I am planning a trip to Fermanagh next summer in hopes of finding the graves of my ancestors there. Time is not on my side right now to try to find more information about them before I make the trip. Does anyone know of a professional genealogist who would be able to look up the records I am in need of? I believe James McDonagh died about 1908 and Catherine McDonagh died about 1914. They were from Drumkeeran. The family was Roman Catholic. I would be very intereted in where they were buried as well as any children that remained in Ireland. Thanks for any tips. Lori

Would welcome any trace of Joseph WINDRUM b.?? Clontibret MOG 1827 enlisted Enniskillen Regt.1847 (27th Foot). Anthony

I have just found out after years of research that my great-great grandfather was Peter Breen, Corrameen Township, Kinawley Parish, County Fermanagh. He married Catherine Gillis/Gillen/Gillan about 1845 and some of his children were: Ellen Breen baptized Jan 21, 1846 Patrick Breen baptized Feb 3, 1847 Ann Breen baptized Feb 13, 1850 Thomas Breen baptized Nov 29, 1853 I am a descendant of Patrick, who came to America (New York City). He was my great grandfather. "Breen" was my mothers maiden name. I would like to connect to anyone researching this family in Fermanagh.

I don't know how many subscribing to this list reside here in Melbourne and are members of the GSV. Today being thursday the subject of the lunchtime weekly talk was Griffiths Valuations and how to use them. All very interesting and informative, however a little gem popped up at the very end of the talk. Namely the use of the "Cancelled Land Books" and "Current Land Books" to track the "ownership" of land within families. I may not have expressed this last sentence in the way it was meant- but these books help with who the land is being held,rented leased by over certain periods of time. Apparently you start at the end of the film and work backwards (may I say very Irish). We were told that the films are availabel at the LDS and can be found on the catalogue under the heading IRELAND- LAND. So far I haven't been able to trace these two titles- but perhaps another list member knows of them. Anyway I thought I would pass on a useful bit of information. Then again perhaps yo! u all know about it anyway.In the meantime I have emailed the lecturer of todays talk and asked her to be more specific in finding the titles and films and I will pass on any information I receive. Mary Anne

Below is a website that Jane Lyons posted in August. I think it's great - hope it helps you. - Jane Dixon Anderson >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Fosters of Lisnaskea >Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 04:18:29 +0000 > >Can anyone tell me the address of the Church of Ireland >in Lisnaskea? I want to find if there might be a Church >record of Fosters in that Area. > >Jim Foster > >From: "Jane Lyons" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [DONEGAL] Donegal >Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 22:44:35 +0100 > >http://www.from-ireland.net/contents/donegalconts.htm > >and for Netscape users......... >http://www.from-ireland.net/netscapeviewers/conts/donegalcontsnet.htm > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Can anyone tell me the address of the Church of Ireland in Lisnaskea? I want to find if there might be a Church record of Fosters in that Area. Jim Foster

Dear James Foster, You wrote about an old Ordinance Survey Map of Lisnaskea that you have that lists 5 ROBINSONs. Could you tell me their first names? My ROBINSON link is as follows: My great grandmother, Mary ROBINSON, married Francis LOCKE in the Clogher Diocese in 1840. I'm trying to find the names of her parents, but with such a common name, it's difficult. Francis had a sister, Hester LOCKE, who married Alexander ROBINSON, and they lived near Lisnaskea; their place was called Fairview. Alexander died about 1848 and Hester moved her family to America about 1852. I'm trying to determine if this Alexander ROBINSON was somehow related to my ggrandmother, Mary, and any info you can provide would be helpful! I have not come across your FOSTERs, but will watch for them in my research. Hope to hear from you! Lois Stang [email protected]

John Bruce, b. c 1791 in Fermanagh (or Cavan), Ireland m. in Ireland c 1822 to Mary Johnston, b. c 1803 in Fermanagh. There is some evidence to indicate that they immigrated to Canada from Terrycherry (now known as Tullycherry) on June 12, 1840 with their seven children, Thomas, b. c 1819; Robert, b. May 24, 1827; Margaret, b. June 1, 1832; Johnston, b. c 1833; Andrew, b. May 10, 1834; John, b. c 1837; and Jane, b. Oct. 14, 1838. They settled in Cavan, Durham Cty., and John died shortly after arriving. After some years Mary and her family moved to the Devitts Settlement in Cartwright Twp. On her death, she was buried beside her husband in Cavan. No headstones or records can be found. Many of their descendants are buried in the Devitts Cemetery, near Blackstock, Cartwright Twp., Durham Cty. John and Mary were my gggrandparents. I would appreciate connecting with anyone researching this line. Ron Dobson

My Grandfather, James Arthur Foster, was born in County Fermanagh on August 28,1863 Probably in or around Lisnaskea. From his Marriage Certificate in Belfast, we found that his fathers name was Thomas. My Father Visited the old "Family Farm" in 1917 or 1918,while in the Canadian Army and on leave from a hospital in England. He said that "his dad's oldest sister Hattie" was still living there and he met a cousin called Lottie Robinson which means that one of his dads sisters must have married a Robinson. While there my father was also shown a private graveyard which was not far from the house where he saw two gravestones with the names James Arthur Foster on them. I feel my family lived there for several generations. My family I believe were all Church of Ireland. I have an old Ordinance Survey Map of Lisnaskea dated from the mid 19th century. There is a list of inhabitants on the map which shows a James Foster and R.Foster as well as 5 different Robinsons. Iam looking for any information about my Family or about the Robinson who married a Foster in the Mid 1800's. James Arthur Foster

James.. I am wondering if there happen to be any KIRKPATRICK's listed on your map.. OR.. if anyone else has anything from that area, that mentions that name, I would greatly appreciate hearing from them... Some of them left Co Fermanagh for Canada in abt 1847 I believe.. Some of them stayed behind also.. Thank you so much.. Bonnie Kirkpatrick In the Thumb of Michigan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:37 AM Subject: Unidentified subject! > My Grandfather, James Arthur Foster, was born in County > Fermanagh on August 28,1863 Probably in or around > Lisnaskea. From his Marriage Certificate in Belfast, we > found that his fathers name was Thomas. My Father > Visited the old "Family Farm" in 1917 or 1918,while in > the Canadian Army and on leave from a hospital in > England. He said that "his dad's oldest sister Hattie" > was still living there and he met a cousin called Lottie > Robinson which means that one of his dads sisters must > have married a Robinson. While there my father was also > shown a private graveyard which was not far from the > house where he saw two gravestones with the names James > Arthur Foster on them. I feel my family lived there for > several generations. My family I believe were all > Church of Ireland. I have an old Ordinance Survey Map > of Lisnaskea dated from the mid 19th century. There is > a list of inhabitants on the map which shows a James > Foster and R.Foster as well as 5 different Robinsons. > Iam looking for any information about my Family or about > the Robinson who married a Foster in the Mid 1800's. > > James Arthur Foster > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------F1762B171FE804AF9F519F95 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anyone have access to "The Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland" (1892-1920), continued as "Journal of the Irish Memorials Association" (1921-1937). Many MI's from churches and churchyards throughout Ireland. There is an index from 1909 that lists the places covered from 1888 to 1908. Hoping someone can do lookups, or obtain address for me to write to library/archives for look ups. Doug Fletcher Canada --------------F1762B171FE804AF9F519F95 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="dfletche.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Doug Fletcher Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="dfletche.vcf" begin:vcard n:Fletcher;Doug tel;home:(780) 484-6936 tel;work:(780) 451-4698 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:htttp://www.osborne-group.com org:The Osborne Group version:2.1 email;internet:[email protected] title:Principal adr;quoted-printable:;;Suite 900=0D=0AFirst Edmonton Place=0D=0A10665 Jasper Avenue=0D=0AEdmonton, AB, T5J 3S9;;;; fn:Doug end:vcard --------------F1762B171FE804AF9F519F95--

To Becky Could this be Carlow? Anne Maye

Hullo List I sent a direct e-mail first to Becky in reply to her Carlough enquiry. Then after looking at the Ordnance Survey Motoring Atlas of Great Britain I sent a second one to the list - beginning What's more Becky. It must seem bit mysterious and others may like to see the first one, which went like this: Hi Becky T www.seanruad.com gives Carlow as a town, a townland a county, a barony, a civil parish and a poor law union in the province of Leinster. There are no references there for Carlough Could this be it? Cheers, Eleanor and now Cheers to all Eleanor

Oh! just discovered a Carlow in County Carlow in Ireland. Maybe it was misspelled as Carlough. Just a thought. Carol

There's a Carnlough in Northern Ireland on the coast of County Larne (my map is small and I may be mistaken about the county). Carol

I have in my database two sisters, Elizabeth and Caroline Swindle, from Crom Townland, Galloon parish, who married William Gregg and Charles Gregg respectively. I don't know if they were related. I have one child for Wm. Gregg and none for Charles Gregg. Silver Creek story states that Mary Ann was given to maternal aunts and uncles to raise as her mother died young. She was brought to America when the families immigrated. How common is the surname Gregg? Is anyone else working on this name? For those of you with the Griffin's evaluation where are the Gregg families to be found? Thank-you for your help. Sincerely, Becky T.

And what's more Becky, my 1986 Ordnance Survey Motoring Atlas of Great Britain has no reference to Carlough or Carlow. (It does not include Ireland or Northern Ireland). This Atlas has 12 large pages of a small print index, including villages, towns and cities in England, Scotland and Wales. I'd put my money on your Carlough being the one in Leinster. (I'm only an amateur researcher though) Cheers Eleanor

Can anyone tell me which county this town is to be found in? In the obit for Robert Beatty he is listed as from Carlough, England. Is this normal? All the census records give "Ireland". Thanks, Becky T.

Listers Would the former owner of email address currently not in use [email protected] please contact me as I have a Thomson request for her. With thanks Doug in Canada

In addition to Form A, which listed family members, visitors, boarders and servants who slept in the house on the night of 31 March 1901, don't miss Form B - House and Building Return. It lists the houses in the townland with head of the family residing in each house, the landholder of the house and all sorts of info on the house itself: kind of walls and roof, number of rooms and windows. Fascinating to find out a bit about the building where your ancestors lived. These two forms appear together on LDS microfilms. Linda Foh Saylorsburg, PA