This is rather a long shot but who knows I have found family through short straws before. Here goes: My Grandmother was illegitimate born 8th February 1911 in Bournemouth, Dorset. The story goes that Dad Flynn was an officer in the Irish Guards and did ask my G Grandmother to marry him but she turned him down??? Probably not true. Flynn is on her Birth Certificate-no first name!!. If in an Irish Regiment he could have been in Bournemouth somewhere around April 1910 onwards. Any help would be greatly appreciated though not that hopeful. Thankyou for your time Caroline

Good luck. I too am searching for Flynn's info tho from Mayo County, Ireland. Do you have any suggestions? My great great grand parents were: Michael Flynn b abt 1840 in Ireland m Catherine Flynn b abt 1850 in Ireland ) The parents of my great grandparents were James Flynn m Bridget Jennings (their son Michael Flynn, my ancestor) told to be from Castlebar and John Flynn m Julia Byrnes (their daughter Catherine Flynn, my ancestor) told to be from the townland of Keelogues, in the parish of Islandeady about half way between Castlebar and Wesrport. When we are told the parish of Islandeady, is this referring to a church parish? Maybe I should ask what is a parish? Believe they were all Catholic, how would you direct me to find their churches? and possibly church records? This couple, Michael and Catherine had a son Michael14/15, son Francis 6, son John 4 and daughter Catherine 2 on the 1880 census in St Louis, Missouri USA. No know dates of birth. Unsure whether the young son 14-15 could have been from a former marriage of ther father or she was a mother very young. Any assistance would be most appreciated. Sharon in MIssouri ----- Original Message ----- From: "caroline.prince" <caroline.prince@ntlworld.com> To: <FLYNN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:16 AM Subject: [FLYNN] Re Flynn enquiry > This is rather a long shot but who knows I have found family through short straws before. Here goes: > > My Grandmother was illegitimate born 8th February 1911 in Bournemouth, Dorset. The story goes that Dad Flynn was an officer in the Irish Guards and did ask my G Grandmother to marry him but she turned him down??? Probably not true. Flynn is on her Birth Certificate-no first name!!. > > If in an Irish Regiment he could have been in Bournemouth somewhere around April 1910 onwards. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated though not that hopeful. > > Thankyou for your time > Caroline > > > ==== FLYNN Mailing List ==== > Flynn Genealogy Forum http://genforum.genealogy.com/flynn/ > Flynn Clan of America http://www.clansandnames.org/flynn.shtml > Flynn One Name Study http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/flynn/ > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > >