Hi again, I've gotten some interesting off-list responses, but it seems no one really knows anything re the possible locations in Donegal for a glassblowing industry. Maybe it will help if I make the question more specific. Combined with my earlier research, my tentative best guesses for my HARLEYs' origins are 1) the Inver area, 2) the Annagry area, 3) the Ramelton area, or 4) the central/southern Inishowen area (least likely). In each, I've found HARLEY families that could potentially tie into mine for various reasons (mostly coincidence of names). Does anyone know if any of these areas had a glass blowing industry in the early 1800s (prior to 1836)? It seems unlikely, but I could be wrong... Since the Inishowen location (I can't lay my hands on the data right now) was not far from Derry city, and my emigrant's daughter married (in the US) someone from Derry city, does anyone know if there was an established glassblowing industry in Derry? Maybe my least likely possibility will turn out to be right, after all... Thanks for your help. Regards, Claire K.

Any reason why prior to 1836? I ask because the Ordnance Survey Memoirs or Donegal mention all local industries. The Survey of Donegal was taken in 1837. Carolyn on 27/8/04 10:29 pm, seekay@comcast.net at seekay@comcast.net wrote: > Hi again, > I've gotten some interesting off-list responses, but it seems no one really > knows anything re the possible locations in Donegal for a glassblowing > industry. Maybe it will help if I make the question more specific. Combined > with my earlier research, my tentative best guesses for my HARLEYs' origins > are 1) the Inver area, 2) the Annagry area, 3) the Ramelton area, or 4) the > central/southern Inishowen area (least likely). In each, I've found HARLEY > families that could potentially tie into mine for various reasons (mostly > coincidence of names). Does anyone know if any of these areas had a glass > blowing industry in the early 1800s (prior to 1836)? It seems unlikely, but I > could be wrong... > > Since the Inishowen location (I can't lay my hands on the data right now) was > not far from Derry city, and my emigrant's daughter married (in the US) > someone from Derry city, does anyone know if there was an established > glassblowing industry in Derry? Maybe my least likely possibility will turn > out to be right, after all... > > Thanks for your help. > > Regards, > Claire K. > > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== > Try searching the Obituaries at Rootsweb: Interactive search > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obituary/obituary.pl > 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 > >