Will be away for approx. 2 weeks Wendy Moohin, Mackay Qld Australia. researching AUBREY; BITCON; BOOTH; BRADFORD; CHESHIRE; EVETTS; GARDINER; HALL; HENKEL; HEWITT; HOWELLS; IRWIN; KOSLOVA; LADLEY; LUPINI; MARKWELL; MITCHELL; MOOHIN; MCMULLEN; PURCER; STAAP; TEASDALE; WILSON.

Dear "carebear" I tried to send this directly to you, but it bounced as "unknown"! Would love to be able to add this (and anything more about it) to the Fianna site page about Finn and the Fianna http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/history/fianna.html What say you? Peace. Anne carebear@sdps.demon.co.uk wrote: Who was Finn ? Tales of Finn and his warrior band known as the Fianna belong to what is known as the Ossianic Cycle of Irish history, when King Cormac MacArt reigned in the third century A.D. The old Annalists who wrote down the tales regard the exploits of Finn as true history and his defence of Ireland with his crack fighting band as absolute fact but modern historians value the tales for the wealth of knowledge and interest they provide about the time when fact and mythology are almost equally interwoven. Finn's son Ossian who was both a warrior and a poet gave his name to the period and the tales and poems ascribed to him are well known on the continent and many other parts of the world. The earliest tales are found in manuscripts of the 11th and 12th centuries but probably originated several centuries earlier. Finn may have been based on an historical character but in folklore he is descended from the gods, his mother being grand-daughter of one of the main Celtic gods, Nuada of the Silver Hand. More to come :o) Regards HLA - the Lady Endjineer !!! HLA@carebear.demon.co.uk http://www.carebear.demon.co.uk ==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== Fianna-L@rootsweb.com favorite sites: Try: http://www.rare.on.ca/users/genealogyforum/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ ***Award winner*** Thanks to Chirho http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4404/ Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! Messages to list in plain text only! chirho@prodigy.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ http://www.hoseahouse.org/ chirho@prodigy.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ http://www.hoseahouse.org/

Hi George; I research Stackpole from Clare County. I have found ref to this family as STACK. This might give you a clue as to the transmuted surname STACK. I have the Stackpoles back to Wm The Conqueror if you ever need the lineage. Georgene

After John O'Mahony (b. Co. Cork) got through translating Keatings History of Ireland from the Gaelic he published it in NY. He then founded the Fenian Brotherhood in the United States and the Irish Republican Brotherhood in Ireland under James Stephens. The Fenian Brotherhood (founded in 1857) took their name from Finn McCool and the Fianna. They rose to be a national force in American Politics and attacked Canada three times between 1866 and 1870. My great grandfather Bernard Mcnulty was a Fenian Organizer. He came to the United States in 1851 from County Tyrone. In 1865, in WI, he married Alice McPike, also of County Tyrone. I anyone wants to talk Fenians or has any connections, I would be happy to hear from you. Mike Ruddy McNulty in Tyrone Ruddy in Cork

Hello Nancy: Yes I have posted the same info plus extensive other family details on the Philly-L list several times- I have found several connections with other CORCORAN, CONCANNON, SWEENEY AND STACK researchers and have developed info on obits, marriage records, birth, baptisms naturalization records, ship passenger lists, etc - all of which has resulted in extensive knowledge of the families from the CORCORAN/STACK and CONCANNON/ SWEENEY marriages down through their children and grandchildren and great grand children- but have not successfully verified my great grand parents specific dob and pob in Ireland and their parents and siblings- particularly the CORCORANS, STACKS and SWEENEYS. I have several good leads to follow so I have not hit a brick wall yet. Thank you. Have a good day.. George George C. CORCORAN, JR. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Email: gcorjr13@webtv.net Researching: CORCORAN, CONCANNON SWEENEY AND STACK

Who was Finn ? Tales of Finn and his warrior band known as the Fianna belong to what is known as the Ossianic Cycle of Irish history, when King Cormac MacArt reigned in the third century A.D. The old Annalists who wrote down the tales regard the exploits of Finn as true history and his defence of Ireland with his crack fighting band as absolute fact but modern historians value the tales for the wealth of knowledge and interest they provide about the time when fact and mythology are almost equally interwoven. Finn's son Ossian who was both a warrior and a poet gave his name to the period and the tales and poems ascribed to him are well known on the continent and many other parts of the world. The earliest tales are found in manuscripts of the 11th and 12th centuries but probably originated several centuries earlier. Finn may have been based on an historical character but in folklore he is descended from the gods, his mother being grand-daughter of one of the main Celtic gods, Nuada of the Silver Hand. More to come :o) Regards HLA - the Lady Endjineer !!! HLA@carebear.demon.co.uk http://www.carebear.demon.co.uk

