I picked right up on those FEEs! Thanks, Dave. Slán, Marge in Southern California Searching: Golden, Sullivan, Kelly, Shea, in Kerry and Connecticut O'Connor in Kerry Fee, Cassidy, Gilbride in Fermanagh, Cavan and Connecticut Lynch in Kildare, Limerick and Connecticut Walsh, Stackpole, Garry/Garrey/McGarrey, Donovan, Doyle, Clowney/Clooney, King in Kildare On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Dave H via <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > On 23/03/2015 22:51, Dee Byster-Graham via wrote: > > In Fermanagh the family never used McGovern or other variants of the > surname, always Magauran, and in some graveyards of Cavan and Leitrim some > families did the same, so I shall start with these and use the traditional > naming patterns, using McGauran too – my lot seem to revel in their > Irishness so may not have used McGovern as a matter of pride. The type of > gravestones and wording on them also seem relevant – large Celtic or high > cross, carved sunburst containing IHS, double or triple plots with multiple > burials, devout inscription with a degree of family pride – very typical of > the family in Aust too in pre-1930’s. Recent graves more difficult to spot > as they reverted to the modern norm of smaller tombstones, still with > religious inscriptions. > > > > > On the Templeport site you'll see the various spellings they used along > with the "standardised" surname in separate column where you'll see > McGovern standardised the Macgauran plus other versions standardised to > Magauran.. > > One only has to look at the Mac lists to see them..... plenty of Dolans, > Fees etc there too. > > The mid 1800's thing I mentioned gets on family units etc.... > ================================== > > https://www.google.ie/ > ================================== > http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message