<[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] Welcome to the world of Irish genealogical research. First, learn the resouces available. Fianna has an online educational guide or read John Gresham or Ryan's books which address the matter. Ellen -----Original Message----- From: Caz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 11:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: James WEIR, Lifford, Donegal "Caz" wrote in message news:... > 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) > I omitted to mention that I am sure he and family were RC, given that descendents all are, and that I have pretty well exhausted all online resources for Donegal with no luck. If I could ascertain his date of birth I could order the certificate and would be able to break through the brick wall ...! I'm new to Irish genealogy, so would welcome any and all suggestions. Caz ------------------------------- 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 5. Hi Ellen I came across the Fianna website a while ago, thanks, from a link on Cyndi's Irish webpage - both are great sources of info and resources although I have found a fair few broken/outdated links on Fianna - and I have read James Ryan's book 'Sources for Irish Family history'. Sadly, I'm still facing a brick wall. As previously stated, I've written off for info on 'a' James Weir in Griffith's valuation for Rapho ... a very long shot, I know, but I'm clutching at straws here! My rationale for doing this is in the faint hope my Weirs resided at the same address for a few decades, or were related to the Weirs residing at the address in GV. Then I could write to (have the address here somewhere ..) for the 1901 census details for that street/address, which, if my extremely long shot pays off and the family were still residing at that address, would give me an approximate age for James. Then, on the assumption he was born in the district I could write to the GRO and request a search (they'll do 5 years either side) on a birth certificate. My other option, far less hit-and-miss, is to try to locate his date and place of death. I've also made note of the primary school records for the district where my grandmother was born (Lifford), as FHS has a film. Thanks again for your advice. Caz