I too am struggling to find an ancestor: Mary TURLEY married John STANYARD in St Peters, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, on 21.06.1836. Census records say she came from Ireland. However, on IGI I have found : Mary TURLEY bapt. 16.06.1816 at St Peters, Wolverhampton, da. of Job & Margaret TURLEY or, Mary TURLEY bapt. 14.01.1816, Dudley, Worcestershire, da. of Zephania & Mary TURLEY Either the census records were incorrect and she is one of the people listed above (both dates are possibilities), or, she did come from Ireland. I don't have names of parents or siblings, or which area in Ireland she came from. There don't seem to be Passenger lists for ferries from Ireland to England to give me a lead. Any help in pointing me in the right direction would be much appreciated. I understand that TURLEY is not a very common surname. with best wishes Penelope Carter -----Original Message----- From: Cara_Links [mailto:cracker@hotkey.net.au] Sent: 14 November 2005 11:00 To: IRELAND-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Irish-Roots] THE IRISH RESEARCH QUESTION-LEVELL-HAVILAND This must be one of the hardest emails I have ever undertaken to answer -and no doubt in one email I cannot do it justice in suggesting things to do and things that can be done, so please if my advice is helpfull feel free to ask questions, there must be others who have ideas as well. Mine is purely based on the fact that I have been going in and out of Ireland for many years doing research, and it has been a hard learning exercise with much more to learn And I hope I do it with some success and give you hope that their is a way to venture into this hard area of research. Several things that may aid you are 1- Do you know their religion 2- The Irish naming pattern may help if they are RC 3- Never give up is my motto- for you exist that is something your ancestors gave you.........enjoy that as well 4- It does help if you state the name you are researching as well others are also researching names and they dont all use the front of the list, many are sitters and wait, perhaps out of shyness or just sit waiting which is a sad case because others then miss out on help 5- Shipping lists --- and yes I know they are scarce but having never gone researching into America I only know of some that exist. 6- Join the necessary lists at rootsweb for all the help you can get and if you are not sure of what list the Dublin City list is a great one to begin on. 7- Remember that civil registration did not begin until 1864 RC and a little earlier for the Church of Ireland, registers have been destroyed but dont fall into the myth that ALL were destroyed some were transcribed before being handed in to the powers that be and some do still exist if not complete. Looking at the names listed Haviland-Havlin and Levell The surname Levell appears after 1864 in Armagh-Co Down and Antrim And under the spelling of Level and the variants there of Level in Co Down in the parish of Drumbo Laval/Lavalle/Lavel Laval shows there is four households in Galway in he parish of Annaghdown Under Lavalle Cork city has 2 households in the parish of St Nicholas and Mayo 1 household in the parish of Kilmeena Under Lavel their is one household inLouth in the parish of Faughart and one in Meath in the parish of Kilmainham I could no find a common bond between the name Levell and Wittey as I actually see this would most likely be a variant of Whitty which is a southern Ireland name although it will of course appear elsewhere. HAVILAND The only variant I found still exisiting in Ireland Four households appear 2 in Mayo- Parish of Ballinrobe and 2 in Meath-Parish of Athboy Fewer than five births were recorded for haviland in 1890 -- Although the family name you are seeking is much earlier than civil registration, you are going to have to face the long daunting task of sorting through whatever LDS films are available to cover the parishes you decide to look at on your family. Having not done Mayo research cannot say what is available on that one, but Meath also has some hard parts to cross for instance the missing burial registers etc. Good luck and if any of you in your wanderings come across Michael Odonghue ( and variants ) and Elizbeth Burns married and missing one son named Thomas ...........please feel free to send him home to me I have only been looking for 23 years and thats not long...............after all their are others who have searched longer to find the missing piece. Cheers Cara List admin Co Wicklow Ireland Ireland tombstones Ireland Cemeteries Ireland Obits ==== IRELAND-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Plant your Irish roots here! ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

I found that between 1845- 1876 in the civil registration there were only 9 marriages of your surname Turley And only one that I found ( that does not mean there is not more) Was a Margaret Turley daughter of Owen married 13th may 1853 St James Dublin to Nathan Kelsall son of William. There will of course be no records of the ferry passengers in the time frame you need as it was seen as like getting on a bus to go somewhere .............. If you should want the other marriages just let me know Cheers ©Cara_Links Researching Co.Wicklow,Wexford. A headstone or two, a dusting of elsewhere A friend is one who accepts your past, loves you as you are, and believes in all of your tomorrow's. ***Please remind me if I have not done that job for you, my intentions are always good, but sometimes time runs out on me, so I leave it up to you to remind me.

Cara: In reading your e-mail on the Irish-roots list, I wonder how you got the information? Do you have access to the civil registrations in Ireland? If so, perhaps you could give me a helping hand -- my gr-grandparents were in the 1860 census in New Jersey, USA with their infant daughter. I don't know if they were married in Ireland or the States. My info indicates they are both from Longford Co., Ireland. Is this something you could look up for me? Catherine Newman/Thomas Fox. Thank you. Celia Ewald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cara_Links" <cracker@hotkey.net.au> To: <IRELAND-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 3:39 AM Subject: [Irish-Roots] TURLEY surname >I found that between 1845- 1876 in the civil registration there were only 9 >marriages of your surname Turley > And only one that I found ( that does not mean there is not more) > Was a Margaret Turley daughter of Owen married 13th may 1853 St James > Dublin to Nathan Kelsall son of William. > > There will of course be no records of the ferry passengers in the time > frame you need as it was seen as like getting on a bus to go somewhere > .............. > > If you should want the other marriages just let me know > Cheers > > ©Cara_Links > Researching Co.Wicklow,Wexford. > A headstone or two, a dusting of elsewhere > A friend is one who accepts your past, > loves you as you are, and believes in all of your tomorrow's. > ***Please remind me if I have not done that job for > you, my intentions are always good, but sometimes > time runs out on me, so I leave it up to you to remind me. > > > > > ==== IRELAND-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Plant your Irish roots here! > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >