My brick wall unfortuantely is on my primary line, the Higginses. (All the rest of my lines seem to be progrssing nicesly back to the late 1700s. ) Daniel Higgins was born in 1829 in Ireland. he married Hannah Lyons in 1849 in Waltham Mass. He then had the audacity to die in 1854 without naturalization, headstone, obituary, etc. The family lived in the area of Waltham, MA where families from Co. Galway settled, particularly families from Athenry, Co. Galway. Any suggestions for finding his hometown and family? Amy

My Grandfather Thomas GARVEY was born in Dublin in Merrion sqare in 1886. His mother Hannah GARVEY (nee FARRELL) was in service in the house as a housekeeper I believe. His father was Christopher T Garvey who owned a hansom cab also in Dublin. Christopher left Dublin at some point to look for gold in Alaska, with a friend, he did not return. His widow Hannah was told that he had been shot and killed in Alaska about 1904. Nothing was ever heard again about Christopher..Hannah and Thomas later moved to Liverpool England. I would be grateful for any information on any of the above. Thank you CPWilliams

Hi Lisa......regarding PRONI.... I'm new at this so am asking for help... Can PRONI be accessed via the web? TIA :) HLA wrote: > > Hi > > I know that PRONI (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland) hold some National > School Registers, but I don't know which ones and if they are microfilmed > or not. > > Regards > > Lisa > > HLA@carebear.demon.co.uk http://www.carebear.demon.co.uk > > ==== 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!

IT'S QUIET? LET'S SHAKE IT UP. WILLIAM HEALY AND MARGARET, BRIDGET AND MARY COLLINS FROM KILLARNEY 1880 TO BROOKLYN. 1893 AT 524 LAFAYETTE AVE. What HAPPENED AND FROM WHERE EXACTLY AND WHAT SHIP? WILLIAM FITZGERALD B 1832 LIMERICK CITY TO US-ST LOUIS WHEN WHAT SHIP? MARRIED MARY FOX B NYC. A ROAR OF INFORMATION WOULD BE GREAT. FRANK HEALY FAHINT@AOL.COM LATER THOMAS FITZGERALD TO O'MALLEY? FROM IOWA?

here is a great source for locating townland/parish/barony... http://www.thecore.com/cgi-bin/ire-srch -SusanB > >From: Maryrk@aol.com >My brick wall is not a person, but trying to determine parish, townland, etc. >My father was born in Belfast, 1913. The address is Aughrim Street, which is >in the Sandy Row area, close to City Centre, off Donegal Road. Could someone >please help me with the Barony, Civil Parish, Townland, Poor Law Union, etc, >etc, before I go crazy trying to find the info on the Census film.

>When the list is as quiet as this, it makes my job so easy ! But I don't >like EASY! so let's get things a moving. Please send in your most wanted, >brick walled, longest desired ancestor, and/or your research questions in >general. Maybe we can help eachother! Remember to reply to all, not just >too me, as I don't know much more than the rest of you, if that much. Okay, here is the challange: Patrick HEAGNEY b. 1833 sailed from Belfast (Antrim) and as per Naturalization Papers and became a citizen in NJ in 1860. He was married to Margaret McCarthy, and as per notes she too came from Belfast, Antrim. Griffiths has no Heagney listed in Antrim, only in Tyrone and Donegal. Patrick died in a train accident, we think, in 1886 or 1893. I am still waiting for a death certificate. He had 6 children: Francis Thomas 1862, Charles (m. Anne ?), James, Alice, Margaret (m. ? Kohler)and Elizabeth (m. ? Toman) Anyone that wishes to accept this challenge is forever in my debt! :-) Good Luck! -Susan

Hi- Seeking information on Mary OBrien-came to USA from Limerick City Ireland-approx. 1883/84-married Richard Walsh in NYC and lived there until she died She supposedly came from a Wealthy family in ireland-but she ran way- Is there a way to find out where to get her immigration papers? thanks Laurie bowen

Hi I know that PRONI (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland) hold some National School Registers, but I don't know which ones and if they are microfilmed or not. Regards Lisa HLA@carebear.demon.co.uk http://www.carebear.demon.co.uk

thanks for the offer Laura,here goes ,DOMINICK GAVAN/GAVIN a farmer from either Ballina Mayo or Ballina Tipperary (he didnt say which) married an Elizabeth McCann or McGuinn (both names are on different documents) Dominick also appears as Donald on another cert ,so it is very difficult to know where to look,their son John came to Australia and was married in 1862 he was born in1812,there are a number of John Gavan/Gavins who came here both as freemen and convicts so it is most important for me to find out just where John came from so that I can identify just which one is ours. Any clues welcome. Ray Gavan. Sydney.

Joe & Laura Schmidt wrote: > > When the list is as quiet as this, it makes my job so easy ! But I don't > like EASY! so let's get things a moving. Please send in your most wanted, > brick walled, longest desired ancestor, and/or your research questions in > general. Maybe we can help eachother! Remember to reply to all, not just > too me, as I don't know much more than the rest of you, if that much. > > Laura L Schmidt > schmidtm@3-cities.com > list maintainer: > Franklin Co WA: WaFrankl-L@rootsweb.com > Irish Research: Fianna-L@rootsweb.com > SC Genealogy: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com > web page coordinator: > Franklin Co, WA: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wafrankl/franklin.htm > > ==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== > The Fianna, friends helping friends! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ ***Award Winner*** > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4404/ > Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! > Messages to list in plain text only! Hi All, Here is my problem. Catherine Nugent was born in Ireland abt 1833, county unknown . She came to Canada with her parents John Nugent and Sallie Nailley (?)on a sailing ship about 1839. According to the family story both parents and her brothers drowned. She was left alone. I don't know who raised her, but another story probably not true was that she was raised by some gypsies. She left them at age 17 and married Andre Beaulieu in St. Basile, New Brunswick, Canada. Any ideas on how to find the ship They came on, where in Ireland she was from and if the spelling of the names are correct? I haven't a clue where to start. Thanks in advance for any and all ideas. Marie

I don't think I sent this to the list a few weeks ago. If I did, my apologies. I have put online most of the data of Griffith's Valuation of Ireland for Templemore Parish, County Mayo. It can be found at the following URL: http://www.solas.net/mayo/ Maureen O'Brien ======================================================= http://www.solas.net/obrien/ Post a query on-the-fly on the Irish Roots Bulletin Board ========================================================= O'Brien, McGrath, Duane, Kennedy, Craughwell, Ludden, Minogue, Roche, O'Beirne, O'Shea, Hough, Smyth, Coughlin, Keon, O'Connell, Grace, Doyle, Begley =========================================================

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]

Hi. I am looking for information on Thomas MCCARRICK. He was born May 1832 in Ireland. He moved to the US and had a son Thomas F. MCCARRICK in St. Paul, MN in 1868. The son eventually moved to Pittsburgh, PA. I am looking for a birth certificate from Minnesota for Thomas, Jr. and emigration info for Thomas, Sr. Any help would be truly appreciated! Thanks. 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]

Hi. I'm looking for information on the MURRAY family from Barnes - Turman, Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal. I know there are something like 60 MURRAY families in that area, but any little start would be great. (They lived across the way from the MCGETTIGANs) My great grandmother was Hannah MURRAY, b. 1870. She moved to Pittsburgh, PA around 1886. She had two brothers, John and James, who had emigrated to Philadelphia by 1886. Their parents were James MURRAY and Mary O'DONNELL. James MURRAY's parents were both MURRAYs ("a MURRAY married a MURRAY.") Mary O'DONNELL's parents were Bridget ______ and Patrick O'DONNELL.. Thank you. 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]

Attached is info on two of my great grand parents George and Isabella SWEENEY CONCANNON. I have not determined where and when they were married; who Isabelle's parents and siblings were and when did George CONCANNON and his family arrive in the U.S. George C. CORCORAN, JR. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Email: gcorjr13@webtv.net Researching: CORCORAN, CONCANNON SWEENEY AND STACK

Attached is info on my great grandparents John and Anna Stack CORCORAN- My brick wall is determiing their parents and siblings and how and when they entered the US. George C. CORCORAN, JR. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Email: gcorjr13@webtv.net Researching: CORCORAN, CONCANNON SWEENEY AND STACK

