From St. Louis, Mo. The official parade and run were Saturday, but the Authentic one is today, in Dogtown, the historical enclave of the Irish here. Will cook corned beef and cabbage soon. It is sunny and will be in the 60's ! What a neat way to celebrate around the world on rootsweb. Patricia

From the new website: From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a “Missing Friends” column with advertisements from people looking for “lost” friends and relatives who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of more than 31,438 records is available here as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad that appeared in the Pilot. http://infowanted.bc.edu/ This new site just went up today and it is very easy to search on....what a wonderful St Patrick's Day gift to us family researchers! -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus

> > >of Ballinaha, Ballingary, County Limerick Ireland > If you check the following website: http://www.seanruad.com It is the database for the 1851 Townland Index of Ireland. Look under the civil parish of Ballingarry, and you will find a townland called Ballynahaha. Remember spellings and boundaries change over time but I would guess with confidence that this is the townland and civil parish that you are citing in the address. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus

Greetings and best wishes from the golf capital of the US, Myrtle Beach, SC. Will take time off from golf today to celebrate the Irish National Holiday. Big decision of the day: whether to go to Shamrock's, Finn McCool's, Murphey's, or Blarney Stone's, or better yet all four. Enjoy. Dennis Fitzgerald Seeking info on Fitzgerald's of Birr (Parsonstown) County Offlay.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day! Catherine, your absolutely right, 41 years of peace are enough, marry him off :). Bob Lunny in Orange Massachusetts where the days are finally above freezing and the sap is running.

Good morning and Happy St. Patrick's Day Francis Marley and Ellen Meehan had a daughter, Mary Marley. She was born in Carney, Sligo in 1864 and was Christened at Drumcliff and Magherow, Sligo. Francis Marley was the son of Francis Marley and Annie Curry. He was born about 1836. Ellen Meehan was the daughter of Thomas Meehan and Mary Donleavy. She was born about 1838. She had a brother, James (Jacobus) Meehan born 1847. He, also, was Christened at Drumcliff and Magherow, Sligo. I am looking for the Marley / Meehan marriage AND the birth records for Francis Marley and Eleen Meehan. Thank you. Kat - NJ - USA

Joining in wishing all a wonderful and blessed St. Patrick's Day. New to the list and am seeking surnames Lee, McNiff, and Murray. Believe the country is Leitrim. Thanks, Nancy from Somers, New York

I add my best to all from sunny Guam, in the western Pacific. And especially to all you golfers, for the pride we all felt this week, when Padraig Harrington and Des Smyth, both from Ireland, won golf tournaments in the US, on the same day! Patrick Burke -----Original Message----- From: john minahan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 7:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ROLL CALL] St. Pat's Day A Great & Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all from Melbourne, Australia

It's a great, sunny day in Houston Texas -- where I'll be having a garage sale before the corned beef dinner tonight! Looking for James McNamara in West Virginia (born in Ireland....where?), and his wife Sarah Mulvey (ditto!), dau.of Thomas Mulvey. Here's to all my Irish cousins, Nancy

Happy St. Patrick's Day from Marshfield, Wisconsin. We are expecting 6-12 inches of snow tonight so won't be seeing any of the green today. Still looking for the Hourigan family supposedly in Limerick. Linda

happy st Pat's from durham england on our first warm day for months looking for Spillards in county cork many thanks terry

Hi All, Happy St. Patrick's! Such a surprise to discover 44 messages when I expected only one or two! Victoria is back to normal after a week or so of warm and welcoming sunshine. Blossoms are everywhere. I've given my fish ponds their spring cleaning and repotted all the herbs. This is a special St. Patrick's for us because we are in the throes of planning a 6 week trip to Ireland where I hope to visit the seat of my ancestors in Killaloe and Cork. -- DAVE FOSTER Victoria BC [email protected] http://members.shaw.ca/davesfamily/

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all of you wonderful Irish folks around the globe. I am writing this on a sunny morning in Roseville Minnesota. The grandchildren don't know it yet, but they are going to be spirited (by me) to all the Irish family festivities in downtown St. Paul. Not our fault the schools don't know this is an official holyday/holiday! The party at our house will be on Saturday....to come you must bring a story, a song or a poem to share ...we sing...we eat...share our love for one another....and of course there is a wee bit of Guinness there too. Ginny (still searching for more information on the following): McDERMOTT> Westmeath to Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois DEEGAN>Kilkenny (married McDERMOTT above) BROUGHAM > Kildare to Cleveland OHIO SWEENEY> Ireland (Donegal?) to Cleveland Ohio

Mary Christine Sheridan or Mary Christina Sheridan Birth Date: December 12, 1933 Location: Ireland (That's all I know) Emigrated to Great Britain in aproximately 1955 where she lived with an older married brother in London area. She worked at Cadby Hall in London around 1960. Unfortunately, this is all I have ... Any ideas, help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! David Francis Sheridan _________________________________________________________________ Take advantage of powerful junk e-mail filters built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all on the list from Massachusetts where it has been cold but thankfully sunny to melt all the snow we've had as of late. Made my first corned beef ever in a crock pot last Sunday and plan on trying Pat's suggestion for hash before Friday rolls around. Meg

New to Roll Call but had to wish everyone a Happy St. Pat's from White Bear Lake, MN where the weather has been surprisingly mild this winter. Marie O'Brien Schertz (O'Schertz this time of year) Researching O'Brien, Buckley families of Ballinaha, Ballingary, County Limerick Ireland Does anyone know what the Ballinaha in this address refers to? Was this a townland at one time? Old letters from relatives in Ireland had this return address on them.

A very happy St Paddy's Day to all from the Lake of the Ozarks -- Sunrise Beach, Missouri, USA! Mike

Hi Everyone, Best wishes o' the day to you all from Toronto Canada. We hare hoping the snow will melt soon and reveal that lovely, green stuff. It is supposed to be 2 degrees tomorrow. Yipee! 22 minutes till the 17th. Dawn Family Research: SMYTH, SPENCER, SPARKHALL, CUBITT, BOWER, WORTS, DEARING, GLEESON, LANDRY/LONDRY, WILLIS, HUMPHREY, HENLEY/HENERBY - married in: Brown & Browne, Barnham, Shepherd, More, Randle, Wright, McArthur, Bloomer, Tustian, Doan, Burnette, Stillwell, Luck, Huckle, Nelson, Foreman, Sherk, Near, Clark, Fligg, Gould, Sparling and many more!!

From Winchester, VA, USA---Happy Paddy's Day! I'm celebrating by arriving in Dublin a few days after the 17th! Then on to Tipperary to walk where my Fanning/Fogarty/Shelly families trod many years ago. Lucky me! I'll raise a glass for all you listers. Jude Researching: FANNING/FOGARTY/SHELLY -- Tipperary FLANNERY/BRENNAN -- Galway FORD/ANSBORO [sp?] -- Mayo ??? FOLEY/CROWLEY -- Limerick