Part 1 Immigration - Quarantine in New York City 1799-1858 As you may be aware, the NYC Quarantine Hospital operated on Staten Island, New York from 1799 - 1858. Before Ellis Island there was Castle Gardens, before Castle Gardens there was the Quarantine Hospital on S.I. In 1858 a local angry mob burnt it down due to the ever present threat of disease. It is estimated that million(s) of people passed through Staten Island during those years. Processed through the S.I. Quarantine along with the emigrants were the ships crew(s) and residents of New York City. You may learn more of the troubled history of the Quarantine on S.I. through an Internet Google search. >From the beginning, the number of people that were processed through the Staten Island Quarantine Hospital far exceeded their expectations: It was reported 1801: The Staten Island Marine Hospital and Quarantine Station was planned for 200 patients, yet even before it was officially opened 945 patients were admitted between May and December 1801. For example, the ship Penelope arrived on June 10 with 262 persons with yellow and ship fever, smallpox, and dysentery, of whom 74 died. During the mid 1840's the height of emigration of the German and Irish, it was reported in 1847, that in an 85 day period 75,000 emigrants were processed through S.I. Quarantine. Belfast Mercury, April 19th 1851 reported (excerpt below): ....The Marine Hospital on S.I. is crowed to excess, the number of poor people from Ireland who are wandering through the streets, in a starving condition, is dreadful. Every night they go to the police station-houses for food and shelter. Last night, in the fourth-ward station-house, there were 80 poor people of this description, huddled together, and when food was laid before the children, they rushed at it, and devoured it like hungry wolves. As the immigrants waited for their family members to be discharged from the hospital, an Irish Shanty town developed less than a mile from the Quarantine Hospital at Broadway and Shore Road (now known as Richmond Terrace). During this time the local neighborhood cemetery, Staten Island Cemetery offered free burials for children under 2 years of age. A partial list of those that died while in quarantine (compiled by Jennifer Hyatt-Morgan): Name Age Cause of Death Days Ill Date of Death Adams, Margaret26Cholera54Jun-1849 Adderton, Thomas35Typhus7Jun-49 Ahearn, Michael50Typhus20Mar-50 Ahern, Thomas44Typhus4Jan-50 Allan, John20Typhus8Feb-50 Barron, Patrick19Illegible220Jan-50 Barrow, Mary31Dysentery45Jun-49 Barry, John B.35Paralysis48Feb-50 Battersby, Mary40Typhus2Feb-50 Bennett, Charles13Cholera4Oct-49 Bentley, Patrick25Typhus110Jun-49 Bernet, Jane30Typhus5Aug-49 Bogart, Hanora28Dysentery19Jul-49 Bogett, Cornelius35Typhus?Mar-50 To be continued....... Lynn A. Rogers Executive Director - 917-545-3309 Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries, Inc. Staten Island President: Rest in Peace Inc. President: Staten Island Cemetery Association Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries, Inc. S.I.

The following was printed in an Elyria, OH paper, the The Chronicle-Telegram," 1926 June 25: "Ossing. N.Y., June 25---Frank Daly, gangster, paid the penalty in the electric chair at sing sing shortly before midnight for the murder of two street railroad emplyoyes[sic]." I'd like to know what records I need to locate in order to determine this man's ancestry. Thank you, Patricia

If anyone lives near Philly, I really recommend this seminar. I attended a similar on in Oregon last year and felt it well worth the travel. *_Genealogy Workshop, Philadelphia, 24 February 2007_* _ _ _Venue: Historical Society of Philadelphia _ 1300 LOCUST STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19107 215 732-6200 _ _ 9.30 – _Welcome to participants_ 9.45 – _Setting the background_ · William Roulston: The Ulster Plantation, 1610-41: sources for early British settlers · Brian Trainor: Emigration from Ireland to America and the sources for its study 11.00 – Break 11.30 – _Getting to grips with the basics_ · William Roulston: Introduction to Irish genealogy: census and civil registration records · Brian Trainor: Irish and Scots-Irish research: not always at the bottom of the pile 1.00 – lunch 2.00 – _Special categories of record_ · William Roulston: Researching the farming community in 18th- and 19th-century Ireland · Brian Trainor: Records relating to the different churches in Ireland 3.30 – Break 4.00 – _Question and Answer session_ 4.30 – Close -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Many thanks, Jean. Glad to see news of "Jeremiah O'Brien" / Diarmuid Ó Briain Born in Maine, like many of his Irish-American compatriots "Jeremiah O'Brien" (i.e., Diarmuid Ó Briain) and his brothers did not speak English. Like the Americans troops from New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts at the Battle Of Bunker Hill who cursed the climbing Highlanders in the language they understood (i.e., Irish Gaelic), Diarmuid Ó Briain's language was Irish. The English reported that the American cursing in Irish had a very bad effect on the morale of the Highland troops, given that a just curse in those days was believed by the Gaeil (both Irish and Scottish Gaeil) to be absolutely effective, and the Highlanders knew darn well they were fighting for tyranny against freedom! Back to "Jeremiah" - several (if not most) of the 13 States put a Navy to sea during the Revolution (New York was occupied by the British and could not). But "Jeremiah" and the New Hampshire Navy were the first. His crews were Irish-speaking. When "Jeremiah" needed to communicate with members of his crew who didn't speak Irish, he used a colored flag system to give commands. Le gach dea-ghuí / Best, - Jerry Jean wrote: 1. Privateer Jeremiah O'Brien (1744-1818) was born in Maine and became a staunch supporter of the Revolutionary cause. On June 2, 1775, he led a raiding party, which included his four brothers, that seized the British warship "Margaretta" in Machias, Maine. The event took place five days before the Battle of Bunker Hill and is considered the first naval battle of the Revolution. O'Brien and his brother John was soon commissioned as privateers (ship captains authorized to seize enemy ships).

1. Privateer Jeremiah O'Brien (1744-1818) was born in Maine and became a staunch supporter of the Revolutionary cause. On June 2, 1775, he led a raiding party, which included his four brothers, that seized the British warship "Margaretta" in Machias, Maine. The event took place five days before the Battle of Bunker Hill and is considered the first naval battle of the Revolution. O'Brien and his brother John was soon commissioned as privateers (ship captains authorized to seize enemy ships). 2. Michael J. O'Brien, born in Fermoy, Co. Cork, in 1869, arrived in America at the age of 20 and took a job with the Western Union Telegraph Co. The job (which he held for the next 46 hours!) required him to travel up and down the Atlantic Coast. Wherever he went, O'Brien poked around local libraries and archives, researching the history of the Irish and colonial America. Soon he began publishing his findings in the "Journal of the American Irish Historical Society" and continued doing so for more than 10 years. O'Brien was relentless and indefatigable, publishing countless articles and a dozen books, including "The Irish at Bunker Hill," "The Pioneer Irish in New England," and "A Hidden Phase of American History." To his end, his goal remained the same: to refute the nativist contention that the Irish had made no worthwhile contribution to American history. 3. Willis O'Brien (1886-1962) was born in Oakland, CA, and worked many jobs before finding his calling in film animation. Working as a cartoonist for a San Francisco newspaper, he started making sculptures in 1913. Soon, he began experimenting with rubber, allowing his models to move. O'Brien eventually found work with Thomas Edison's Biograph Company. His animated dinosaurs in "The Lost World" (1925) was a breakthrough moment in the history of film special effects. O'Brien's most famous work was his creation of King Kong for the 1933 film of the same name. O'Brien left a lasting impact on his field. His innovative techniques with miniatures were used for several decades. He also devised a rear-projection system that allowed live actors to appear in the mini-set. In 1950, the stop-animation techniques he developed earned him the first special Oscar awarded for special effects for his work on "Mighty Joe Young" (1949). O'Brien has been listed as among the 100-most influential people in filmmaking history.

THE INFINITE The Infinite always is silent: It is only the Finite speaks. Our words are the idle wave-caps On the deep that never breaks. We may question with wand of science, Explain, decide and discuss; But only in meditation The Mystery speaks to us. -- John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890) O'Reilly arrived in Boston in 1870, and for the next 20 years was recognised as a powerful spokesman for the downtrodden, at times single-handedly bridging the gap between people of various races, creeds and nationalities. O'Reilly was one of the most prominent journalists of his day promoting the rights of Jews, American Indians and Blacks.

