I have successfully researched parts of my family throughout northern Europe and the United States, but I have an Irish line that has me stuck. I am hoping someone with more experience in Ireland can offer some guidance. What I know: In the United States Census 1830, New York State, Greene County, there is my great grandfather Michael Dunagan (spelled many ways in susequent records). He is listed as being born in Ireland, and based upon different census records, he must have been born about 1804. In the 1830 census, he is married to a woman born in New York, and they have two young children. I have found no other siblings or parents of this Michael Dunagan in the local census records, so I don't believe he came to America with his parents. Thus it is likley he came as a lad or young man, probably by about 1826 to give him time to get settled a bit, get married and have two children. It is possible he came 10 or so years earlier. The name is spelled many ways in US records - Dunagan, Dunnagan, Dunnigan, Donegan, etc. I have never found a single clue as to where he came from in Ireland. Is it hopeless to find a starting point, or are there some ideas of where to begin looking? I always enjoy visiting the ancestral homelands of my relatives, but in this case I lack a village or City as a start. Gary Danbury, Connecticut, USA [email protected]

Hi Gary - Irish research is a bit difficult, especially lacking a townland, but - don't despair! It is possible to find your roots even with little to go on. Indeed, it is not hopeless, and some of the websites below may help you find the most likely Irish County for your Dunagan line. Basic place to start http://www.cyndislist.com/ireland.htm You may know Cyndi's Lists already from your other European research. The Irish Cyndi's List is just chock full of things to read and gives you clues and ideas, too. Try http://tiara.ie/ and do a surname search to try to find a likely County. Also, for the same purposes, try https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/csi/csi_main.cfm#Counties and also try http://www.scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/records/index.htm You will surely find one of your possible spellings of Dunagan as being/having been prevalent in a certain County. When you decide on a likely County of origin - subscribe to pertinent Rootsweb.com county mailing list(s). Good Luck, Gary. Hope lots of folks respond with suggestions. I have found, though, that the specific county Rootsweb Lists are a lot more active than the Roll Call. Sharon researching Kavanagh in Co's.Wicklow, Carlow, Wexford and Byrne in Co.Wicklow. At 10:53 AM 3/26/2005 -0500, Gary Dufel wrote: >I have successfully researched parts of my family throughout northern Europe >and the United States, but I have an Irish line that has me stuck. I am >hoping someone with more experience in Ireland can offer some guidance. > >What I know: > >In the United States Census 1830, New York State, Greene County, there is my >great grandfather Michael Dunagan (spelled many ways in susequent records). >He is listed as being born in Ireland, and based upon different census >records, he must have been born about 1804. > >In the 1830 census, he is married to a woman born in New York, and they have >two young children. > >I have found no other siblings or parents of this Michael Dunagan in the >local census records, so I don't believe he came to America with his >parents. Thus it is likley he came as a lad or young man, probably by about >1826 to give him time to get settled a bit, get married and have two >children. It is possible he came 10 or so years earlier. > >The name is spelled many ways in US records - Dunagan, Dunnagan, Dunnigan, >Donegan, etc. > >I have never found a single clue as to where he came from in Ireland. > >Is it hopeless to find a starting point, or are there some ideas of where to >begin looking? > >I always enjoy visiting the ancestral homelands of my relatives, but in this >case I lack a village or City as a start. > >Gary >Danbury, Connecticut, USA >[email protected] > > > >==== IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS Mailing List ==== >To Unsubcribe from L: mailto:[email protected] >To Unsubscribe from D: mailto:[email protected] >Put the single word 'unsubscribe' in the message subject and body