I solved the same problem by getting a file cabinet and frames for hanging files. There are now available 3-ring binders that hang in these files. I have some labelled with a family name, some with a site name, some are labelled "to do soon" and "to do later" etc. When someone calls or writes with a question, I go to the appropriate file, and the answer is at my fingertips. These are also very handy for taking with you if you are doing research away from home. When I wanted to reserch the O'Gara family at the LDS Center, I simply picked up the O'Gara binder and took it with me, confident that all I knew about the O'Garas wwas in it. There are some things I have filed copies of in more than one binder because it pertains to more than one area of research. I also have hanging folders labelled with each person's name that I correspond with. This takes some effort to set up, but the results were worth it. Good luck with whatever you try. Seabhacc

Hi Ellen, Your suggestion is great. I never knew that. I assume I can order this from my local family history center? Thanks for taking time to help me. Your promptness is also appreciated. Best wishes, Mike

Hello Folks, Here's my brick wall;I hope someone can drill through it. My great-great grandfather Timothy O'Connell took out his Declaration of Intent in Nov. 1847 in Niagara County, NY, and was naturalized at the same place in 1852. He resided in Niagara Falls at the time. He appears in the 1850 census as unmarried. His wife was Ellen Moylan. They had two children, John, b. 1853 and Ellen b. 1855. I believe Ellen died shortly thereafter, and the family came west to Winnebago Co., Wisconsin. I cannot locate a marriage record at the church where the children's baptism records were found (St. Mary's- Niagara Falls). Sponsor's name given as Maria Moylen. Believe Ellen's mother's name was also Ellen. William Branchford was also a sponsor and accompanied them to Wisconsin. I'd also appreciate suggestions as to where he might have come from in Ireland (citizenship papers only give Ireland:( ) Any suggestions? Thanks. Mike Dellger

Have tried for a couple hours to log on to http://www.rootsweb.org but looks like they are down again. Poor Brian, Karen and crew have been through a lot lately trying to tweek things just right. Might be a bumpy day at RootsWeb. We have to all be patient. Laura

Brian Hickey originally replied to Jim Carey's enquiry of 9 June 1998 09:39 1998 EDT on Wednesday 10 June 1998. Jim, Clarification sought on : FAROUAMILLE - Could this possibly refer to the town of Foulksmills which is situated about 12 miles due west of Wexford City? This is in the general area of your ancestral places. Kind regards, Brian <brianjhickey@msn.com> AUSTRALIA <http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/i/c/Brian-J-Hickey

Re what to do with all the loose papers. I have been collecting them for over 30 yrs-many yrs ago I printed 3 or 4 books-a kind soul indexed some of them-they are the easiest. Two yrs ago I had boxes of loose papers-since I am at an age as to what will my kids do with these- I started typing them on the computer,printing in booklets, sending them to LDS, Dar, Sutro libraries and any others that might pertain to the particular families area. I sometimes send copies free, even pay the postage to anyone working on those lines. Many of the booklets have helped a lot of people..lots of people helped me over the years. Have just started using the Family Tree Maker thanks to a cousin I found on the internet - but in the booklets also I have various family group sheets, etc. Hope this gives you an idea. Good luck. Ellen Byrne, dande@tds.net -----Original Message----- From: HerkChick@aol.com <HerkChick@aol.com> To: FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com <FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 2:34 PM Subject: [FIANNA-L] organizing my files :Hi all, : :I am looking for some advice as to how to keep everything organized in my :genealogy. I have family tree maker and that works just fine. What I am :getting at is all of my notes, my to do list, my follow up list, my hmmmm what :if list, my write to this church, person etc., list. I think you get the :point. I am interested in something that might be portable so if I am out and :about I wouldn't waste time not knowing that I needed this bit of info as :well. : :I have gotten so many names lately that I can't even keep track of who is new :and who isn't when finding stuff that I have to print my tree and look at it :to see the obvious! : :Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am losing the paper battle! : :Desiree : : :==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== :Visit both these pages :Fianna favorite sites :http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ ***Award Winner***Thank You Chirho! :http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4404/ :Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! :Messages to list in plain text only! : : : : :

The reply from Ellen Byrne - telling of her typing information and making it available to anyone researching the name is very true. Today I received a package in the mail with a wealth of information regarding the Byrnes family, and specific pages that provide information on our Byrne connections in Narraghmore, Co. Kildare. She is doing a great service by assembling this data for the use of others. Pauline

Hi all, I am looking for some advice as to how to keep everything organized in my genealogy. I have family tree maker and that works just fine. What I am getting at is all of my notes, my to do list, my follow up list, my hmmmm what if list, my write to this church, person etc., list. I think you get the point. I am interested in something that might be portable so if I am out and about I wouldn't waste time not knowing that I needed this bit of info as well. I have gotten so many names lately that I can't even keep track of who is new and who isn't when finding stuff that I have to print my tree and look at it to see the obvious! Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am losing the paper battle! Desiree

My Gallagher line (I haven't found my Irish immigrant yet!): Gibson G. GALLAGHER born 1831 White Pigeon, St. Joseph, Michigan died 1890 Dickens, Clay, Iowa married (1st) Elizabeth LOCKWOOD, La Porte, Indiana married (2nd) Mary A. LEONARD, Glandorf, Putnam, Ohio Children of Gibson and Mary GALLAGHER (all, except Frank, likely born in Glandorf, Putname, OH): Frank D. b. 1863 (born Toledo, OH) George b. 1864 William D. b. 1866 Charles A. b. 1869 Henry M. b. 1870 (married Rinda ?) John Owen b. 1871 (married Sarah LINCOLN) Lewis Edward b. 1872 (married Lucy HAUGH) Annetta b. 1877 Walter b. 1880 Children of Charles A. GALLAGHER (both born in Canada): Violet Floyd Children of John O. GALLAGHER and Sarah Loretta LINCOLN: (all likely born in Iowa/Minnesota) William Albert b. 1898 (married Emma WEIKUM) James Louis b. 1899 (married Lydia HINTZ) Mary Caroline b. 1900 (married William WILSON) Fred John b. 1902 (never married) Mabel Elvira b. 1904 (married Oscar MITCHELL) Nettie Frieda b. 1905 (married Bill SASS / Hank HOWE) George Wash. b. 1908 (married Lillian IZATT) Children of William A. GALLAGHER and Emma WEIKUM: (all born in Minnesota) Phylis b. 1919 (never married) Cecil Everett b. 1920 Richard Will. b. 1929 Children of James L. GALLAGHER and Lydia HINTZ: (both born in Minnesota) Donald James b. 1927 Delores J. b. 1932 Children of Mary C. GALLAGHER and William WILSON: (all born in Minnesota) Arthur W. Mary Agnes b. 1933 Children of Mabel E. GALLAGHER and Oscar MITCHELL: (all born in Minnesota) Robert Ira b. 1925 Ella Marie b. 1926 Russell S. b. 1929 Annie Loretta b. 1938 Richard John b. 1945 Children of Nettie Frieda (aka Peggy) GALLAGHER and Henry HOWE: (all born in Minnesota) Millie Bert James Marjory b. 1932 Wesley N. b. 1935 Children of George W. GALLAGHER and Lillian IZATT: (born in Minnesota) George Edward b. 1928 (my father) If you find any possible connection to my line please let me know :) And if you are researching GALLAGHER, please join us on the GALLAGHER surname list. Details at the URL below. Regards, -- Bonnie (Gallagher) Gilson bgilson@home.com Phoenix, AZ Visit my genealogy website at: http:/www.members.home.net/bgilson/

Jim Carey wrote on Tue 9 June 1998 09:39:19 EDT regarding Wexford locations. Reply: In Donal F Begley's "Handbook on Irish Genealogy" (1984) he has reprinted maps from "A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" - Samuel Lewis (1837). I have referred specifically to the above and to other sources. KILCONE - There is a "parish" location of KILCOAN which is situated adjacent to a then existing Lough/Lake ? Today the place would be best described as being directly north of the Burrow of Balteigue on Balteigue Bay. There is/was a Castle by the same name nearby on the most southern part of that coast, Crossfarnague Point (aka as Forlorn Point). It is also spelt as Crossfarnage Point. FACUINSHANE - There is a Tacumshane "parish" location on the northern shore of Tacumshane Lough/lake. It is spelt as Tacumshin Lake in a later map (1900) You know where this particular lake is. BALLEVALDEN - Ballyvaldon is how it appears in my maps. However in James Ryan's "Irish Records" it is shown optionally as Ballyvald(e/o)n. The place would be about 2-3 miles north of Blackwater & Blackwater Harbour - but slightly inland from the coast. My thoughts are that there would have been only one school in the area at this period. I do not know the denomination. CHURCH/SCHOOL QUERIES - I send this in a separate post. FAROUAMILLE - You've got me "stumped" with this one! Will you kindly confirm the spelling. Do you have any idea at all where this place is? Is it on a County Border for instance? What specific years are we looking at? WEXFORD DIRECTORY - I am unable to advise you on this. I'll be in touch but in the meantime don't hesitate to contact me direct. Good hunting. Brian <brianjhickey@msn.com> AUSTRALIA <http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/i/c/Brian-J-Hickey ----Original Message----- From: RADMCarey@aol.com <RADMCarey@aol.com> To: FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com <FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, 9 June 1998 23:40 Subject: [FIANNA-L] County Wexford Locations >I'm looking for any assistance anyone can provide in locating several entities >in County Wexford.

