This is going over ‘old ground’ maybe, but it arises now because many pre-1862 church records of baptisms and marriages did not record the residents’ townlands. Only the (church) parish e.g. Tydavnet, Roslea, Clones was noted. So the (church) parish boundary is important to trying to figure out where the families were living at the time. This is separate to the question of ‘civil parishes’ in which the constituent townlands are well defined and understood. My question is: - In the 1800s, were any Monaghan townlands within the Roslea Parish boundary? Is yes, which ones? - In the 1800s were any townlands in that area of Fermanagh/Monaghan switched from one (church) Parish to another, e.g. from Roslea parish to Tydavnet or vice versa? I have tried to find some references that might cover this with little success. Any suggestions are welcome. James

James, I WISH all of the church records had townlands on them, but I really do not think that folks paid any attention to boundaries. My folks lived in Legaduff in Fermanagh, not far from the Cavan border and Swanlinbar. On the ships records they ALL put that they were from Swanlinbar in Cavan. That was the closest town - where they shopped and where they went to church, rather than Kinawley (both churches were part of Kinawley parish) which was further away. Slán, Marge in Southern California Searching: Golden, Sullivan, Kelly, Shea, O'Connor in Kerry and Connecticut Fee, Cassidy, Gilbride in Fermanagh, Cavan and Connecticut Lynch in Kildare, Limerick and Connecticut Walsh, Stackpole, Garry, Donovan, Doyle, Clowney/Clooney, King in Kildare | From: "fermanagh-gold" <[email protected]> | To: "fermanagh-gold" <[email protected]> | Sent: Friday, April 1, 2016 12:00:06 PM | Subject: FERMANAGH-GOLD Parish of Roslea | This is going over ‘old ground’ maybe, but it arises now because many pre-1862 | church records of baptisms and marriages did not record the residents’ | townlands. Only the (church) parish e.g. Tydavnet, Roslea, Clones was noted. So | the (church) parish boundary is important to trying to figure out where the | families were living at the time. This is separate to the question of ‘civil | parishes’ in which the constituent townlands are well defined and understood. | My question is: | - In the 1800s, were any Monaghan townlands within the Roslea Parish boundary? | Is yes, which ones? | - In the 1800s were any townlands in that area of Fermanagh/Monaghan switched | from one (church) Parish to another, e.g. from Roslea parish to Tydavnet or | vice versa? | I have tried to find some references that might cover this with little success. | Any suggestions are welcome. | James | ========================= | https://www.facebook.com/groups/FermanaghGold/ | ------------------------------- | 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