Hello! I have been trying to find out where the name Freen originated.  I am assisting a friend with her family tree and it is proving to be quite difficult to get started.   We know that a family of Freen lived in Raphoe, Donegal in the early 1900, and a prisoner Frain from Kings County was transported to America in 1737, but that is as far as we can go.  Can anyone get us along the road a little further? Thanks. Lisa Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

Hi Lisa, I find it almost incredible that I am reading this. Only last week, I agreed to help a friend from Raphoe research the name Freen. She is married to a Freen and wants to do her family tree for her father-in-law. She has already had a preliminary report done by Donegal Ancestry and we have some idea of what records are available. Freen, as I am sure you will know, is an extremely unusual name, the most likely derivation being De Freynes - a Norman name, although, of course, it is now associated with the Ulster Scots. Email me privately with some details of where you are and what you already have. I am doing the research for someone else so the details are not mine to give away freely. I will need to talk to Mrs Freen. Hey, maybe we are both working for the same person! If we can work together, I think I may be able to help. Have you seen this booklet: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/genbooklet.pdf The most important question of all is this: can you make any connection between your Freen and Raphoe? Regards, Boyd -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lisa McKeown Sent: 21 September 2008 21:24 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Freen/Frain of Ireland Hello! I have been trying to find out where the name Freen originated.  I am assisting a friend with her family tree and it is proving to be quite difficult to get started.   We know that a family of Freen lived in Raphoe, Donegal in the early 1900, and a prisoner Frain from Kings County was transported to America in 1737, but that is as far as we can go.  Can anyone get us along the road a little further? Thanks. Lisa Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com 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. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ ------------------------------- 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

Lisa The 2001 Electoral roll gives four FREENs in the Rep. of Ireland FREEN,ALEXANDER,,,MAGHERABOY,,,,RAPHOE,CO DONEGAL FREEN,CYNTHIA,,,MAGHERABOY,,,,RAPHOE,CO DONEGAL FREEN,FRANCES,,,MAGHERABOY,,,,RAPHOE,CO DONEGAL FREEN,IAN,,,MAGHERABOY,,,,RAPHOE,CO DONEGAL and 47 FRAINs FRAIN,BRIDGET,,,MONAGURRA,,,,SHANAGARRY,CO CORK FRAIN,THOMAS,,,MONAGURRA,,,,SHANAGARRY,CO CORK FRAIN,CAOIMHE,29,,GLENAGEARY PARK,012853000,,,GLENAGEARY,CO DUBLIN FRAIN,PATRICK,29,,GLENAGEARY PARK,012853000,,,GLENAGEARY,CO DUBLIN FRAIN,SIOBHAN,29,,GLENAGEARY PARK,012853000,,,GLENAGEARY,CO DUBLIN FRAIN,MARY,,GREENPARK,TULLINADALY ROAD,,,,TUAM,CO GALWAY FRAIN,JULIE,,,CARTRON NORTH,,,,BALLYHAUNIS,CO MAYO FRAIN,THOMAS,,,CARTRON NORTH,,,,BALLYHAUNIS,CO MAYO FRAIN,MAYE,,,DOOGARY,,,,BALLYHAUNIS,CO MAYO FRAIN,THOMAS,,,TUBBER,,,,BALLYHAUNIS,CO MAYO FRAIN,PAULINE,,CLYDAGH HOUSE,KNOCKTHOMAS,,,,CASTLEBAR,CO MAYO FRAIN,MICHAEL,,,CLOONALLISON,,,,CHARLESTOWN,CO MAYO FRAIN,GRAINNE,,,DRUM,,,,CLAREMORRIS,CO MAYO FRAIN,SEAN,,,DRUM,,,,CLAREMORRIS,CO MAYO FRAIN,PATRICK,,,LISCOSKER,,,,KILKELLY,CO MAYO FRAIN,GERARD,,,BARCUL,09467325,,,KILKELLY,CO MAYO FRAIN,JOE,,,BARCUL,09467325,,,KILKELLY,CO MAYO FRAIN,NOREEN,,,BARCUL,09467325,,,KILKELLY,CO MAYO FRAIN,JOHN,,,BARNACAHOGE,,,,SWINFORD,CO MAYO FRAIN,MARGARET,,,CARROWCANADA,,,,SWINFORD,CO MAYO FRAIN,PADRAIC,,,CARROWCANADA,,,,SWINFORD,CO MAYO FRAIN,MICHAEL,,,NEW STREET,,,,BALLAGHADERREEN,CO ROSCOMMON FRAIN,MARGARET,,,NEW STREET,,,,BALLAGHADERREEN,CO ROSCOMMON FRAIN,JOHN,,,BANADA,EXDIR,,,BALLAGHADERREEN,CO ROSCOMMON FRAIN,JAMES,,,CLOONLATIVE,,,TRIEN,CASTLEREA,CO ROSCOMMON FRAIN,MARIE,,,CULLADINE,,,BALLAGHADERREEN,CASTLEREA,CO ROSCOMMON FRAIN,JOE,,,DERRINACARTHA,,,BALLAGHADERREEN,CASTLEREA,CO ROSCOMMON FRAIN,JAMES,,,ESKER,,,DOOCASTLE,BALLYMOTE,CO SLIGO FRAIN,DECLAN,40,,CASTLEWOOD AVENUE,,,,DUBLIN 6, FRAIN,BREEGE,8,,OAKLEY SQUARE,014965449,,,DUBLIN 6, FRAIN,MARY,86,,RANELAGH ROAD,EXDIR,,,DUBLIN 6, FRAIN,BILL,33,,CHARLESTON ROAD,,,,DUBLIN 6, FRAIN,PATRICK,102,,KIMMAGE ROAD,,,,DUBLIN 12, FRAIN,PATRICK,102,,KIMMAGE ROAD WEST,,,,DUBLIN 12, FRAIN,DECLAN,24,,INISMORE,,,,DUBLIN 12, FRAIN,HELEN,3,,ARANLEIGH PARK,014943567,,,DUBLIN 14, FRAIN,JOHN,3,,ARANLEIGH PARK,014943567,,,DUBLIN 14, FRAIN,PAUL,3,,ARANLEIGH PARK,014943567,,,DUBLIN 14, FRAIN,JAMES,40,,WILLBROOK ESTATE,EXDIR,,,DUBLIN 14, FRAIN,MARIAN,40,,WILLBROOK ESTATE,EXDIR,,,DUBLIN 14, FRAIN,JOHN,127,,TURRET ROAD,016266945,,,DUBLIN 20, FRAIN,MICHAEL,17,,THE MEADOWS,EXDIR,,,GALWAY, FRAIN,MARY,17,,THE MEADOWS,EXDIR,,,GALWAY, FRAIN,LAURENCE,21,,BUTTERFIELD,,,,LIMERICK, FRAIN,MICHAEL,3,,HILLCREST PARK,,,,LIMERICK, FRAIN,LAURENCE,21,SEVEN OAKS,OLD CORK ROAD,,,,LIMERICK, FRAIN,MICHAEL,7,,THE PARK,,,,SLIGO, Griffiths at http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/gv_family_search_form.php gives five FRAINs in Rep of Ireland and one FREEN in Cork Liam "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa McKeown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Freen/Frain of Ireland > Hello! > I have been trying to find out where the name Freen originated. I am > assisting a friend with her family tree and it is proving to be quite > difficult to get started. > > We know that a family of Freen lived in Raphoe, Donegal in the early 1900, > and a prisoner Frain from Kings County was transported to America in 1737, > but that is as far as we can go. Can anyone get us along the road a little > further? Thanks. > Lisa >