - Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Christened: 1 Jul 1898 - St. Mary's Church, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Died: After 1920 - New London, Fairfield, CT, USA. Buried: Spouse: Never Married Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 M Neil Doherty Born: 1900 - Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Christened: 11 May 1900 - St. Mary's Church, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Died: Buried: Spouse: Ellen Doherty ( - ) Marr. Date: Spouse: Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 M Michael Doherty Born: 1901 - Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Christened: 11 Aug 1901 Died: - USA. Buried: Spouse: Bridget Byrne ( - ) Marr. Date: USA. Spouse: Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 M John J. Doherty Born: 1903 - Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Christened: 4 Apr 1903 Died: Bef 2 Apr 1911 - Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Buried: Spouse: Never Married Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 F Frances Doherty Born: 1907 - Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Christened: 29 Oct 1907 - St. Mary's Church, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Died: 7 Oct 1982 - Ballygorman, Malin Head, Co. Donegal. Buried: Spouse: Patrick Glackin (1904-1984) Marr. Date: 29 Oct 1934 - St. Mary's Church, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Spouse: Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 F Ellen Doherty Born: 1909 - Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Christened: 22 May 1909 - St. Mary's Church, Clonmany, Co. Donegal. Died: - USA. Buried: Spouse: James Byrne ( - ) Marr. Date: USA. Spouse: Marr. Date: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just for interest, On the BIVRI2 disks there are 1632 Doherty births listed in Donegal between 1861 and 1875. Only one with a spouse of Byrne's There are four Byrne's birth with a Mother, Doherty Listed these since it is not a big file. The two John births have the same dates etc but different film numbers would assume they are the same person. There are a total of 167 Byrne's birth listed for Donegal between 1864 and 1875 Would have extracted names but need more data, can't extract names by town or townland, only County e.g. Donegal unless I read and mark each entry by hand, too long a process. Hope this info helps Bob Cdn. ========================================================= BYRNE, John Birth Gender: Male Birth Date: 26 Mar 1871 Birthplace: 118, Carrick, Don, Ire Recorded in: Donegal, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: Hugh BYRNE Mother: Catherine DOGHERTY Source: FHL Film 255811 Dates: 1871 - 1872 ----------------------------------------------------------------- BYRNE, John Birth Gender: Male Birth Date: 26 Mar 1871 Birthplace: 118, Carrick, Don, Ire Recorded in: Donegal, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: Hugh BYRNE Mother: Catherine DOGHERTY Source: FHL Film 255841 Dates: 1871 - 1872 --------------------------------------- BYRNE, Catherine Birth Gender: Female Birth Date: 12 Sep 1873 Birthplace: Carrick, Don, Ire Recorded in: Donegal, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: Condy BYRNE Mother: Bridget DOHERTY Source: FHL Film 255889 Dates: 1873 - 1875 ------------------------------------------------------ BYRNE, Francis Birth Gender: Male Birth Date: 8 Jul 1875 Birthplace: Carrick, Don, Ire Recorded in: Donegal, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: Condy BYRNE Mother: Biddy DOHERTY Source: FHL Film 255935 Dates: 1875 - 1875 ---------------------------------------------------- <SNIP> Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Byrnes of Gweedore / Dohertys of Clonmany http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

mark.lusby wrote: > The Doherty families from Urris/Clonmany have nicknames to help > distinguish one from another > >> In Donegal, it's not surprising to find a lot of Dohertys - >> especially in Urris and Clonmany :) I've 6 distinct Doherty lines in >> the Clonmany area! >> >> Michael >> I'm well familiar with most of them - I'm Clonmany born and bred and still living here! :-) Michael

The Doherty families from Urris/Clonmany have nicknames to help distinguish one from another ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ó Nuadháin" <michealonuadhain@eircom.net> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 4:40 AM Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Byrnes of Gweedore / Dohertys of Clonmany > Searc.ie wrote: > >>Sweeney, Ward and back to Doherty again.on every side - That's 6 >>generations >>and that's all one can go by record - myth, legend and speculation aside. >>Regards, Patricia Sharkey >>in Fintown, Donegal via Derry and Urris and Fintown. >> > In Donegal, it's not surprising to find a lot of Dohertys - especially in > Urris and Clonmany :) I've 6 distinct Doherty lines in the Clonmany area! > > Michael > > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== > To browse through the archives of the list go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Visit my homepage at http://freepages.genealogy.com/~donegaleire > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Glad to see you posting again Lindel! I haven't any photos of Gweedore but for all the great work you do with your Donegal pages I hope everyone is sending you lots of photos for your pages. :-) All the best to you Lindel, Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindel" <lbuckle@ihug.co.nz> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 11:48 PM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] Photos of Gweedore & a new Templecrone section > Hello! Is there anyone who has colour photographs, preferrably just the > countryside/scenery, taken in Gweedore? I have 28 census plus maps and > more info to add to the Gweedore section of my website, but I'm short on > photos of the area..........I could only find 5 from when I was there as > most of my wanderings were in the Templecrone/Gartan area. > > The photographs don't have to be 'good' - even an ordinary washed-out > photo can be enhanced...........I will be running them through my graphics > program anyway, to brighten them and add borders. > > Any used in the Gweedore pages will have a credit for the photographer of > course! > > The Gweedore pages are at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/gweedoreproject.htm but > don't expect to see the census yet - I'm making the pages now :-) > > Templecrone now has its own pages at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/dunaugullies.htm - > there's 11 census so far, plus land records, an index to the RC cemetery > in Dungloe and maps.........baptisms are next! > > If anyone has anything they'd like to add to either Gweedore or > Templecrone, please email me. > > All the best, > Lindel > Donegal Genealogy Resources > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > > > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== > Donegaleire listowner is Carol Queen. > Visit my homepages at: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > QUEENSCASTLE BRANCHES AND BOUGHS > Check out The Griffith's Valuation & other statistics at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Searc.ie wrote: >Sweeney, Ward and back to Doherty again.on every side - That's 6 generations >and that's all one can go by record - myth, legend and speculation aside. >Regards, Patricia Sharkey >in Fintown, Donegal via Derry and Urris and Fintown. > In Donegal, it's not surprising to find a lot of Dohertys - especially in Urris and Clonmany :) I've 6 distinct Doherty lines in the Clonmany area! Michael

Hi, Many Munster names are now in Donegal since the 17th century - they chased the Herring which was plentiful in the Gweebarra Bay then - McHugh, Mckelvey, McGeehan, etc are names from Clare and Mayo - the Gweebarra was the primary fishhing location for the people of the West during the reign of Elizabeth. Our Doherty aancestors are another story. Regards, Patricia Sharkey, daughter of McNulty, daughter of McMonagle, Sweeney, Ward and back to Doherty again.on every side - That's 6 generations and that's all one can go by record - myth, legend and speculation aside. Regards, Patricia Sharkey in Fintown, Donegal via Derry and Urris and Fintown. Sin e an sceal ----- Original Message ----- From: "P.J. Ó Domhnaill" <solas@gofree.indigo.ie> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 12:48 AM Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Byrnes of Gweedore / Dohertys of Clonmany A Mhícheáil, a Chara, The Byrne name would have been rare or absent in the Gaoth Dobhair area during the early part of the twentieth century, and indeed there are few of that name here now. The 'pre-mobile' telephone directory is a reasonable guide to the distribution of surnames and I think that you can now access the Irish Telephone Directory OnLine. A quick glance would seem to suggest that the Byrnes are more numerous in the west of the county and I would look for James Byrne in the Rosses rather than in Gaoth Dobhair. 'Arranmore Links' by Barney Gallagher lists just one Byrne family on the island. For Arranmore watchers, I think that the book has been republished in 2004. Aranmore Links should be available from ABC Bookshop, Letterkenny and Four Masters Bookshop, Donegal Town. There is one thing that I would like to figure out - how did the Byrnes come to be living in Donegal. Have they been here since the time of Aodh Rua Ó Domhnaill or have they just figured out that this place is the nearest to Heaven that you can find on earth? Beannacht Dé, P.J. Ó Domhnaill. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ó Nuadháin" <michealonuadhain@eircom.net> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 12:52 AM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] Byrnes of Gweedore / Dohertys of Clonmany > I'm looking for anybody with any information on these two families: > > Ellen Doherty (b. 1909, Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany) emigrated to the > USA, and there married a James Byrne of Gweedore. It may be the general > Gweedore area, but as that bit's hearsay, I can't be sure if that is > where he came from. Her brother, Michael Doherty (b. 1901, Giblin) > married James Byrne's sister, Bridget, who was also supposed to be born > in Gweedore. Ellen and Michael's parents were Cornelius (Con) Doherty > (b. abt 1851, Rasheeny) and Susan Doherty (b. 1868, Magheramore, > Clonmany). My connection is that my gGrandmother Susan Doherty (b. 1896) > was Michael and Ellen's sister. > > Also, according to her Ellis Island record, another sister, Alice, went > to New London, CT, to her aunt Mrs. Mary Reilly (23 Chapel St.) in Sep > 1921. She died in America soon afterwards. > > If you're any connection, I'd love to get in contact. > > Michael Ó Nuadháin > > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== > To browse through the archives of the list go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Visit my homepage at http://freepages.genealogy.com/~donegaleire > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== Visit my Donegal Homepage at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ Check out The Griffith's Valuation & other statistics at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/

P.J. Ó Domhnaill wrote: >A Mhícheáil, a Chara, > >The Byrne name would have been rare or absent in the Gaoth Dobhair area >during the early part of the twentieth century, and indeed there are few of >that name here now. > >[snip] > >There is one thing that I would like to figure out - how did the Byrnes come >to be living in Donegal. Have they been here since the time of Aodh Rua Ó >Domhnaill or have they just figured out that this place is the nearest to >Heaven that you can find on earth? > P.J., a Chara, I can't say I've looked, as I never thought of tracing them back because there's no real relationship to me there - I'm really just interested in tracing their descendents, as they share a blood relationship with me, and I'm interested in finding out what happened to them after their arrival in the states. I'm from Donegal, and still living here, so I've got the phone book, and see what you mean about the rarity of the name - it's not common in this direction either (Inishowen). I've no idea how they came to be here - I've the same problem with my own name (Ó Nuadháin - Noone) came to be here, and that story is lost in the mists of time over 200 years ago. I do like your nearest place to Heaven theory! Beannachtaí, Michael

A Mhícheáil, a Chara, The Byrne name would have been rare or absent in the Gaoth Dobhair area during the early part of the twentieth century, and indeed there are few of that name here now. The 'pre-mobile' telephone directory is a reasonable guide to the distribution of surnames and I think that you can now access the Irish Telephone Directory OnLine. A quick glance would seem to suggest that the Byrnes are more numerous in the west of the county and I would look for James Byrne in the Rosses rather than in Gaoth Dobhair. 'Arranmore Links' by Barney Gallagher lists just one Byrne family on the island. For Arranmore watchers, I think that the book has been republished in 2004. Aranmore Links should be available from ABC Bookshop, Letterkenny and Four Masters Bookshop, Donegal Town. There is one thing that I would like to figure out - how did the Byrnes come to be living in Donegal. Have they been here since the time of Aodh Rua Ó Domhnaill or have they just figured out that this place is the nearest to Heaven that you can find on earth? Beannacht Dé, P.J. Ó Domhnaill. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ó Nuadháin" <michealonuadhain@eircom.net> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 12:52 AM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] Byrnes of Gweedore / Dohertys of Clonmany > I'm looking for anybody with any information on these two families: > > Ellen Doherty (b. 1909, Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany) emigrated to the > USA, and there married a James Byrne of Gweedore. It may be the general > Gweedore area, but as that bit's hearsay, I can't be sure if that is > where he came from. Her brother, Michael Doherty (b. 1901, Giblin) > married James Byrne's sister, Bridget, who was also supposed to be born > in Gweedore. Ellen and Michael's parents were Cornelius (Con) Doherty > (b. abt 1851, Rasheeny) and Susan Doherty (b. 1868, Magheramore, > Clonmany). My connection is that my gGrandmother Susan Doherty (b. 1896) > was Michael and Ellen's sister. > > Also, according to her Ellis Island record, another sister, Alice, went > to New London, CT, to her aunt Mrs. Mary Reilly (23 Chapel St.) in Sep > 1921. She died in America soon afterwards. > > If you're any connection, I'd love to get in contact. > > Michael Ó Nuadháin > > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== > To browse through the archives of the list go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Visit my homepage at http://freepages.genealogy.com/~donegaleire > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

I would be interested in learning where your Doherty/Byrne's emigrated to in USA. My grandmother(b.1873) was born in Ardara area( Carn/Derryness/Beagh) and emigrated first to Phila. then to Hazleton/ Wilkes Barre PA area. There were Byrne relatives in all of these areas, most notably Cornelius (Con) Byrne ( b.1835) a prominent business man in Hazleton.I seem to recall Doherty's in Haz./WB area too. Con Byrne was one of 12 children born to William and Mary(McHugh or McCue) Byrne.I have the names of all sibs of Con; Daniel(b.1845), Joseph, John, James, William, Hugh, Catherine, Mary Ann, Bridget, Margaret, Francis, Patrick. I have been able to find Catherine,Joseph, Hugh,John and poss. Mary coming to USA and in Hazleton area at one point. Don't know how many children they produced except Con and Daniel or where they might have lived I know nothing of any of the Byrne's who remained in Co. Don. except my great grandfather Daniel. He married a Mary Gallagher. My grandmother was Catherine, the eldest. There were 2 other daughters, Mary who married a Dan Sweeney, and Bridget who I believe died unmarried. The males were John, Patrick and William. William is buried in cemetery in Ardara, as is Bridget, John and Patrick alleged to have gone to work in the mines in Montana and died there. Maybe your Gweedore Byrne family might be in some way linked to mine? I do have ancestors on my mother's side of the family who were from the Gweedore areaand also ended up in the Hazleton/Wilkes Barre PA area too-Sharkey/Ferry/Mann/Bon(n)er/Gallagher. Regards, Meg

Hello! Is there anyone who has colour photographs, preferrably just the countryside/scenery, taken in Gweedore? I have 28 census plus maps and more info to add to the Gweedore section of my website, but I'm short on photos of the area..........I could only find 5 from when I was there as most of my wanderings were in the Templecrone/Gartan area. The photographs don't have to be 'good' - even an ordinary washed-out photo can be enhanced...........I will be running them through my graphics program anyway, to brighten them and add borders. Any used in the Gweedore pages will have a credit for the photographer of course! The Gweedore pages are at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/gweedoreproject.htm but don't expect to see the census yet - I'm making the pages now :-) Templecrone now has its own pages at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/dunaugullies.htm - there's 11 census so far, plus land records, an index to the RC cemetery in Dungloe and maps.........baptisms are next! If anyone has anything they'd like to add to either Gweedore or Templecrone, please email me. All the best, Lindel Donegal Genealogy Resources http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/

In a message dated 10/5/2004 9:02:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, DONEGALEIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: I have observed that these visitors all drive at around 40 miles an hour while locals usually drive at 50-60 miles an hour and as the locals know the Patricia, 50 - 60....when did you folks slow down? Seemed like they were all going 100 when I was there... You know why we tourists go slow? Rock Walls... Rock Walls and Rental cars don't mix. Beth Cherkowsky

Hello All, Does anybody please have a copy of the 1901 census and be willing to do a look-up for DENIS BRENNAN of MASINESS, CREESLOUGH. There should be quite a few in residence including MARY his wife. Many thanks Dave

Didn't know where they were located so here is the data from Sean Raud CREESLOUGH T. xx Donegal Kilmacrenan Clondahorky Dunfanaghy Ulster Creeslough 427 Donegal Kilmacrenan Clondahorky Dunfanaghy Ulster I have no data on these townlands. Bob ================================= <SNIP> Hello All, Does anybody please have a copy of the 1901 census and be willing to do a look-up for DENIS BRENNAN of MASINESS, CREESLOUGH. There should be quite a few in residence including MARY his wife.

I'm looking for anybody with any information on these two families: Ellen Doherty (b. 1909, Giblin, Rasheeny, Clonmany) emigrated to the USA, and there married a James Byrne of Gweedore. It may be the general Gweedore area, but as that bit's hearsay, I can't be sure if that is where he came from. Her brother, Michael Doherty (b. 1901, Giblin) married James Byrne's sister, Bridget, who was also supposed to be born in Gweedore. Ellen and Michael's parents were Cornelius (Con) Doherty (b. abt 1851, Rasheeny) and Susan Doherty (b. 1868, Magheramore, Clonmany). My connection is that my gGrandmother Susan Doherty (b. 1896) was Michael and Ellen's sister. Also, according to her Ellis Island record, another sister, Alice, went to New London, CT, to her aunt Mrs. Mary Reilly (23 Chapel St.) in Sep 1921. She died in America soon afterwards. If you're any connection, I'd love to get in contact. Michael Ó Nuadháin