Hello, Stephen, be sure to search the website and Archives of this Fermanagh-Gold list. You will find people have posted information about many Maguires. McGuires, etc.http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NIR/FERMANAGH-GOLD.html Shirley On 26/04/2015 11:16, Stephen Maguire via wrote: >> A new friend suggested that I subscribe to this list. He and I share a Y111 DNA link and have the same surname, Maguire. His genealogy has take him to Mullaghdun in Fermanagh co. >> >> I am researching my immigrant 2nd great Grandfather Andrew Maguire, and his family, who arrived in Boston, MA USA, in 1850. >> >> All the information below comes from records that I found in Boston. >> Andrew Maguire, b abt 1818 >> Rebecca McKee (McGee) Maguire, b abt. 1822 ( her Parents Magaret Stevenson and Robert McKee (McGee)) >> Rebecca b abt 1843 >> Robert b abt 1845 >> My great grandfather Andrew John Maguire was born in December 1850 >> Andrew John Maguire was associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston for all of his life. >> >> The best lead in Ireland is a Baptism Record for Robert from Roots Ireland >> >> It was a baptismal record for Robert Maguire >> 15 Jun 1846 >> Address = Manorhamilton >> Parish/District = Cloonclare Church Of Ireland >> county= Leitrim >> Father Andrew Maguire >> Mother Rebecca (no maiden name) >> You can see that all of the information on the record is consistent with what I know of my immigrants. I would like to find more evidence to be sure though and to expand what I know. >> > There is also an old family lore story of a "7 arch bridge, on each for 7 brothers". Carl Maguire helped locate such a bridge for me yesterday, through this list. The bridge was over the Maguire River in Fermanagh. > > My sister in law is planning a trip over soon. I'm hoping she will be able to spend time researching at the Representative Church Body Library, in Dublin. The lists and tables I find on the web indicate that records of interest for Cloonclare and Manorhamilton may have survived the 1922 fire. > >> Thank you for any help you can give. I figured it was worth an introductory email just in case someone reading has already been researching the people I am searching for. >> >> Stephen J. Maguire >> Grafton, MA >> > ================================== > > 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 > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ================================== 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