Please tell more re: IGW with regard to help via internet to U.S. I am especially interested in my grandparents' surnames: McKee, Lee, Ferrill {all of which I believe are Irish in origin} and Kirkwood {which I believe is Scot in origin, but I think may have spread into Ireland}. Thanks, Ed McKee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beckstrom, Barbara A" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [IGW] Ulster Resource/AncestryIreland.com - Provinces-DORAN/SCULLION > Good Morning Jean, > > On James' Intent papers it says he was born in Ireland in..........left > blank with a line drawn. I have his original naturalization paper with > the gold seal which is dated March 8, 1894. It says he was a native of > Ireland. > > His Intent paper was filed in Delaware County, PA on the 24th of > September, 1890. It says he was born on March 15, 1852 and is presently > about 38 years old. It says he was born a member of the United Kingdom of > Great Britain and Ireland and owed allegiance to the Queen. He migrated > from Liverpool, England to the US and arrived at the port of Philadelphia, > on the 26th of July, 1875 and settled in Delaware County, PA. > Everything is just the standard form. I doubt I could find anything else > regarding this on Google. > > His newspaper death notice.......just said Ireland. > > On his death certificate: Born in Ireland, Father John Doran....born in > Ireland, mother Mary Scullan (spelling...a little off) born in Ireland. > > Once again, thanks for your interest and help. > > Barbara > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Jean R. > Sent: Wed 10/25/2006 1:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IGW] Ulster Resource/AncestryIreland.com - > Provinces -DORAN/SCULLION > > > > Barbara, Another good website for you would be AncestryIreland.com, > specializing in early Ulster records, some accessed by membership, some > free > such as the all-Ireland Matheson Survey of Surnames (1890) > > Scullion Total births:17 > Principally located in counties:10 in Antrim and 5 in Londonderry. > Spelling variations Scullion(0) > Total Ulster = 17 > Total Leinster = 0 > Total Connaught = 0 > Total Munster = 0 > > Doran Total births:97 > Principally located in counties:Dublin, Wexford, Down and Armagh. > Spelling variations Doran(0) > Total Ulster = 20 > Total Leinster = 60 > Total Connaught = 4 > Total Munster = 13 > > I realize your FH is for an earlier time period, but thought you would > like > to take a look at these. > > IRISH PROVINCES > > LEINSTER: Cos. Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois (Leix/Queen's), > Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly (King's), Westmeath, Wexford and > Wicklow. > > MUNSTER: Cos. Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. > > ULSTER: Divided in two sections -- > (1) Northern Ireland with Cos. Antrim, Armagh, Derry/Londonderry, Down, > Fermanagh and Tyrone. > (2) Republic of Ireland with Cos. Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan. . > > CONNAUGHT: Cos. Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo. > > I agree, best to start with Belfast-related records. I'll bet your DORAN > and SCULLION met and/or married in the north of Ireland. (I've heard that > Irish marriages often took place in the bride's parents' locale, which may > be the case here.) I am assuming that the reference to Shankill Parish > definitely regarding Belfast city? > > I'm surprised that your James DORAN's USA naturalization papers didn't > state > a place of birth. Makes me wonder if there might have been another paper > involved in the process. (?) If you have it handy, tell us what they > say - > i.e., place, date. Be sure and google information about naturalizations > that took place in that time period, what they entailed as far as > paperwork, > etc. > > Did you say you also had his death certificate? Doesn't give place of > birth > other than Ireland? > > Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "conaught2" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 7:46 PM > Subject: Re: [IGW] County Down - Ideas for USA Research > > > Hi Barbara, > > Belfast is mostly in County Antrim, just a very small section is in County > Down. <snip> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >