Hello My grandmother's birth certificate (Lifford 1907) has her father as James WEIR, blacksmith, Lifford, and mother Mary Weir formerly McCall. I have the death cert of his wife, Mary WEIR, 1955 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. Widow of James WEIR, blacksmith journeyman. Mary was born in Crawford, Lks, Scotland. I've ascertained that Lifford was in Clonleigh parish, Raphoe townland, and have scoured the censuses at censusfinder but been unable to find any Weirs. There is one in the 1857 Griffiths valuation for Raphoe, and I've written to the web administrator for details. I'm unable to get any further with James (his birthplace, parents, siblings, death date or place), and would welcome any advice on where to look next. Caz [email protected] (please add .au to email address)

Caz, One connection I have to Ireland is to a Kelsey, who married a Mills; their daughter married William Robert McKee, my direct ancestor (who was born in South Carolina in 1785). The only other connection I have was "Niall of the Nine Hostages", with which I match on 63 of 67 gene marker cells tested.. He was king of Ireland in the 5th century. The way I found him was through DNA testing by Family Tree DNA.I don't think either will help you, but I wiah you all the luck! If you find any connections with the McKee family, from NW Ireland, or with the Ferrill family, from mid Ireland, please let me know. Edward Ferrill McKee 336) 777-1388 Winston Salem NC (U.S) -------------- Original message from "Caz" <[email protected]>: -------------- > Hello > > My grandmother's birth certificate (Lifford 1907) has her father as James > WEIR, blacksmith, Lifford, and mother Mary Weir formerly McCall. I have the > death cert of his wife, Mary WEIR, 1955 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. Widow > of James WEIR, blacksmith journeyman. Mary was born in Crawford, Lks, > Scotland. > > I've ascertained that Lifford was in Clonleigh parish, Raphoe townland, and > have scoured the censuses at censusfinder but been unable to find any Weirs. > There is one in the 1857 Griffiths valuation for Raphoe, and I've written to > the web administrator for details. > > I'm unable to get any further with James (his birthplace, parents, siblings, > death date or place), and would welcome any advice on where to look next. > > Caz > [email protected] (please add .au to email address) > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message