Hi list, I thought I would put my piece about where the Hanley's came from. You will find them listed in just about all areas of the UK. Travel between Ireland & Scotland or England was just like going to the next state. There are no immigration records because it wasn't considered immigrating. I traced my Hanley connection from Australia back to Scotland. It was only a recent move to here, (1920's) in a genealogists time frame, but knowing it is an Irish Name, predominantly from the Roscommon area, I looked back at the Scottish census to find my William Hanley's father. Sure enough in the 1881 census. There was William as a small boy with all his sisters & brothers & his father stated his place of birth as Roscommon in c 1832. Depending on what time frame you are looking at, if you search a census for Yorkshire or any where else you will eventually find most of them came over from Ireland at some point. I have the British 1881 census & the 1851 census on CD so if you have anyone you want me to look for I will do so. Please remember that the 1851 only covers Devon, Norfolk & Warwick. If you have Hanley's that you have traced to other areas of the British Isles then you will need to look up the 1851 census on Microfiche. I hope this helps. Carolyn McInnes

Dear List , If you read the history of Scotland , they had a problem with the british pushing them off there land and many went to Ireland . I think is is the british due that the one who went or were sent to Australia ruined the wool industry of scotland that the british had established and the reason they wanted large tracks of land to run sheep on. It is and interesting story but I cant seem to remember what the called that time . Both The Miseries and The Troubles come to mind but which is Scots and which is Irish, Sorry but a senior hour seems to have struck. Ann Carolyn & Michael McInnes wrote: > > Hi list, > > I thought I would put my piece about where the Hanley's came from. You will > find them listed in just about all areas of the UK. Travel between Ireland & > Scotland or England was just like going to the next state. There are no > immigration records because it wasn't considered immigrating. > I traced my Hanley connection from Australia back to Scotland. It was only a > recent move to here, (1920's) in a genealogists time frame, but knowing it > is an Irish Name, predominantly from the Roscommon area, I looked back at > the Scottish census to find my William Hanley's father. Sure enough in the > 1881 census. There was William as a small boy with all his sisters & > brothers & his father stated his place of birth as Roscommon in c 1832. > Depending on what time frame you are looking at, if you search a census for > Yorkshire or any where else you will eventually find most of them came over > from Ireland at some point. > I have the British 1881 census & the 1851 census on CD so if you have anyone > you want me to look for I will do so. Please remember that the 1851 only > covers Devon, Norfolk & Warwick. If you have Hanley's that you have traced > to other areas of the British Isles then you will need to look up the 1851 > census on Microfiche. > I hope this helps. > > Carolyn McInnes