SNIPPET: Although many more Irish served the cause of the Union in the American Civil War, thirty thousand Irish also served the Confederacy. The latter came principally from the South's cities. Like their northern counterparts, many southern Irish intended to gain combat experience for an eventual Fenian uprising in Ireland. However, the southerners also were dedicated to State's Rights ideology, seeing it as analogous to Ireland's struggle against Britain. Patrick Ronayne CLEBURNE (middle name RONAYNE honoring his mother's family) was born into a moderately-wealthy Irish Protestant family in Co. Cork on St. Patrick's Eve, 1834. His physician father wanted CLEBURNE to follow him into medicine, but after failing his entrance exam to medical school, CLEBURNE impulsively enlisted in the British Army. As a member of the 41st Regiment of Foot, CLEBURNE acquired a ramrod-straight military bearing that he would retain throughout his career. His only action during his 43 months in the British army involved helping to keep the peace in an Ireland wracked by the potato famine. Like thousands of his starving fellow countrymen, CLEBURNE joined the mass exodus to America in 1849, buying his way out the army and immigrating to the bustling frontier town of Helena, AR. There, he opened a pharmacy and put himself through law school. During that same period, CLEBURNE became an ally of the feisty, diminutive politician Thomas HINDMAN. When CLEBURNE and HINDMAN were drawn into a gunfight with political rivals on the streets of Helena, CLEBURNE suffered a gunshot wound that nearly proved to be fatal, at the same time shooting and killing one of his assailants. When the Civil War broke out, CLEBURNE joined the local Yell Rifles. As company commander, he put his British army training to good use on the drilling grounds. He wanted to see the Union preserved, but only if the South received "the full measure of her constitutional rights." CLEBURNE was a tireless, hands-on commander of troops, and it soon became evident that his unit was better trained and disciplined than most other Confederate units. He was quickly promoted to brigadier general. At the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-9, 1862, CLEBURNE's brigade suffered nearly 50% casualties, the largest percentage of any brigade in the army. CLEBURNE, himself, was singled out for "conducting his command with persevering valor." It would not be the last time he received such distinctive praise. As a divisional commander in the Army of Tennessee, CLEBURNE led his hard-fighting troops into battle at Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. At Missionary Ridge in November 1863, CLEBURNE was one of the few Confederate commanders to distinguish himself, holding off Maj. Gen. William SHERMAN's daylong assaults on the north end of the ridge before being compelled to retreat with the rest of the army at nightfall. In winter quarters in northern GA, CLEBURNE surprised fellow officers with "a plan to entice black soldiers to fight for the Confederacy in return for a promise of liberation at the end of the war." CLEBURNE's revolutionary plan was rapidly squelched by Confederate authorities - only to be revived by Robert E. LEE in the last days of the war, when it was too late to do any good. In January 1864, CLEBURNE got a brief respite from war when he went to Mobile, AL, to attend the wedding of his friend and superior, Lt. Gen. William J. HARDEE. There, he became smitten with a member of the wedding party, a local belle named Susan TARLETON. Putting aside his normal reticence, he pursued her until she agreed to an engagement. The wedding would have to wait until later in the war. But later never came. CLEBURNE was killed while leading his men in a suicidal attack on the Union breastworks at Franklin, TN, on November 30, 1864. His last words before making the attack were, "I will take the enemy's works or fall in the attempt." Susan TARLETON got word of her fiancé's death in a cruel way. Walking in her Mobile garden, she heard a paperboy call out, "Big battle near Franklin, Tennessee! General Cleburne killed! Read all about it." Susan wore mourning for a year. >From Shiloh to Franklin, on some the worst battlefields of the Civil War, Irish-born Confederate General Patrick CLEBURNE could always be counted on to fearlessly rally his troops and stand his ground for his adopted Southland. General Braxton BRAGG, who gave praise sparingly and who later crossed swords with CLEBURNE in an intra-army dispute, said his subordinate was an officer who was "ever alive to a success." And Confederate President Jefferson DAVIS regarded CLEBURNE as no less than "the Stonewall of the West." The man who garnered such remarkable praise lived less than 37 years, but his life was filled with adventure, romance and tragedy. Many books have been written about him including "Stonewall of the West: Patrick Cleburne & The Civil War," University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, 1997, author Craig L. SYMONDS, perhaps you can locate a copy in your library. Artist Rick REEVES painted a marvelous painting about the same year, "Twilight of an Army," in which Brig. Gen. Patrick CLEBURNE leads his men for the last time in an attack on the Union breastworks at the Battle of Franklin, TN, November 30, 1864. -- Book Review - "America's Civil War"