Here is the project we should all get behind and help! http://www.usgenweb.org/census/ If we each took a little from any area of the country and transcribed maybe just one county, just think what a valuable tool we would all have! -----Original Message----- From: LAR4102@aol.com <LAR4102@aol.com> To: schmidtm@3-cities.com <schmidtm@3-cities.com> Date: Friday, June 19, 1998 7:49 PM Subject: census >Laura >There was a message on the list that spoke of transcribing the census. >I did try the url but the message said it didn't exist. >Is it no longer, if not has it been rewplaced by something else. I would like >to have the information on it. >Thanks for all the help. >Larry >

Hi Have you tried posting this message to the PHILLY-L List for help in that area? Nancy R George C. Corcoran wrote: > My great grandfather John CORCORAN dob about 1829 in Kilkenny, Ireland. > He came to Philadephia, PA. in the late 1840s or early 1850s. He married > Anna STACK, dob about 1836 pob unknown, in Old St. Joseph's Church in > Philadelphia, PA. on May 24, 1860. They had three children. One son and > dauighter died at early ages and the last child Joseph Aloysius dob > 2/2/1869 lived and later married > Catherine Philomena Concannon in St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia on > November 25, 1896. They had eight children- one of whom was may father > George C. CORCORAN, SR. dob 6/20/1903. > I am researching the identities of John CORCORAN'S and Anna STACK'S > PARENTS AND SIBLINGS and exact places of birth. > > My great grandfather George CONCANNON dob about 1827 in Donegal, Ireland > was a school teacher in Ireland. His father James CONCANNON was a baker > and died before the family left Ireland. His mother Cecelia, along with > George and his brothers Edward, Patrick Joseph and Thomas and sister > Catherine came to this country and settled in Philadelphia, Pa. in the > late 1840s. George CONCANNON married Isabella SWEENEY DOB ABOUT 1829 > pob unknown, about 1950- family lore is that they were married in > Wilmigton, DE where the SWEENEY family reportedly lived- not confirmed. > George and Isabella had nine children- all born in Philadelphia. Their > 8th child was Catherine Philomena dob 2/18/1869 (my grandmother) I am > trying to determine when and how George and Isabella came to this > country and Isabella's parents and siblings. > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > George C. CORCORAN, JR. > Ft. Lauderdale, Florida > Email: gcorjr13@webtv.net > Researching: CORCORAN, CONCANNON > SWEENEY AND STACK > > ==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== > Fianna-L@rootsweb.com > Any queries go here! > List Maintainer: schmidtm@3-cities.com > Any complaints go here! > Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! > Messages to list in plain text only!

Thank you, thank you Thank You!!!! >Greetings Laura, > >" The Irish Americans " is the actual name of the book. At the bottom >of the front cover it says 'The Immigrant Experience'. >ISBN 0-88363-125-3. Cost $60 US, $84 Canada. > >I hope your library has it or can get it for you. > >Dorothy Howes >Englewood, FL >

Hey Corky; Just wanted you to know that your little bit of info from "Griffith's" about William and Matthew Lenaghen of Down County has born fruit already. I received a snail mail query. Posted here. "I am writing to you about a story you wrote about Patrick Lenaghen in Castlewellan, Co., Down Ireland. He came to Clinton County New York. There he married Julia Wells and together they raised a family of which some stayed in New York and I believe It was Halsey Lenaghen (It was Fred. Henry) who moved to Idaho. I have been researching the family of Patrick C. Lenaghen born 1820 of New Castlewellan and in 1855 came to New York. Within that year moved to then Clinton Co., IOWA. He married Margery Carney and raised 12 children. His father which would have been the Patrick Lenaghen that was the father of Patrick born 1800 and moved to Clinton Co., NEW YORK (My ancestor). I have a lot of information on the family in Ireland. If you can help with these connections please write me. I would like to know who the rest of Matthew's & Patrick's brothers and sisters were. I have a few of them. He gives snail mail address so I will forward any help this query generates. Thanks G. Humphries.

I know there was a Michael DONNELLAN, born 25 Sep 1837 in Clashduff (near Kilkishen, East Clare), Co. Clare, to Michael Donnellan and Anne Connell. His baptis- mal sponsors were John Connell and Grace Bethel. There is no mention of his existence in family oral history, but his two sisters Bridget and Catherine (my gggrand) survived and lived to ripe old ages in Philadelphia. Both Michaels and the mother Anne simply disappear after 1837. Bridget's death certifcate lists Patrick and Bridget Duggan as her parents, but that is known to be not biologically correct. Please, any clues as to Donnellans from East Clare. I correspond with two Donnellan descendants there, but they and their elders know nothing about my Donnellans. Sharon Carberry

I need to find Peter Carberry, who was having children in the 1850s in the Parish of O'Callaghan Mills (ten miles east of Ennis), Co. Clare. His wife was Margaret Roughan. The only tip I've gotten online is that there was a schoolteacher Carberry in Kilkishen (the right town) in 1877, but no first name. I have never found a Peter Carberry of the right age in the U.S., and my family, the descendant of his brother Patrick, never knew about Peter. My research in the death register in Dublin produced one Peter, 1912, in Offaly Co. My family has no ties to Offaly that I know of. Any information about any Peter Carberry in the late 1800s would be appreciated. Sharon Carberry

Here are 3 surnames. all arriving mid 1800's. TESTON, John was from Kilfinnane, Limerick. I am looking for *any* TESTON's! SHEA (SHAY),Edward b. 1830, Margaret b. 1840-50, may have come from Northern Ireland, but I am not sure. They were believed to have arrived here in 1852. I am looking for any info on the Shea line- this is a newly found family connection! HEAGNEY, Patrick b. 1833, arrived here in 1859. He also may have been from the North. I am really trying to find out where he came from originally. Thanks, SusanB

Thankyou, this is just the type of sharing that we need! Do you have an ISBN number for it? And an actual title? Laura -----Original Message----- From: Dorothy Howes <dori@sunline.net> >Hi Researchers, > >I just had to tell you what a wonderful history of Ireland from the >Celts to the present. The author is William D. Griffin, published >1998 in China. This 13 X 10 book arrived at our library and I have the >pleasure of being one of the first to read it. >Hope I don't get spammed for taking your time. I intend to log on to >some of these URLs that are mentioned. If I find something new, I'll >let you know. > >Dorothy > >The book's last chapter is loaded with research suggestions and URLs >on the internet which lead to more information. >

I have a GGUncle James Wilson Joyce who married a Mary Newell..They lived in Beaver Co. Pa. Sharon

Hi Ellen, We do not know what cemetery they are in. I wrote to Calvary last year and they sent me names but said they did not keep records on dates. The letter that came back was from Catholic Cemeteries. We were in St. Louis at the beginning of this month and went there and got the lot number because my parents are buried there and although that last name was spelled wrong I was able to find my grandfather's dates (other side of family than McDevitts/McCarthy.) What are RC records please? I will order them. I remember my grandmother talking about St. Lawrence O'Toole parish and a fire that destroyed records. I don't know if her family records may have been there or not. Another relative my Aunt, remembers that John and Ellen met at the Planters Hotel in St. Louis where they both worked. Their first and only child Annie was born in 1886. Could any of this be in your film? Thank You Rose

Hi Researchers, I just had to tell you what a wonderful history of Ireland from the Celts to the present. The author is William D. Griffin, published 1998 in China. This 13 X 10 book arrived at our library and I have the pleasure of being one of the first to read it. So much has been brought to light that it amazes me. I don't think any of us realize how much the Scots-Irish were a big part of the building of this country, even to the formation of our government. The unbelievable hardships they endured to get here, speak for their courage and tenacity. The book is well illustrated with wonderful pictures. Even if you only have one Irish immigrant to thank for the start of your family, you've got to be proud to be Irish. One large picture is that of the COYNE family of Minnesota taken on board their ship returning from a 1930 visit to their relatives in Ireland. Hope I don't get spammed for taking your time. I intend to log on to some of these URLs that are mentioned. If I find something new, I'll let you know. Dorothy The book's last chapter is loaded with research suggestions and URLs on the internet which lead to more information.

St Louis civil marriages are available from FHLC from about 1880. Ellen

The RC records for St Louis are on microfilm available from the Family History Library Catalog. I have the Irish parishes on indefinite loan and filled in a lot of gaps for my family. The earliest date I have any of them is 1838. Are they buried in Calvary? Those records are very good. Ellen