I would sign up for every list I can find, look under Local Names for your county, pull up every site that anybody lists on the lists for surnames, etc. I would be willing to bet you will be shocked at how much information you can get and how helpful everyone is. I have found ancestors back to 1800's and haven't paid a dime! Good luck! (Think of it as a bargain, you enjoy it more when you get a good deal, and free is always GOOD!!) Maryanne Shannon ---------- > From: Tlblackmn@aol.com > To: FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FIANNA-L] Research Question > Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 8:06 PM > > Hi- > I'm new to the list and new to Irish Genealogy. I've recently learned > it's possible one of my ancestors came from Ennis, County Clare. > I've spent several days searching through pertinent web sites, but > I'm confused on one issue. > Do researchers here suggest using for-fee researchers in Ireland > (ex. local Heritage Centers), or have you had just as much luck on > your own with records through Salt Lake, etc.? > Appreciate your input. Thanks, > Tracie > Tlblackmn@aol.com > > > ==== 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! > >

Stephen Arnold BUCKLEY b. Dec.26, in Glenbeigh, County Kerry. It is believed he came to US in mid 1850's. Married Johanna (June( GRACE b Jan.25,1830 in Waterford, Ireland. the marriage took place in Jerseyville, Ill. on May 1, 1860 8 children were born of this union, all born in Jerseyville, Ill. The family moved to Houston, Texas mid 1870's where Stephen opened his own business, "Buckley Shoe Company" He died Feb.1,1899 in Houston, Texas. His wife passed Sep.3,1906. Any info on either person would be great. Joe Boyd Williams Katy, Texas

Okay you asked for it! My great-great grandmother's name was Jane O'Hale and she was born in Napanee, Ontario in 1833. Most of what I know of her parents, Charles O'Hale and Catherine Duffin, is based on assumptions i.e. that they came to Canada from Co. Antrim around 1820. O'Hale seems to be a very rare name, when I looked through the Tithe Applotment Books at the National Library in Dublin there were only three families listed in all of Ireland - two in Antrim and one in Derry. I have never come across anyone else researching this name. I have encountered many researching Duffin but none that I can positively link to mine. The O'Hale family moved to Morris, Illinois later on, where Jane married my gggrandfather, Martin Hynds. He emigrated from County Westmeath in 1848 and he and his brother Patrick were blacksmiths so I assume this was the family profession back in Ireland - I have not had much luck going farther back in his family tree either. I have determined from the recent discussions on the list re naming patterns that his father was probably named Daniel (both Martin AND his brother Patrick named their first sons Daniel - in fact Patrick named his first TWO sons Daniel - the first one died within a year so the next one was given that name; he also died shortly after birth and then Martin subsequently used the name for his firstborn, so it seems to have been an important family name.) I have not been to the local LDS center yet but if someone with the Griffith's Valuation CD could see if there was a Daniel Hynds (or Hynes, as we have sometimes seen it spelled) in Co. Westmeath, that would be wonderful. Pam Wolak - Clemson SC ---------- > From: Joe & Laura Schmidt <schmidtm@3-cities.com> > To: FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FIANNA-L] Let's get things a jumping! > Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 7:51 PM > > When the list is as quiet as this, it makes my job so easy ! But I don't > like EASY! so let's get things a moving. Please send in your most wanted, > brick walled, longest desired ancestor, and/or your research questions in > general. Maybe we can help eachother! Remember to reply to all, not just > too me, as I don't know much more than the rest of you, if that much. > > Laura L Schmidt > schmidtm@3-cities.com > list maintainer: > Franklin Co WA: WaFrankl-L@rootsweb.com > Irish Research: Fianna-L@rootsweb.com > SC Genealogy: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com > web page coordinator: > Franklin Co, WA: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wafrankl/franklin.htm > > > ==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== > The Fianna, friends helping friends! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ ***Award Winner*** > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4404/ > Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! > Messages to list in plain text only! > > >

When the list is as quiet as this, it makes my job so easy ! But I don't like EASY! so let's get things a moving. Please send in your most wanted, brick walled, longest desired ancestor, and/or your research questions in general. Maybe we can help eachother! Remember to reply to all, not just too me, as I don't know much more than the rest of you, if that much. Laura L Schmidt schmidtm@3-cities.com list maintainer: Franklin Co WA: WaFrankl-L@rootsweb.com Irish Research: Fianna-L@rootsweb.com SC Genealogy: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com web page coordinator: Franklin Co, WA: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wafrankl/franklin.htm