--------------000601060805070000040303 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Patricia! Here's the info you are after - sorry I hadn't answered the email you sent directly to me ................ I'm still trying to catch up on things and recouperate from some health problems. Gortnabrade and Carrigart are both in the Carrickart Electoral Division in Mevagh parish. You can view the 1901 and 1911 census for those two places by hiring a film at your local LDS Family History Centre. The film details are: 1901 Carrickart D.E.D. 125/1-12, 13c 1901 D.E.D. 126/14-20; 127/1-13 LDS film no 827667 Items 1-2 1911 Carrickart D.E.D. 125/1-13 Townlands: Aghalatty, Ballyoghagan, Carrickart, Dunmore, Finver, Glenkeo, Glenree, Gortnabrade, Kill, Megheramagargan, Tirloughan, Umlagh, Carrickart Town LDS film no 2081902 There's no 1881/1891 Irish census. There are other films which should hold some good info for you too - Catholic Parish Registers Microfilm of original at Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland. Contains baptisms, 1853-1859, 1871-1927; marriages, 1878-1921. Includes index to baptisms for 1854-1869. The Catholic parish of Mevagh includes the civil parish of Mevagh. It is now called Carrigart. Parish registers LDS film no 1279234 Items 11-16 The households in those townlands from the 1857 Griffiths Valuation, with the names you're researching, are - Gortnabrade Duffy Michael McClafferty John McClafferty Kate McClafferty Neal McClafferty Owen McClafferty Sarah Carrickart Duffy Daniel Duffy Darby Duffy Denis Duffy James Duffy Neal Duffy Susan McClafferty Edward McClafferty John You can trace who was on each piece of land in those place from by having a look at this film, which details the occupiers from 1858 until 1932 - Mevagh parish Carrickart Electoral Division, 1858-1932 Aghalatty Ballyoghagan Carrickart Dunmore Finver Glenkeo Glenree Gortnabrade Kill Magheramagorgan Tirloughan Umlagh LDS film no 836438 Items 2 - 3 You should be able to trace back as far as the births of the parents of Edward and Annie - the Mevagh register starts early enough for you! To find your closest Family History Centre, search on this page - http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Good luck with this Patricia! Sorry you've had to wait so long! Please email me direct about the McElwaine/Carr couple - I need a bit more info on them :-) All the best, Lindel Patricia Hedley wrote: >Hi List >I have a marriage certificate of >Edward McClafferty and Annie Duffy married in the RC Church of Mevagh - >District of Rossgiull on 2 September 1913 >Edwards father listed as Charles McClafferty - Farmer >Annie Duffy's father Michael Duffy - Shoemaker > >Witnesses to marriage were Michael Meehan and Bella Duffy > >Could someone advise me how to look up 1881-1891-1901 censuses to find these >families, what area's can I look for, their residence at time of marriage >was Gortnabrade and Carrigart > >Any help would be much appreciated >Regards >Patricia > > >==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== >Visit my Donegal Homepage at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.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 > > > > > --------------000601060805070000040303--