Joe Yes I am; I'm only three miles away. I've been to the chateau which is being restored. Moreover, it was the home of the Darailh - well, the menfolk when they wanted a boys' night/weekend/month out - no women The Fourcarans, despite the name being attached to the chateau, which is mid 17th century, do not appear to have been of the aristocracy, though there is a baptism where the godparents are from the chateau. There is apparently a reference to 'Forkeran' on the site of the Ulster Historical Foundation; it might persist somewhere. If Ireland is at the origin of the name, it would be nice to know at which point it came to France. I think I would be inclined to blame King John's lot but I'm not convinced that any Irishman worth his salt would have followed that nasty little man back to France Spellings I have encountered - and the list is not exhaustive:- Faucarin, Fourcairin, Forcairin, Forcaran, Fuquan, Fouqeran, Forquaran Liz "Joseph Pessarra" <joepessarra@suddenlink.net> a écrit dans le message de news: 4b429299$0$5356$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net... > Liz, > > Send me the list of possible spellings. And, are you familiar with this > site? > > http://www.moulins-a-vent.net/Moulins/savenes_fourcaran.htm > > Joe > > "Liz Owen" <l.owen@free.fr> wrote in message > news:4b4264e5$0$24598$426a74cc@news.free.fr... >> Strange - it's all to do with corruption of the surname. My Foucayran >> from whom I have just had an e-mail, is descended from a slew of >> Fourcaran (spelling incredibly variable - would you like a list from my >> parish registers?) that I can trace back in this here neck of the woods >> to 1589 >> >> Liz Owen >> >> >> "Joseph Pessarra" <joepessarra@suddenlink.net> a écrit dans le message de >> news: 4b4256ce$0$5327$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net... >>> "Liz Owen" <l.owen@free.fr> wrote in message >>> news:4b422744$0$6284$426a74cc@news.free.fr... >>>> Hello >>>> A friend of mine has "information" that the above surname may be of >>>> Irish origin - but going back several centuries possibly. Any extant >>>> Irish surname that resembles it? >>>> We also have a family called Darailh, also said to be Irish from way >>>> back - Daray maybe? >>>> Any ideas anybody? All suggestions except the most rude will be >>>> welcome >>>> >>>> TIA >>>> >>>> Liz Owen, in a damp and soggy SW France >>>> >>> http://www.genealogie.com/popularite-du-nom-fourcayran/fourcayran.html >>> Found this site, which shows no Fourcayran in France during the period >>> of 1891-1915, only appearing after that time. >>> >>> Joe in Texas >>> >>> >> >> > >

Strange - it's all to do with corruption of the surname. My Foucayran from whom I have just had an e-mail, is descended from a slew of Fourcaran (spelling incredibly variable - would you like a list from my parish registers?) that I can trace back in this here neck of the woods to 1589 Liz Owen "Joseph Pessarra" <joepessarra@suddenlink.net> a écrit dans le message de news: 4b4256ce$0$5327$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net... > "Liz Owen" <l.owen@free.fr> wrote in message > news:4b422744$0$6284$426a74cc@news.free.fr... >> Hello >> A friend of mine has "information" that the above surname may be of Irish >> origin - but going back several centuries possibly. Any extant Irish >> surname that resembles it? >> We also have a family called Darailh, also said to be Irish from way >> back - Daray maybe? >> Any ideas anybody? All suggestions except the most rude will be welcome >> >> TIA >> >> Liz Owen, in a damp and soggy SW France >> > http://www.genealogie.com/popularite-du-nom-fourcayran/fourcayran.html > Found this site, which shows no Fourcayran in France during the period of > 1891-1915, only appearing after that time. > > Joe in Texas > >

Sorry, no help at all. I can summon up a lot in France, including a family here that I have traced back to 1589 in our local parish registers. "Forkeran" might be an alternative. Liz Owen "Joseph Pessarra" <joepessarra@suddenlink.net> a écrit dans le message de news: 4b42541f$0$5361$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net... > "Liz Owen" <l.owen@free.fr> wrote in message > news:4b422744$0$6284$426a74cc@news.free.fr... >> Hello >> A friend of mine has "information" that the above surname may be of Irish >> origin - but going back several centuries possibly. Any extant Irish >> surname that resembles it? >> We also have a family called Darailh, also said to be Irish from way >> back - Daray maybe? >> Any ideas anybody? All suggestions except the most rude will be welcome >> >> TIA >> >> Liz Owen, in a damp and soggy SW France >> > > Don't find any Irish references, but there are 4 Fourcayran and no > Fourcaran in the France phone directory on the Net at > http://infobel.com/en/world/Teldir.aspx?Ct=Europe&Co=France&Dn=Infobel&url=http://www.infobel.com/France > > Sorry, not much help. > > Joe in sunny, but cold, Texas

Liz, Send me the list of possible spellings. And, are you familiar with this site? http://www.moulins-a-vent.net/Moulins/savenes_fourcaran.htm Joe "Liz Owen" <l.owen@free.fr> wrote in message news:4b4264e5$0$24598$426a74cc@news.free.fr... > Strange - it's all to do with corruption of the surname. My Foucayran > from whom I have just had an e-mail, is descended from a slew of > Fourcaran (spelling incredibly variable - would you like a list from my > parish registers?) that I can trace back in this here neck of the woods to > 1589 > > Liz Owen > > > "Joseph Pessarra" <joepessarra@suddenlink.net> a écrit dans le message de > news: 4b4256ce$0$5327$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net... >> "Liz Owen" <l.owen@free.fr> wrote in message >> news:4b422744$0$6284$426a74cc@news.free.fr... >>> Hello >>> A friend of mine has "information" that the above surname may be of >>> Irish origin - but going back several centuries possibly. Any extant >>> Irish surname that resembles it? >>> We also have a family called Darailh, also said to be Irish from way >>> back - Daray maybe? >>> Any ideas anybody? All suggestions except the most rude will be welcome >>> >>> TIA >>> >>> Liz Owen, in a damp and soggy SW France >>> >> http://www.genealogie.com/popularite-du-nom-fourcayran/fourcayran.html >> Found this site, which shows no Fourcayran in France during the period of >> 1891-1915, only appearing after that time. >> >> Joe in Texas >> >> > >

Hello A friend of mine has "information" that the above surname may be of Irish origin - but going back several centuries possibly. Any extant Irish surname that resembles it? We also have a family called Darailh, also said to be Irish from way back - Daray maybe? Any ideas anybody? All suggestions except the most rude will be welcome TIA Liz Owen, in a damp and soggy SW France

"Liz Owen" <l.owen@free.fr> wrote in message news:4b422744$0$6284$426a74cc@news.free.fr... > Hello > A friend of mine has "information" that the above surname may be of Irish > origin - but going back several centuries possibly. Any extant Irish > surname that resembles it? > We also have a family called Darailh, also said to be Irish from way > back - Daray maybe? > Any ideas anybody? All suggestions except the most rude will be welcome > > TIA > > Liz Owen, in a damp and soggy SW France > http://www.genealogie.com/popularite-du-nom-fourcayran/fourcayran.html Found this site, which shows no Fourcayran in France during the period of 1891-1915, only appearing after that time. Joe in Texas

"Liz Owen" <l.owen@free.fr> wrote in message news:4b422744$0$6284$426a74cc@news.free.fr... > Hello > A friend of mine has "information" that the above surname may be of Irish > origin - but going back several centuries possibly. Any extant Irish > surname that resembles it? > We also have a family called Darailh, also said to be Irish from way > back - Daray maybe? > Any ideas anybody? All suggestions except the most rude will be welcome > > TIA > > Liz Owen, in a damp and soggy SW France > Don't find any Irish references, but there are 4 Fourcayran and no Fourcaran in the France phone directory on the Net at http://infobel.com/en/world/Teldir.aspx?Ct=Europe&Co=France&Dn=Infobel&url=http://www.infobel.com/France Sorry, not much help. Joe in sunny, but cold, Texas

>From The Cork Examiner 26 September 1919 -- TELLING FORTUNES ------ At Old Street Police Court, London, Alice Lerskovitch, an elderly married woman, of Bethnal Green, appeared to answer two summonses for pretending to tell fortunes by means of cards. One woman, who gave evidence, said she paid the defendant sixpence. To reach defendant's room she had to go up two flights of stairs, and people were sitting all along them waiting their turn to consult defendant. Some of the persons were girls from 14 to 15 years of age. Witness had to wait an hour. Defendant took up a pack of cards and having cut them, said there was going to be a wedding, and witness should be careful whom she married. Witness said she was married and was separated from her husband. Defendant , who gave evidence in Yiddish, denied that she had seen the witness or that she possessed a pack of cards. Witnesses for the defendant stated that no persons were at the house to have their fortunes told on the night referred to. Defendant was fined £17, with three guineas costs, on summons--£40 6s in all. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.IrelandOldNews.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Dennis and Michael, thank you so very much for your leads. I had the suspicion that RIC members were not posted to their home counties by looking at various rosters. My grandfather's family appears to have been from the Waterford area, so he may have been posted in Clare. Possibly, that is how he met my grandmother. Again, Thank you, Dennis M. O'Regan Wyomissing, PA, USA "Dennis Ahern" <ahern@world.std.com> wrote in message news:hhqhuo$511$1@pcls6.std.com... > > See "The Royal Irish Constabulary; a Short History and Genealogical > Guide" by Jim Herlihy, co-founder of the Garda Museum, Dublin Castle. > You can also contact Jim Herlihy, 8 Aisling Close, Ballincollig, Co. Cork, > Ireland, (E-mail: j_herlihy@esatclear.ie). > > Paperback #14.95/$27.50 plus postage and packaging. In USA it can be > obtained from International Specialized Book Services, Porltand, Oregon. > To order the book in North America, contact: orders@isbs.com > > Also: "The Royal Irish Constabulary: A Complete Alphabetical List of > Officers and Men 1816-1922" published by Four Courts Press, Dublin, 1999 > ISBN 1-85182-502-9 Hardback, pp. xxxiv, 488; price #30.00 (in Ireland) > > See: http://www.four-courts-press.ie > Four Courts Press > > http://policehistory.com > Garda Siochána Museum/Archives > > Also, if you Google Garda Síochána Museum Archives you will get pointers > to information about the records held at Dublin Castle. They have all the > RIC service records on microfilm. > > -dja > >

See "The Royal Irish Constabulary; a Short History and Genealogical Guide" by Jim Herlihy, co-founder of the Garda Museum, Dublin Castle. You can also contact Jim Herlihy, 8 Aisling Close, Ballincollig, Co. Cork, Ireland, (E-mail: j_herlihy@esatclear.ie). Paperback #14.95/$27.50 plus postage and packaging. In USA it can be obtained from International Specialized Book Services, Porltand, Oregon. To order the book in North America, contact: orders@isbs.com Also: "The Royal Irish Constabulary: A Complete Alphabetical List of Officers and Men 1816-1922" published by Four Courts Press, Dublin, 1999 ISBN 1-85182-502-9 Hardback, pp. xxxiv, 488; price #30.00 (in Ireland) See: http://www.four-courts-press.ie Four Courts Press http://policehistory.com Garda Siochána Museum/Archives Also, if you Google Garda Síochána Museum Archives you will get pointers to information about the records held at Dublin Castle. They have all the RIC service records on microfilm. -dja

One thing to keep in mind when researching members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, and that is that a new recruit would be posted to a county distant from his home county and relations. If he married a local girl he would subsequently be reassigned to yet another distant county. This was to avoid any influence being brought to bear by or against his relations. See: http://www.psni.police.uk/museum/text/ric.htm The Royal Irish Constabulary http://www.pro.gov.uk/leaflets/ri011.htm Records Of The Royal Irish Constabulary

Happy New Year! If anyone wants to see what has been added in 2009 use this tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/ylkyaar If you want to narrow to a county just put +kerry or +cork or +ryan (as examples) and you can narrow down items added in the last year. Or take the 2009 out and search all :) Cheers, Christina http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ http://www.genrecords.org/irfiles/

For records of the Royal Irish Constabulary, you have to deal with Her Majesty's Archives in Kew Gardens or online.

Perhaps someone can help me. Mt paternal grandfather was James O'Regan (or Regan) and was living in Labasheeda, County Clare at the time of his marriage to my grandmother, Nora Ryan during June, 1909. The wedding certificate lists him as being a member of the RIC but does not list a barracks. The 1911 census of Clare does NOT have him living in Labasheeda with his wife. He may have been in the Mountjoy area of County Dublin living with his married sister (Delia Quinn) and her husband, according to the 1911 census. I can't say I am 100% sure that it is him, but things lie up pretty well. QUESTION: Are there any good resources that list the RIC rosters for that time period - say 1905 to 1911? Is there a listing of the RIC barracks throughout Ireland for that period? Thanks, Dennis doregan at verizon dot net

I have just completed another large update for the County Tipperary website on the Ireland GenWeb Projects. I add webpages for five more civil parishes and 57 more townlands. There are now over 1,640 townland pages and 95 civil parish pages. All include links, surname contacts, and Family History Library film numbers. Most of the civil parish webpages also include maps of the parish with all the townlands delineated and the Samuel Lewis 1837 description of the parish. There are pictures and records on many of the pages. If you have records and pictures you'd like to contribute or comments on any of the pages, please contact me off the list. You can find the site at: http://www.irelandgenweb.com/~irltip/ -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

