Check for Catholic records in U.S. search. Most who emmigrated from Ireland early were of that faith, unless they lived in the little section King Jamey tried to convert to Protestanism, and started the whole blame Sien Fien mess! There are two definite concentration places to start - Boston and New York City, both of which had high concentrated Irish neighborhoods. Public Libraries of both should be able to give you a diocese address to which you can write. It would be a start anyway. ----- Original Message ----- From: "norman behan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [IRL~ROOTS] [Fwd: Monahan] > Dick > > What I have been told is do has much search in the States has possible. Often if > you now the county their are people in Ireland that will to search for a fee. and a > few free site. Try putting genealogy/ireland in to the computers search. You are > doing alot better than I am. I don't even know what country the Behans came from. > > Sheila > > Dick Mc wrote: > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Monahan > > Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 17:07:54 -0600 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > Dear list, > > I am trying to trace my roots back to Ireland. My > > g-grandfather was > > Christopher Monahan from Dublin, but I don't know if it's > > the city of Dublin > > or the county?? Also he married Mary Ann Healy who came over > > as a young > > child(age 10) from Dublin. they married in NY but I don't > > know when or where. > > There is a Charles and MaryAnn Healy buried in the family > > plot but we don't > > how they were related to Mary Ann. The first child on record > > was born 1857, > > so they were both here by then, also there are numerous > > Patterson's buried in > > the plot, I suspect they are related and from Ireland too. > > Any ideas on how I > > can trace them back to ireland, I ahve'nt been able to find > > either of them on > > any ships list. > > anita > > > > ==== IRELAND-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > Check out the sister sites to this mailing list at the links shown below: > > Boards > Topics > Immigration > United States > Irish immigrants > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=topics.immigration.us.iri sh > > & > > Boards > Topics > Ethnic / Race > Irish > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.irish > > & > > Boards > Localities > United Kingdom and Ireland > General > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.britisles.gene ral > > > ==== IRELAND-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > The archives for this list are located here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/IRELAND-ROOTS > or > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ireland-roots >