> > Griffith's Primary Valuation is available online at the web sites of Irish Origins http://www.irishorigins.com and Otherdays.com http://www.otherdays.com . The Irish Origins web site also has the Griffith's Primary Valuation maps. Otherdays.com is no longer online. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Many thanks for a great site. Is there any chance that Co. Westmeath might be coming on-line? Yeah, but when is Monaghan coming on-line??? Elizabeth Tordella wrote: >This site is awesome, to steal an expression from my granddaughter. > >Thanks. > >Beth > >On 2/13/07, Jean R. <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>Record Search: >>https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/csi/csi_main.cfm#Counties >> >>Currently 2,793,233 records from Counties Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, >>Fermanagh, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Sligo, Tyrone & Wexford. Types of >>records include Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Griffith's Valuation, Tithe >>Applotments' and 1901 Census returns. >> >> >>====Irish American Mailing List===== >>Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >> >> >> > > > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- 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 Aid In Your Research http://www.familysearch.org/ www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet. The National Archives of Ireland website has much to offer researchers who visit their facility in Dublin. Resources include various National School Roll Books/Registers received via the Department of Education for Cos. Cavan, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. School records received via private donation include Cos. Cavan, Carlow, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. I found that the easiest way for me to locate their school records page was to simply do a "Google" website search for National School Records. (I had problems locating it using their website index, but you may not.) While I don't believe the personnel at the Archives do research for the general public, they do take queries, have tips on using their facility and apparently have a list of genealogists who do research on some materials for a fee. Volunteer Look-Ups: "Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness" (RAOGK) website, look-ups for little or nothing. For Griffith's Valuation http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php Currently 2,793,233 records from Counties Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Sligo, Tyrone & Wexford. Types of record include Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Griffith's Valuation, Tithe Applotments' and 1901 Census returns. History behind surnames and where found in Ireland in the mid-19th century. . http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm Record Search: https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/csi/csi_main.cfm#Counties Currently 2,793,233 records from Counties Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Sligo, Tyrone & Wexford. Types of record include Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Griffith's Valuation, Tithe Applotments' and 1901 Census returns. Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. The database has valuable info. on those who perished in WW-I and WW-II while serving in the British Commonwealth. NOTE: The WW-I data often gives NAMES/ADDRESSES of NEXT OF KIN. Leitrim-Roscommon website: "Google" phrase Leitrim-Roscommon. Excellent site for those counties plus census data on OTHER Irish counties (i.e. Sligo, Mayo, etc.). Also has an ALL-IRELAND townland search engine. The 1901 Census gives place of birth of each person in household; you may discover that your Cavan-born (other) ancestor was living in Leitrim or in the military there at the time of the 1901 Census. Conduct a name search. (There is a link with searchable Matheson survey of surnames based on Irish births in 1890 at an Ulster website; they may still offer the data free, check and see, pertained to surnames in ALL Irish counties, last time I looked). Microfilmed Irish Pension Records are being transcribed (ongoing project) with searchable database by surname at www.pensear.org. Records (mainly) for No. Ireland transcribed thus far. See website for more details. Many of the women's records give both married and maiden (nee) surnames. Valuation Office Records The Valuation Office, set up to carry out the original Primary Valuation, is still in existence, and has two related sets of records which are potentially valuable. The first of these are the notebooks used by the original Valuation surveyors, consisting of field books, house books and tenure books. All three record a map reference for the holdings they deal with, as in the published Valuation. The field books then record information on the size and quality of the holding, the house books record the occupiers' names and the measurements of any buildings on their holdings, and the tenure books give the annual rent paid and the legal basis on which the holding is occupied, whether by lease or at will. The tenure books also give the year of any lease, useful to know before searching estate papers or The Registry of Deeds. As well as containing information such as this, which does not appear in the published Valuation, the valuers' notebooks can also be useful in documenting any changes in occupation between the initial survey and the published results, for instance if a family emigrated in the years immediately before publication, since they pre-date the final publication itself by several years. Unfortunately, they are not extant for all areas. The National Archives now houses those which survive for the Republic of Ireland. Those covering Northern Ireland are now to be found in The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland . The Valuation Office itself, at the Irish Life Centre, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, contains the second set of useful records. These are the Cancelled Land Books and Current Land Books, giving details of all changes in the holdings, from the time of the Primary Valuation up to the present day. Any variations in the size or status of the holding, the names of the occupier or lessor, or the valuation itself are given in the revisions carried out every few years. The Books can be very useful in pinpointing a possible date of death or emigration, or in identifying a living relative. A large majority of those who were in occupation of a holding by the 1890s, when the Land Acts began to subsidise the purchase of the land by its tenant farmers, have descendants or relatives still living in the same area. The Cancelled Land Books for Northern Ireland are now in The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Griffith's Primary Valuation is keyed to a set of maps, now computerized at the Valuation Office [Irish Life Centre, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, http://www.valoff.ie ], showing the location of each holding of property. You can use Griffith's Primary Valuation and the accompanying maps to discover the exact location of the property where your ancestors lived in the mid-nineteenth century. Griffith's Primary Valuation is available online at the web sites of Irish Origins http://www.irishorigins.com and Otherdays.com http://www.otherdays.com . The Irish Origins web site also has the Griffith's Primary Valuation maps.

Yeah, but when is Monaghan coming on-line??? Elizabeth Tordella wrote: >This site is awesome, to steal an expression from my granddaughter. > >Thanks. > >Beth > >On 2/13/07, Jean R. <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>Record Search: >>https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/csi/csi_main.cfm#Counties >> >>Currently 2,793,233 records from Counties Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, >>Fermanagh, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Sligo, Tyrone & Wexford. Types of >>records include Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Griffith's Valuation, Tithe >>Applotments' and 1901 Census returns. >> >> >>====Irish American Mailing List===== >>Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >> >> >> > > > >

This site is awesome, to steal an expression from my granddaughter. Thanks. Beth On 2/13/07, Jean R. <[email protected]> wrote: > Record Search: > https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/csi/csi_main.cfm#Counties > > Currently 2,793,233 records from Counties Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, > Fermanagh, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Sligo, Tyrone & Wexford. Types of > records include Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Griffith's Valuation, Tithe > Applotments' and 1901 Census returns. > > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Elizabeth W. Tordella, MS, RN

Record Search: https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/csi/csi_main.cfm#Counties Currently 2,793,233 records from Counties Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Sligo, Tyrone & Wexford. Types of records include Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Griffith's Valuation, Tithe Applotments' and 1901 Census returns.

I have placed a large amount of County Down birth records on my website, The website will mostley be managed from Connecticut in the U.S. from April,, i will just sit on the side and when i feel up to it i will be adding some material, and the best of luck in your research. Raymond http://www.raymondscountydownwebsite.com

*Pat Purcell Papers* ------------------------------ *"Disturbed Carlow Duplicators in 1798"* *By kind permission of Michael Purcell * *The copying of these images and or the text is strictly forbidden without the express permission of the owner of these images* ------------------------------ *Below is a scanned image of a photocopy of part of the document * *(transcribed on previous page)* ------------------------------ <http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/bunbury_1.jpg> <http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/bunbury_2.jpg> *Click on image to enlarge* ------------------------------ *Source: Michael Purcell c2007*

SNIPPET: The FOSSETT Circus has been entertaining families throughout Ireland for many, many years. The FOSSETTs trace their ancestry back to a man who, styling himself as "Dr. Powell", was part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Travelling throughout North America and Europe in the mid-19th century, the history books talk about him associating with Indians of the Arapaho tribe. Having fled Ireland during the Famine of the 1840s, "Dr. Powell" finally made his way back to Ireland before the turn of the century. A tall, swarthy man with a distinctly wild-west moustache, he looked like a gentleman gambler or gunslinger. His appearance in any small Irish town likely caused quite a stir - something the FOSSETT family has been doing ever since. The paterfamilias of the circus family, Teddy FOSSETT, died in 1998 when he was seventy, and although he had slowed down a bit, the ringmaster was never far from the front lines. Bearing more than a passing resemblance to "Dr. Powell," Teddy FOSSETT, was there to instruct and correct. Prior to his death he shared a caravan with his wife, Herta, a friendly petite woman in her mid-sixties with merry, "sapphire" eyes who was born in the former Czechoslovakia. She had travelled most of Europe before coming to Ireland in 1951. With her own family's circus connections going back generations, she made her first appearance at the age of three, placed in a basket of flowers and carried into the spotlight by an elephant. After she and Teddy FOSSETT married, she stopped performing on the high wire and trapeze and started training animals, as her father before her. Like everyone in a circus family, Herta had to pitch in wherever she was needed. She was the first woman in Ireland to get an HGV licence, which she needed for driving huge circus wagons around the country. Herta's lovely daughters, Angela and Marion FOSSETT added their graceful presence in the ring. Marion FOSSETT was not only a circus performer but a talented singer and she took on the ringmaster role from her father. In her shiny black boots and tight-fitting trousers, spangled top and tall hat, her glossy dark hair flowing down below her waist, Marion would move around the ring with the grace of a panther, while pretty sister Angela could be found working with the Asian camels. Photos of the FOSSETT family appeared in the April 1998 issue of "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine published in Dublin, and the circus may still be performing in Ireland.