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Transcribed from the 30 December 1824 edition of The Enniskillen Chronicle & Erne Packet newspaper, by permission of The British Library: Riot in Edinburgh.--Last night (Monday) many of the streets in the middle of the city were thrown into the greatest confusion by a mob of mischievous boys, about 300 in number, headed by a party of journeymen bakers, who assembled on the bridges, and therefrom proceeded along the Cowgate, High-street, &c., with the wanton and dastardly intention of insulting all the Irish they could seize upon.--Several persons were made the victims of their brutality, and as many as they met were collared, and questioned as to their country.--Several windows have been broken, and we fear many of the poor Irish have been hurt.--The proceedings continued for nearly two hours, without any force being opposed to them. The Police seemed not able or afraid to encounter them, and a party of military men was at last procured to quell them--a few of the most outrageous are in custody.--Edinburgh Star. =========================

http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/l/l/Jrgen-Mller/ Dear visitors, our ancestor is Peter Johann Hoffmann (1790-1848) who lived and died in Estonia. Theres already quite a bit of info in English at our website. http://www.familiehoffmann.com.ar/georg.htm ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Marienhof in 2009 (199 KB) the photo was taken by my friend Uku Where to find.... (732 KB) Photo by Uku Pracks (6/2009) Mamachens & Papachens sons (54 KB) Heinrich Ferdinand went to live in Koerus Maarja Magdaleena (he married the pastors daughter, succeeded his father-in-law and even became provost) inscription-stone near PJHs tombstone (13 KB) do not hesitate to contact tuttipole if you cannot get by with the German Marienhof/Müüriku manor (199 KB) this photo was taken in 1888 Klein St Mariens cemetery (222 KB) the church is now called Vaike Maarja Kirik - my friend Ukus sketch shows the loc of Hoffmanns plate the Hoffmanns memorial plate (44 KB) Uku Praks took the photo in 2009

>From The Cork Examiner 26 September 1919 -- CORK QUARTER SESSIONS ------ Licensing and Criminal Business The Hon. the Recorder, K.C., took up the criminal and licensing business of the above sessions yesterday. On the Bench with his Honor were:--The Lord Mayor and the City High Sheriff. The following Grand Jury was sworn:--Messrs. Edward Riordan (foreman), Michael Young, Martin Dalton, Alfred E. Edwards, Lawson Ferguson, William Roche, Patrick F. Scanlan, Robert H. Marsh, John Daly, Cleevehill; Michael Ryan, Adelaide Terrace; James Hayes, Merchants Quay; Wm. Heaslip, Wm. O'Donoghue. Addressing the Jury, the Recorder said there were only five cases to go before them. One was a case of obtaining the unemployment grant by false pretences, and there was another case against two men of malicious injury to property, consisting of the smashing of furniture in a house. These were two of the five, and the other three were ordinary larcenies. The cases were all of a class with which they had been in the habit of dealing and they would find no complexity about them, but as there were only thirteen jurors sworn it would be necessary on the back of the bills for the foreman and the other jurors to sign their names. The Grand Jury then retired, and mean time the long panel was called over. Transfers and confirmation of licenses were granted to the following, there being no opposition:-- Margaret Ahern, 17, Devonshire street; William John Cahill, 16, Prince's street; Nannie Carey, 25, North Main street; Joseph Fitzgerald, 1, O'Connell street (new license); Francis Harrington, 42 Shandon street; Catherine Hay, 28, Parnell Place; Kate Heffernan, 37 Bandon road; Briget Hegarty, 49 Commons road; James Henchy, 40 and 41, Wellington rd.; Norah Kelly, 21 Dominic street; Margaret Lennox, 354, Blarney street; Philip J. Lynch, 16 Prince's street; William J. Markham, 21, 22, 23, Prince's street; Agnes Murphy, 30, King street; Annie O'Leary, 56 Blarney street; Julia O'Regan, 145 Sunday's Well road; Ellen O'Sullivan, 68, Barrack street; Margaret O'Sullivan, 26, Commons road; Michael O'Sullivan, 9 Moore street; Norah Seacy, 41, Thomas Davis street. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.IrelandOldNews.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Greetings, I would appreciate assistance in locating the following offspring of James Clarke Sr ( 1784( and Ellen( Eleanor) Fowler( 1798) who resided in the civil parish of Curring, in the barony of Dartrey, County Monaghan, Ireland. The Clarke family resided first in the townland of Drumgaze ( prior to 1815) and then Drumgrone ( after 1815). The following children were baptised but their is no record of their emigration to Canada during the period of 1831-35, when their parents and other offspring emigrated. i) Anne - baptised June 20, 1813 ii) Jane June 11, 1815 iii) George 1817 iv) James Nov 21, 1819 v) John Feb 17, 1822 The Tithe Applotment Book for Currin parish shows land for Clarke's in 1827 but no Clarkes are listed in Drumgrove by 1858. Thanks for assistance you can provide. Orion Clark, my great-great grandfather's family