Hi Allyssa My suggestion is that you should look in Donegal for the townland of "Craigstown" (sometimes "Craigtown"). Try pronouncing Craigstown with a Donegal accent (with a very short "ai"), in the presence of someone unfamiliar with an Irish accent. I presume you have seen the various documents on Ancestry.com for your Daniel McGonagle -- Census 1910 and 1920, marriage, also immigration schedule? There are some entries for Edward McGonagle and Ellen McGonagle (the names of his parents) in the Wills Calendar at PRONI, however none seem to fit your lad. Have you tried looking at the Irish census for 1901? Or are there just too many Daniel McGonagle's? Best of luck in your research. Kind regards Dave Mitchell Cape Town South Africa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allyssa Edwards" <edbatch@gmail.com> To: <DONEGALEIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Creekstown place name? >i do have his parents, Edward and Ellen/Elleanor Farren. I don't yet know >if > the came over. many of their other children did though. their records so > far > just say Ireland, though i still have much more work to do. thank you for > your help, everyone. > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 10:32 AM, hiflyte <hiflyte@telus.net> wrote: > >> Allyssa, >> >> If Peter is having difficulty in finding "Creekstown" not much hope for >> the rest of us. >> >> But >> >> Looking at the Ireland Atlas and Placenames Database of Ireland and >> others, then breaking down the names there are a few possibilities: >> >> http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/cgi-bin/iresrch >> and >> http://www.logainm.ie/ >> http://ireland.kiwicelts.com/irishMap/ireMap.html#Top >> http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ >> http://gis.donegal.ie/gplan_donegalcc/default.aspx?fn=044848 >> >> I use the "Ctrl F" and insert e.g Cree, Kr, Cri etc and see what >> pops up. >> >> The entry depends upon the person inserting the info into the books, >> what did he hear from the person giving the data. >> Prior to the 1900s many individuals could not read or write so they >> could not check the data on the entry paper. >> >> CREESLOUGH T. xx Donegal Kilmacrenan Clondahorky >> Dunfanaghy Ulster >> due to Crees------- Town, >> >> Creehennan 828 Donegal Inishowen East Moville >> Upper Inishowen Ulster >> >> Creenary 548 Donegal Kilmacrenan Clondahorky >> Dunfanaghy Ulster >> Creenasmear 872 Donegal Kilmacrenan Clondahorky >> Dunfanaghy Ulster >> Creenveen 641 Donegal Banagh Glencolumbkille >> Glenties Ulster >> Creeslough 427 Donegal Kilmacrenan Clondahorky >> Dunfanaghy Ulster >> Creevagh 205 Donegal Kilmacrenan Mevagh >> Millford Ulster >> Creeve 304 Donegal Raphoe Allsaints >> Londonderry Ulster >> Creeve (Smith) 232 Donegal Raphoe Leck >> Letterkenny Ulster >> Creeve Glebe 295 Donegal Raphoe Leck >> Letterkenny Ulster >> Creeveoughter 846 Donegal Kilmacrenan Killygarvan >> Millford Ulster >> Creevins 199 Donegal Banagh Inver Donegal >> Ulster >> Creevy 815 Donegal Tirhugh Kilbarron >> Ballyshannon Ulster >> >> I am unable to find any that actually come close to our search word >> "creekstown" >> >> What dates are you interested in? Did he mention his parents names on >> any document, in particular his marriage certificate? >> All the info you have may help someone hone in on the surname. >> >> Bob >> CDN >> ======================== >> >> On 28/01/2011 11:54 PM, Allyssa Edwards wrote: <SNIP>...I've located >> some records on this Daniel McGonagle that i'm trying to fill in. most >> records just say ireland. his draft registration says Donegal... >> ====================== >> When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which >> you >> are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. 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I always GREATLY appreciate the kindness of volunteers.) > > http://branches-leaves.blogspot.com (obits, records, transcriptions, etc) > http://allmcgonigle.blogspot.com/ (McGonigle variants One Name Study..can > u > help out?) > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you > are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. 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