Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4dW.2ACEB/1482 Message Board Post: I've been to England twice searching ancestral Flynns(Flinns). I believe they went to England abt 1850(famine) and were in Sheffield then Halifax in the 1851-71 period. They were Catholics and I have found that every UK British b/m/d record has the spelling "FLINN" but when I check the Catholic Church registers of baptisms/marriages for the same people, the spelling is "FLYNN". Evidence--Christopher Flynn b. Dec 1857 is recorded by British records as "Flinn". He is baptised 1/5/1858 at St Vincents, Sheffield in the record as "FLYNN". England records show Matilda Flinn married Thos MacKenney at the Catholic Chapel in Halifax in 1869. That church is St. Maries of Halifax and I have viewed the record log which has the record as Matilda Flynn. Another example was the births of Mary Ann and Julia Flynn in 1863/64. Gov't records had names spelled FLINN, but Catholic Church logs(St. Maries in Halifax) has the spellings as FLYNN. Searching Flynns, John, Christopher, matilda(marcella) from 1850=1874, Irl-UK-US. from: trflynn@att.net

trflynn@att.net, Your concern over the spelling of Flinn or Flynn is easily put to rest when you realize that Oliver Cromwell, in 1650, decreed that all Irish names be spelled and pronouced as if they were English names. Thus Flinn, or O'Flinn or O'Floinn, became Flynn for the most part. Those O'Flinns who escaped to America prior to that date retained the Flinn or O'Floinn spelling. Those, mostly in Ulster, who somehow spelled the name O'Fhloinn (most were illiterate then) became O'Linn, then O'Lynn or Lynn after Cromwell. Never the less, they were all the same clan even those who moved to Scotland much earlier, all having descended from King Colla Uais in the 2nd century. My ancestor, Edmond O'Flinn Came to Kent County MD prior to the Cromwell edict, around 1640. Most of his descendants dropped the O and were Flinns for a few generations. Some of them used the spelling Flynn, as some of my cousins do now. My sisters name on her birth certificate is spelled Flynn. So when you are doing research, search for both spellings or you are bound to miss someone. from johnflinn111@cox.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "ConnorsGenealogy" <nymets11@pacbell.net> To: <FLYNN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 9:15 AM Subject: [FLYNN] MSG Board - flynns in england, 1850-74 > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4dW.2ACEB/1482 > > Message Board Post: > > I've been to England twice searching ancestral Flynns(Flinns). > I believe they went to England abt 1850(famine) and were in Sheffield then > Halifax in the 1851-71 period. They were Catholics and I have found that > every UK British b/m/d record has the spelling "FLINN" but when I check > the Catholic Church registers of baptisms/marriages for the same people, > the spelling is "FLYNN". Evidence--Christopher Flynn b. Dec 1857 is > recorded by British records as "Flinn". He is baptised 1/5/1858 at St > Vincents, Sheffield in the record as "FLYNN". > England records show Matilda Flinn married Thos MacKenney > at the Catholic Chapel in Halifax in 1869. That church is St. Maries of > Halifax and I have viewed the record log which has > the record as Matilda Flynn. Another example was the births of Mary Ann > and Julia Flynn in 1863/64. Gov't records had names spelled FLINN, but > Catholic Church logs(St. Maries in Halifax) has the spellings as FLYNN. > Searching Flynns, John, Christopher, matilda(marcella) from 1850=1874, > Irl-UK-US. > from: trflynn@att.net > > > > > ==== 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/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >