Ms. Millikin, What other list is there, may I ask to put info. like this? I do not know of one, do you? Thank you for at least trying to do something for us all! <BG> Shannah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Mullikin" <m.mullikin@worldnet.att.net> To: <IRELAND-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 12:45 AM Subject: RE: [IRL-OBITS] appropriatness of Landowner lookups > I understand what all of you are saying, and I am sorry you seem to be > upset. I thought this was a list to share information. I guess for some we > should only share information that applies to them. If it doesn't then > there are some who are not interested. Have you ever thought there may be > some people who are home bound and cannot get to the library or wherever to > get the book? Maybe the sharing done on this list is the main way they get > their information. Maybe we all need to have a little more compassion for > each other. That's just my two cents, and from here on out I will keep my > thoughts to myself. > > Monica Mullikin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Ahern [mailto:ahern@world.std.com] > Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 12:44 AM > To: IRELAND-OBITS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IRL-OBITS] appropriatness of Landowner lookups > > > > James Huey <genealogy@australiamail.com> said > > >At the risk of being bombed as a "party-pooper", (or being jumped on by > >the list-owner), I thought this was a list to post Obituaries found in > >Irish records. Lookups for Landowner lists, and queries about specific > >County records which are NOT obituaries, should go to other more > >appropriate lists. > > I second that emotion. What people need to realize is that the book "Land > Owners in Ireland; Return of Owners of Land of One Acre and Upwards in the > several Counties, Counties of Cities, and Counties of Towns In Ireland" is a > very limited in scope. It is not as extensive a list as Griffith's > Valuation, for example. Only a small percentage of landowners had more than > one acre. All of the Aherns in Ireland are shown at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ahloii.htm#landowners for example and > they total 15 persons, or 14 actually as Charles Ahern owns land in two > different counties. I would suggest that in future anyone with a lookup > request, contact Maryann directly. You might also find that this book is > available at a public Library near you. > > -dja > > > > > > ==== IRELAND-OBITS Mailing List ==== > The list arcives can be found by visiting ~ > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRELAND-OBITS.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== IRELAND-OBITS Mailing List ==== > The list arcives can be found by visiting ~ > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRELAND-OBITS.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >