-----Original Message----- From: mike connor <mconnor@direct.ca> To: Joe & Laura Schmidt <schmidtm@3-cities.com> Date: Saturday, April 25, 1998 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [FIANNA-L] Mike Connor: Any Suggestions >Thanks for the the suggestions and your time > >Mike Connor > >---------- >> From: Joe & Laura Schmidt <schmidtm@3-cities.com> >> To: mconnor@direct.ca >> Subject: Re: [FIANNA-L] Mike Connor: Any Suggestions >> Date: Saturday, April 25, 1998 6:22 PM >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ellen Naliboff <enaliboff@home.com> >> To: Joe & Laura Schmidt <schmidtm@3-cities.com> >> Date: Saturday, April 25, 1998 6:38 PM >> Subject: Re: [FIANNA-L] Mike Connor: Any Suggestions >> >> >> >"his father was a Thomas Connor and his mother was a Mary Stewart. Both >> >of Ireland." >> >Do a frequency and distribution of the surnames by using The >> >Householders Index, (FHLC#919,001-7) a surname index of tax records in >> >Griffith's Primary Valuation and Tithe Applotment Books. Griffith's >> >identifies people between 1840 and 1864. Tithe Applotment covers the >> >period of 1820 to 1840. This gets you to the parish level. These records >> >give the names of the individuals (heads of households only), where they >> >resided, the acreage, and the value of the land and building. These >> >records do not give specific information about ages, birthplaces, and >> >other members of the family. However, they point to the parish to search >> >for baptismal and marriage information. >> >The index is arranged by county in two sets of surname lists. The first >> >list covers the whole county. The second set is arranged by civil parish >> >within the county. Before you begin, you need to know the name you are >> >searching for and the county where the person resided. This information >> >might be found in obituaries, family histories, vital records, RC >> >sacramental registers in the U.S., naturalization records, etc. When you >> >have this information, you can use the 6-step plan outlined in the >> >hand-out at the Family History Center (item 34070). The microfilms are >> >listed under IRELAND-LAND AND PROPERTY-INDEXES. >> >If you can't find you ancestor you may be looking for someone who was >> >not a head of household or who did not own or lease taxable land. >> >These urls are primers in beginning Irish research: >> >http://www.bess.tcd.ie/roots_ie.htm >> >http://www.geocities.com/~fiannag/ipig.html >> >http://www.familytreemaker.com/issue4.html >> >http://www.familytreemaker.com/00000384.html for Scotch-Irish >> >http://www.familytreemaker.com/4_pocket.html >> >http://www.bess.tcd.ie/roots/guide.htm >> >Ellen >> > >> >