This book, including v. 5, published in 1997, is in the Library of Michigan in Lansing if you're anywhere near. Maybe other libraries too. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: ireland-request@rootsweb.com > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Which Ballingarry/Ballinderry (JUNE METCALFE) > 2. Re: Which Ballingarry/Ballinderry (Anne Phelan) > 3. Re: More Galway Highlights (Jean R.) > 4. The Book of Irish Families Great & Small (Betty Ann) > > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:47:49 -0700 > From: Betty Ann <bamedhat@telus.net> > Subject: [IRELAND] The Book of Irish Families Great & Small > To: Ireland Mailing List <ireland@rootsweb.com>, Donegal Mailing List > <DONEGALEIRE@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <90621B0D-014E-4338-A2D2-E1BB7DF3178F@telus.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > I have heard that this book is a good resource tool. > > Could sks with access to a copy of this book, The Book > of Irish Families Great & Small by Michael C. O'Laughlin, > please look to see if there are any Osborne families > listed in it? > > I am not sure what the author's criteria might be for an > Irish Family. I suspect that my Osborne ancestors were > Scots-Irish, and may only have been in Ireland for a > couple of generations. > > Thought it might be best to see if they are even listed > in this book before I bother the library to request it > brought in on Inter-Library loan. > > Thank you very much. > Betty Ann > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the IRELAND list administrator, send an email to > IRELAND-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the IRELAND mailing list, send an email to > IRELAND@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the > email with no additional text. > > > End of IRELAND Digest, Vol 4, Issue 8 > *************************************

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond, but I am in rural Western Canada at the moment. I sincerely appreciate your effort and am quite sure your suggestion will be very helpful to someone in the Michigan area. Thanks again On 7-Jan-09, at 7:48 PM, rjward52@comcast.net wrote: This book, including v. 5, published in 1997, is in the Library of Michigan in Lansing if you're anywhere near. Maybe other libraries too. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: ireland-request@rootsweb.com > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Which Ballingarry/Ballinderry (JUNE METCALFE) > 2. Re: Which Ballingarry/Ballinderry (Anne Phelan) > 3. Re: More Galway Highlights (Jean R.) > 4. The Book of Irish Families Great & Small (Betty Ann) > > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:47:49 -0700 > From: Betty Ann <bamedhat@telus.net> > Subject: [IRELAND] The Book of Irish Families Great & Small > To: Ireland Mailing List <ireland@rootsweb.com>, Donegal Mailing List > <DONEGALEIRE@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <90621B0D-014E-4338-A2D2-E1BB7DF3178F@telus.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > I have heard that this book is a good resource tool. > > Could sks with access to a copy of this book, The Book > of Irish Families Great & Small by Michael C. O'Laughlin, > please look to see if there are any Osborne families > listed in it? > > I am not sure what the author's criteria might be for an > Irish Family. I suspect that my Osborne ancestors were > Scots-Irish, and may only have been in Ireland for a > couple of generations. > > Thought it might be best to see if they are even listed > in this book before I bother the library to request it > brought in on Inter-Library loan. > > Thank you very much. > Betty Ann > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the IRELAND list administrator, send an email to > IRELAND-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the IRELAND mailing list, send an email to > IRELAND@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and > the body of > the > email with no additional text. > > > End of IRELAND Digest, Vol 4, Issue 8 > ************************************* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRELAND- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message