Hi everyone, I am new to the list and am researching my husband's family of LARVIN's. I have gone back to the 1871 census and find that Thomas Larvin was born in 1825 (circa) and was born in Ireland. I have no idea how to do research in Ireland. Could anyone help please. Thank you Carole Mason Now living in France _________________________________________________________________ Make a mini you and download it into Windows Live Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354029/direct/01/

Hi, Carole in France -- Acknowledging that there are some LARVINs in the world, perhaps the original name long ago was Lavin? I've also seen Larkin, Larkan, Lorcan, Lever in Ireland. "Googling" briefly, I found some reference to Larvin and Co. Mayo by one researcher. Which censuses (country) have you found him on? Any idea of a wife's maiden ("nee") surname or children's names, which can sometimes provide a clue? Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Mason" <caroleamason@hotmail.com> To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:55 AM Subject: [IRELAND] Thomas Larvin > I am new to the list and am researching my husband's family of LARVIN's. > I have gone back to the 1871 census and find that Thomas Larvin was born > in 1825 (circa) and was born in Ireland. > > > I have no idea how to do research in Ireland. Could anyone help please. > > > > Thank you > > > > Carole Mason > > Now living in France

Further to Jean's message - although most of the LARVIN entries in the UK censuses simply list Ireland as birthplace, the majority of the others are from Mayo, Sligo and Roscommon. On the Irish Heritage Centres search site there are only 3 LARVIN references and all are in Co Mayo. I did not see any LARVIN entries in the Griffiths Valuation but there are many LAVINs in the above counties. So hopefully this narrows your search a little to that area of the country. Do you have a wife's name for Thomas? and where he was in 1871? Best wishes, Patsy - New Zealand > Subject: [IRELAND] Thomas Larvin >> I am new to the list and am researching my husband's family of LARVIN's. > >> I have gone back to the 1871 census and find that Thomas Larvin was born >> in 1825 (circa) and was born in Ireland. > >> >> >> I have no idea how to do research in Ireland. Could anyone help please. >> >> >> >> Thank you >> >> >> >> Carole Mason >> >> Now living in France

Hi Carole - Mr. Pat LAVIN (whose ancestors were in Co. Roscommon) has a detailed manuscript re the history of the surname LAVIN in Ireland on a webpage at the Leitrim-Roscommon website http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/index.shtml In part - Per Pat L.'s research: "Another interesting observation from Griffith* the variant spelling of the name. In Roscommon most registrants identified with the 'Lavin' spelling; few with 'Lavan' and fewer still with 'Laven.' In Mayo, by contrast, most of the registrants identified with the 'Lavan' spelling; few with Lavin and still fewer with Laven. **Two oddities -- Lavvan and Larvan -- are also listed for Mayo.** In Sligo the 'Lavin' variant is used three to one over 'Lavan.'" My note: *I believe the reference to Griffith likely refers to findings on the mid-1850s Griffith's Valuation, and you might want to go back and more carefully read the entire history. That website has a lot of good information on several Irish counties, including Co. Mayo, and an all-Ireland IreAtlas townland search engine. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Mason" <caroleamason@hotmail.com> To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:55 AM Subject: [IRELAND] Thomas Larvin Carole wrote: "I am new to the list and am researching my husband's family of LARVIN's ..." <snip>