Ed - This may sound like a "downer", but searching for a person in Ireland without knowing his/her county of origin is sure to be frustrating. Have you looked for obits for the two women you are sure came to the States, so as to screen it for county of origin, etc. Unfortunately, in most frequently found surnames, Fitzgerald ranks 36th which means there are a lot of them. If you have had access to the Griffith's Valuation CD put out by Family Tree Maker, altho it is not complete, it does have a great number of the name, but only seven William Fitzgeralds in Co. Tipperary, and none of the seven is my grand uncle William Fitzgerald born in 1815 so you see what I mean about it being incomplete. The only complete survey of heads of household in Ireland between 1848-1864 is the complete replication of Griffith's Valuation by the Ryans in Bray, Co. Wicklow. That one copied every page of the whole Valuation of Ireland and added a search engine. Unfortunately, they have not seen fit to put a reasonable price on it or sell/lease it to any genealogy supplier in the US. Last price I had from them.was £2,500 which is far from what most of us can pay. Please continue to try to pin down time and a wife's name in this country before spending money in Ireland. Chuck FitzGerald [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > FITZGERALD-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 46 > > Today's Topics: > #1 madden Fitzgerald [Ken Madden <[email protected]>] > #2 William Fitzgerald [[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from FITZGERALD-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: madden Fitzgerald > Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 04:56:30 -0600 > From: Ken Madden <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Posted on: FITZGERALD Queries > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/f/i/FITZGERALD/queries/10181 > > Surname: Madden, Fitzgerald, Nolan > ------------------------- > > You may have much more info about than I do. I know our Fitzgeralds come > from Co. Limerick and Maddens came from Co. Clare and My Grandfather Maurice > Madden's Sister Married Michael Nolan. I would love to hear more from you.!!!! > Margaret my G. Grandmother had a brother [ I am pretty sure] Name Maurice > who married a Flynn. We have not been able to find anything on any of them > in Ireland. Thanks very much for your reply. > > Ken Madden > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: William Fitzgerald > Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 14:30:23 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Other than knowing he came from County Tipperary, I'm looking for relatives of > one of my GGGgrandfathers. I'm not sure whether my William Fitzgerald arrived in > America, but his daughters Ellen and Bridget did and married two Bell brothers > also from County Tipperary, William Edward and Nicholas John respectively and > they settled in the Providence/East Greenwich area of Rhode Island. > Ellen(Nellie) Marie Bell, daughter of Ellen(Nellie) Fitzgerald Bell and William > Edward Bell married one of my Great-grandfathers William Edward Flanagan, their > daughter Ellen(Nellie) Maria Flanagan married my Grandfather John Bernard > Hagerty. > > This area some of you have related to "Burncourt, Civil Parish of Shanrahan, > Barony of Iffa & Offa West" in County Tipperary, would this be a good place to > start a search for my William Fitzgerald? > > Ed Hagerty