BRIDGIE After her two brothers died now alone, she spent time feeding hens, milking cows, cooking daily meals, enjoying listening to the radio, hearing news about other towns, other cities, other countries and the weather forecast. Quietly labouring in her garden, Bridgie planted a few green vegetables, onions and potatoes, making sweet tart with the blotchy red apples. She wore a round tam cap tightly covering her head her figure easily recognised walking to the local shop. A cross word never parted from her lips, she never gossipped, borrowed or stole, living contentedly in her home. Bridgie left us peacefully some years later, five people at her funeral, her passing not worth a mention, where no politicians appeared or no votes to be garnered. She needed no show offs or those rushing to be seen, Yet, it makes no difference, how our lives are lived, we all get buried in the same grey earth and cold clay. -- Mary Guckian, b. Co. Leitrim

Something on your mind, F. E. ?? F.E.Pratt wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Frank Gebhart" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:37 PM >Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] So What Is An Irishman, Anyway? > > > > >>It's very curious that the outfit that tested your DNA didn't also give >>you an interpretation of the results. Certainly with the present-day DNA >>testing services, e.g., FamilyTreeDNA, the interpretation of results is >>the most important part of the test. Maybe you should go back to your >>testing company and see if you missed something. >> >>BTW, my Irish forebears, Slowey, Brown, Davidson, and maybe Gallagher >>put my mtDNA in the H* haplogroup. My Y-DNA puts me in the I1a >>haplogroup by reason of my northern European forebears. Any cousins out >>there??? >> >>[email protected] wrote: >> >> >> >>>Greetings >>> >>>I had my DNA tested a few years ago. Does anyone out there know where a >>>person can have the results interpreted as to what all the numbers mean >>> >>> >and where > > >>>the roots trace back to. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank >>> >>> >you. > > >>>jc >>> >>> >>> > > >====Irish American Mailing List===== >Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > >------------------------------- >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 > > > >

There is no evidence to suggest that any of those named on the Oath of Allegiance list knew or spoke Irish. The Oath of loyalty to the United Irishmen was also in english and names were recorded by the administrators in the same form as the Bunbury Oath. Far from Bunbury refusing to use the Irish form it appears he wrote down the names as they were pronounced. Many of them match records in the Catholic registers of the period. mick On 2/8/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very, very interesting, Pat. Interesting to note the official refusal to > use the Irish form (i.e., the Mac / Ó form) of these many names (except in > only 3 instances), even though these would have been all Irish speakers at > this date. The Mac / Ó form had been made illegal in 1608. > > Much appreciated. Best, - Jerry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pat Connors > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:11 PM > To: IRISH-AMERICAN > Subject: [IRISH-AMER] Oath and List of Disturbed Duplicators from > 1797,part > 2 > > I, A.B. do Take Almighty God and his only Son Jesus Christ my Redeemer to > Witness that I will be Faithful and Bear True Allegiance to our most > Gracious Sovereign Lord King George the Third and him will Defend to the > utmost of my power against all Conspiracies and attempts whatever that > shall > be made against his Person Crown & Dignity and I will to my utmost > Endeavours to disclose and make Known to his Majesty & his Heirs all > Treasons and Traitorous Conspiracies which may formed against him or Them > and I do Faithfully promise to Maintain Support and Defend to the Utmost > of > my power the Succession of the Crown in his Majesty's family against any > person or Persons Whatsoever. > > So help me God > > > > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry > at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Gebhart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:37 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] So What Is An Irishman, Anyway? > It's very curious that the outfit that tested your DNA didn't also give > you an interpretation of the results. Certainly with the present-day DNA > testing services, e.g., FamilyTreeDNA, the interpretation of results is > the most important part of the test. Maybe you should go back to your > testing company and see if you missed something. > > BTW, my Irish forebears, Slowey, Brown, Davidson, and maybe Gallagher > put my mtDNA in the H* haplogroup. My Y-DNA puts me in the I1a > haplogroup by reason of my northern European forebears. Any cousins out > there??? > > [email protected] wrote: > > >Greetings > > > >I had my DNA tested a few years ago. Does anyone out there know where a > >person can have the results interpreted as to what all the numbers mean and where > >the roots trace back to. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. > > > >jc > >