hi i'm ed mccarren from maine u.s.a.i have ancestors from donegal, galway and mayo all left for america in the 1850-1860' s. the mccarron'left about 1860 from oughtmeen donegal for pens.u.s.a.ab.1860 the mclaughlins left galway about 1850 for boston The burkes show up in boston about 1850 Am trying to find these people any ideas?Like to talk to others

On Jan 30, 7:34 am, ejm329 <emccar...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi i'm ed mccarren from maine u.s.a.i have ancestors from donegal, > galway and mayo all left for america in the 1850-1860' s. the > mccarron'left about 1860 from oughtmeen donegal for pens.u.s.a.ab.1860 > the mclaughlins left galway about 1850 for boston The burkes show up > in boston about 1850 Am trying to find these people any ideas?Like to > talk to others A few more capital letters would be helpful. Ray from the Divers of Letterkenny, Donegal.

"ejm329" <emccarren@gmail.com> wrote in message news:154452a9-dd2d-48db-99b7-116e5049e362@m16g2000yqc.googlegroups.com... > hi i'm ed mccarren from maine u.s.a.i have ancestors from donegal, > galway and mayo all left for america in the 1850-1860' s. the > mccarron'left about 1860 from oughtmeen donegal for pens.u.s.a.ab.1860 > the mclaughlins left galway about 1850 for boston The burkes show up > in boston about 1850 Am trying to find these people any ideas?Like to > talk to others Ireland phone directory at http://www.eircomphonebook.ie has one McCarren listing in Donegal. McCarren, Kellyanne & J The Rectory Fahan Co. Donegal (074)9360685 There are 112 McCarron listings for Donegal. They include 13 from Lifford, 13 from Letterkenny and 12 from Clonmany. There are none shown in Oughtmeen (Ughtmeen)/Meenatotta(n) There are 12 McLaughlin listings for Galway. There are 212 Burke listings for Mayo, 655 for Galway, and 62 from Donegal. Do you know the town the Burke's came from? Letters to some of these people might find you some answers. Good luck, Joe in Texas

See: http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/ Getting Started in Genealogy and Family History http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/4_pocket.html Finding Your Ancestors in Ireland http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson21.htm Rootsweb Guide to Tracing Irish Families http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/ Tracing Your Irish Ancestors http://www.ancestry.com/download/forms.htm Genealogy Charts & Forms http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/rg/guide/ all_t3_resmeth_-_how_do_i_begin.asp [paste all on one line] How Do I Begin? - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rg.asp? Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub= &Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Ireland.ASP [paste all on one line] LDS Source Guide for Ireland