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hello fellow genealogists!!!!! I have been blessed to find a relative who connected me to some more ancestors. So now where our charts start it is Samuel McCray - b. Ireland. We picked him up in VA...have been looking on ships lists till I look like a ship list :) Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!! Then there is my cousin who was sure our Samuel McCray came from Kintail Scotland!!!!!!!! HELP Blessings..Sharry

Ellen Byrne, My browser is MS Internet Explorer. I can have it send the original message when replying or not as I see fit. If I send it I can delete part of it if desired. I can click on HTML or plain text. There are many other options. I always send email to the person and not to the list when answering. Many people answer to the list and then everyone gets it and you have to use the delete key. I have been gone for 5 days and had 179 email messages when I returned today. Most are just deleted. Only about 8 pertain to me. Thanks for your time and good hunting. Stanley Clark >clark@efn.org<

Well said! Just wish I would have been the one saying it. May I have permission to save and use your script at a later date? Laura -----Original Message----- From: Anne Lamb <alamb@juno.com> >1) If you get the lists as individual messages [FIANNA-L], hit Reply and >choose to Quote the message. Then highlight and delete all parts that >don't help to identify what you are answering. Keep it short. This >technique will send the message back to the list but without too much >extraneous material. Some services such as AOL will allow you to >highlight just the part you want to quote and then hit Reply and that is >the only part that will be quoted in your answer. > > If you want to send a copy to the sender, highlight and copy that to >the TO: section also. > >2) If you get the messages as a Digest, don't hit reply. Just highlight >the message you are replying to, copy it and drop it in a new mail form. >Delete (Ctrl-X) the addresses [FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com, and <sender>] and >copy them (Ctrl-C) into the TO: area and the topic into the Subject area. > It takes much less time to do this than to tell you about it. Then >answer it. > >I used to get these lists through a bulletin board, but now I find it >much easier and faster to get them as Digests through e-mail. > >Also, if I find a message in a digest that I want to save as a whole, I >just copy it and send it back to myself, or copy it to a word processing >document. > >Anne Lamb

Ellen Byrne responded to a query by Peter J Browne about how to answer a posting without quoting the whole thing.This is particularly important to subscribers who have to pay per byte for the contents of the mailing lists. I care two because I am getting tired of getting a whole issue of a mailing list which consists almost entirely of quotes from previous issues. Here is my answer on reply management for those who receive them through e-mail: 1) If you get the lists as individual messages [FIANNA-L], hit Reply and choose to Quote the message. Then highlight and delete all parts that don't help to identify what you are answering. Keep it short. This technique will send the message back to the list but without too much extraneous material. Some services such as AOL will allow you to highlight just the part you want to quote and then hit Reply and that is the only part that will be quoted in your answer. If you want to send a copy to the sender, highlight and copy that to the TO: section also. 2) If you get the messages as a Digest, don't hit reply. Just highlight the message you are replying to, copy it and drop it in a new mail form. Delete (Ctrl-X) the addresses [FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com, and <sender>] and copy them (Ctrl-C) into the TO: area and the topic into the Subject area. It takes much less time to do this than to tell you about it. Then answer it. I used to get these lists through a bulletin board, but now I find it much easier and faster to get them as Digests through e-mail. Also, if I find a message in a digest that I want to save as a whole, I just copy it and send it back to myself, or copy it to a word processing document. Anne Lamb _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

I'm looking for any assistance anyone can provide in locating several entities in County Wexford. My GGGrandfather married a lady from "Kilcone", but I can't seem to faind any Kilcone in County Wexford. Could it be in another County or possible it no longer exists------ the marriage was in the early 1800's. Also, my GGrandfather was educated at "the church school" [so our family history says] at Facuinshane in County Wexford, and I can't seem to locate that place either? Any advice? Is it perhaps not a town, but some other entity? My GGrandmother was also educated at "the church school" in Ballevalden in County Wexford. Is the correct spelling Ballevalden or Ballyvalden? And would there be more than one church school there? I'm told she was Protestant, but am unsure of what denomination or church they might have attended or belonged to there? Any ideas? And finally, my GGrandmothers parents were from Farouamille in County Wexford---- any suggestions on where that might be located or "does it still exist"? I guess the good news is that they lived in Hardiglass/Hardyglass [I've seen it spelled both ways] and I found that in southern County Wexford between Lake Tacumshin and Lady's Island Lake, so at least I know where some of them are from. One final question----- can anyone tell me where I might purchase [via Internet] a copy of the upcoming new issue of the County Wexford 1998-99 phone book? Any and all responses greatly appreciated. /S/ Jim Carey Washington, DC

Dear Nan, Thank you for your offer to send me the information about the Murrays etc. I would be most grateful if you could post it to me. My address is 10 Thompson Street, Runaway Bay. Queensland. 4216 Australia. Oh! I forgot my name is Margaret Heywood. We have a fax ,but it is the same as our phone no., and if I leave it on fax , it seems to take the phone over completely. If i know when it is coming it would be ok. Sorry I took so long to answer but I had a problem getting on to the server for a couple of days. It is all fixed now. We have a son linving in SFO, but I think he is moving to LA shortly. Where are you in the US? Regards to you Margaret pghirishfest@juno.com wrote: > Hi. Looking for info on Patrick O'DONNELL. He married Bridget ______. > They had at least Mary O'DONNELL. Mary married James MURRAY. > > These families lived in Kilmacrenan, Co Donegal, Ireland. > > Anything ring a bell? Thanks in advance. > > Nan Krushinski > pghirishfest@juno.com > > _____________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > ==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== > Need some help getting started with irc (INTERNET RELAY CHAT)? > Try: http://cust2.iamerica.net/pscobb/index.htm > Friend of the Fianna! > Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! > Messages to list in plain text only!

I found an email at one time on one of these mailing lists that said there is a pattern that was followed when the Irish were naming their children. Later, however, someone else had another one listed, similar, but different. I can send it to you if you would like it. But there is a ring to them, only you cannot depend on every relative to follow them. My great-grandfather never even came close to following it. (He was off the boat, too!) Maryanne Shannon: rshannon@txdirect.net ---------- > From: Tlblackmn@aol.com > To: FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FIANNA-L] Irish Naming Patterns > Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 4:11 PM > > Hi- > I have a question concerning Irish names. One obscure (and rarely > believed) family story suggests my ancestor was orphaned as a child in > Dublin. In looking at the names he and his wife later give their children > (beginning in the 1840s), and comparing them to the names I've recently > found for the wife's family, it appears they may have named them after > HER parents, siblings, etc. > My question then is, was the custom of naming their children after > other BLOOD relatives strong enough back then that they would have rejected > any names-out-of-a-hat, or names of significant non-family members in > the husband's life? > This may seem trivial, but depending on the significance of names, > it could help me determine if he really was orphaned. > Thanks for any musings, > Tracie > > > ==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== > Visit both these pages > Fianna favorite sites > http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ ***Award Winner***Thank You Chirho! > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4404/ > Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! > Messages to list in plain text only! > > > >

This is how you get the entire message by using the address reply to author. There is a way to reply to author and deleting the previous messages but I dont seem to know how to do that. It is a nucisance though. Ellen Byrne -----Original Message----- From: UPB@My-Email.co.uk <UPB@My-Email.co.uk> To: FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com <FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 4:47 AM Subject: [FIANNA-L] General enquiry. :When one is replying to a question I can understand the :necessity for reference to be made to the question. : :However, is it absolutely necessary for 'original :messages' to be repeated in full? Surely a simple cross :reference to the specific message number should be all :that is required. Latterly, I seem to be spending more :time reading and deleting 'original messages' than I do :in reading new submissions. : :To use Fianna Digest, Vol 98, Issue 121 as an example: by :deleting the 'original messages', I reduced the overall :size of the newsletter from 17792 bytes to less than 5600 :bytes - an appreciable saving of disk space. : :As I firmly believe that the content of our Newsletter :should be mainly genealogical,I have no wish to see the :next few Newsletters full of responses to the above :comments. However, should anyone wish to respond, I :should be quite happy for them to do so direct to my own :e-mail address. I would be interested to see if anyone :else shares my feelings. : :Regards to all. : :Peter J Browne :>From the old (and wet) seaside resort of Southport, UK. : : :==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== :The Fianna, where St Patricks's Day is EVERYDAY! :http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ ***Award Winner*** :http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4404/ :Need some help getting started with irc (INTERNET RELAY CHAT)? :Try: http://cust2.iamerica.net/pscobb/index.htm :Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! :Messages to list in plain text only! : : :

Ellis Island has some great sites to check out. I found several family members who were listed on their Wall of Honor. It says there are 23 days left to put a family members name up on the wall. Just an FYI Desiree