Tom, That has been a problem for me also. If you enter dupe info in more than 1 field, you will get an error response. Also, have you asked for an example of the format each box wants? I have had a problem with that also. I found that if you don't try to enter too many info fields, there is a less likely chance tochance of getting that error response. Play with the info entered at one time in a search entry. I still have not completely figured it out! Maureen N In a message dated 1/10/2010 9:30:08 A.M. Central Standard Time, tomvarley@ll.net writes: Is there any reason why the site doesn't accept data in each field?

Why, Gene? Is it your glorious Peoria? LOL Maureen N In a message dated 1/10/2010 7:08:06 A.M. Central Standard Time, fepratt@comcast.net writes: Ah, but would ye have seen glorious Peoria? gene pratt

I have just uploaded the following civil parish tithes to the Limerick section of my website: St Patrick's, St Munchins and St Nicholas. They all include part of Limerick City. Please read my notes before looking at the index because some may apply to surnames you are researching. Also, remember these are only indexes with names, numbers and townlands. If you find a name of interest, please check out the film for more information about the land/crops where the person lived. Also, since handwriting and condition of the film lead to transcription errors, one should never use another person's transcription as a source document until you look at the film yourself. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Did you know that the FamilySearch.org site has online telecasts on how to do Irish genealogy research? Well they do and the cover the following topics: Church Records, Civil Registration, Immigration Part 1: Strategies, Immigration Part 2: Famine/Post Famine Sources, Immigration Part 3: Ulster/Scots Irish Sources 1. Go to FamilySearch.org and under the Library tab, click on Education 2. Under 'Those sponsored by the Library include:' click on Family History Library Research Series Online 3. Click on Ireland Research (NEW) 4. Click on the topic of your interest I haven't used any of the online courses as yet but if you have, please post to the list about what you thought about them and whether they were worth watching. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Is there any reason why the site doesn't accept data in each field? On Jan 9, 2010, at 5:48 PM, Pat Connors wrote: Thanks Maureen, for reminding me about this site. Often when I hear about a site, I spend hours, maybe days, searching on it, using my surnames with their many spellings, then forget about the site. It has been a couple of years since I searched the NARA site, the info from books I first looked at in the New York City Public Library. Since those days, I have gathered more information on my family and will now go back to the NARA site and search some more. Never know what I'll find. > Just wanted to remind those who know and to advise those who don't > ------ > > The US Library of Congress website has a wonderful and searchable > section > on Irish immigration to the US around the time of the Famine. It > is the > only place I have found any info on some of my ancestors coming to > the US > during that time. > > _http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp? > s=639&bc=,sl,fd_ > (http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=639&bc=,sl,fd) > > > -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com ====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 IRISH-AMERICAN- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ah, but would ye have seen glorious Peoria? gene pratt ----- Original Message ----- From: <mautrav@aol.com> To: <irish-american@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] Famine era Irish Immigration to the US > I've done the same thing, Pat. After not using this site for a while, I > went back to it yesterday, and found info that I guess I had not searched > for > before. It gave me a clue on some relatives who lived in Illinois - away > from Chicago. Had I done the new search sooner, I could have saved a car > trip to Peoria. Oh well! > > Maureen N > > > In a message dated 1/9/2010 6:48:57 P.M. Central Standard Time, > nymets22@gmail.com writes: > > Thanks Maureen, for reminding me about this site. Often when I hear > about > a > site, I spend hours, maybe days, searching on it, using my surnames with > their many spellings, then forget about the site. It has been a couple > of > years since I searched the NARA site, the info from books I first looked > at > in the New York City Public Library. Since those days, I have gathered > more > information on my family and will now go back to the NARA site and search > some more. Never know what I'll find. > > >

I've done the same thing, Pat. After not using this site for a while, I went back to it yesterday, and found info that I guess I had not searched for before. It gave me a clue on some relatives who lived in Illinois - away from Chicago. Had I done the new search sooner, I could have saved a car trip to Peoria. Oh well! Maureen N In a message dated 1/9/2010 6:48:57 P.M. Central Standard Time, nymets22@gmail.com writes: Thanks Maureen, for reminding me about this site. Often when I hear about a site, I spend hours, maybe days, searching on it, using my surnames with their many spellings, then forget about the site. It has been a couple of years since I searched the NARA site, the info from books I first looked at in the New York City Public Library. Since those days, I have gathered more information on my family and will now go back to the NARA site and search some more. Never know what I'll find.

Thanks Maureen, for reminding me about this site. Often when I hear about a site, I spend hours, maybe days, searching on it, using my surnames with their many spellings, then forget about the site. It has been a couple of years since I searched the NARA site, the info from books I first looked at in the New York City Public Library. Since those days, I have gathered more information on my family and will now go back to the NARA site and search some more. Never know what I'll find. > Just wanted to remind those who know and to advise those who don't ------ > > The US Library of Congress website has a wonderful and searchable section > on Irish immigration to the US around the time of the Famine. It is the > only place I have found any info on some of my ancestors coming to the US > during that time. > > _http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=639&bc=,sl,fd_ > (http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=639&bc=,sl,fd) > > > -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Just wanted to remind those who know and to advise those who don't ------ The US Library of Congress website has a wonderful and searchable section on Irish immigration to the US around the time of the Famine. It is the only place I have found any info on some of my ancestors coming to the US during that time. _http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=639&bc=,sl,fd_ (http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=639&bc=,sl,fd) Maureen N

1965.Carlow Nationalist. Death of Mrs Olive Hall. Mrs Olive Hall (87) of Kellistown House, Carlow who died at her home last week was one of Ireland's most remarkable women. She had the unique distinction of having been Master of the Carlow Foxhounds for the record span of 45 years. She became Master in 1920, the fourth Master which that famous pack had had in 157 years. (John Watson 1807-1869, his son Robert Watson 1869 -1904, W.E. Grogan 1904-1920, and Mrs Hall 1920-1965, her daughter Barbara Eustace-Duckett 1965-1965, her other daughter Olive Alexander 1965- ?). Olive Hall was the widow of Major William Charles Hall and daughter of Sir Standish O'Grady Roche Bt. of Ahade, Tullow, Co. Carlow. She bred many fine hounds, among them a Peterborough champion, and with Isaac Bell, another famous sporting personality who died recently, she developed blood-lines which are the accepted breeding in many packs today. She was born in 1877, and was a descendant of Sir David Roche Bt., famous Master of the Limerick Hounds from 1861 to 1879.Her love of hunting began at an early age and she was regarded as an outstanding side-saddle rider of her day. In addition to hunting she also excelled at salmon fishing and gardening. She last rode to the hounds in September, at the age of 87. She was much loved by her staff whom she always treated with kindness and consideration. The oldest member of Mrs Hall's staff present at the funeral was Mr. Frank Bingham who has served the family for more then 43 years. Mrs Hall is survived by her daughters, Mrs O.H.Eustace-Duckett of Castlemore, Tullow and Mrs J. Alexander, Milford House, Carlow, grandchildren and great grandchildren. The eighty-eight wreaths included one each from Queen Elizabeth 11 of England and another from The Queen Mother. Note from Michael Purcell 2010. Olive would come into our shop and we always addressed her as Lady Hall, ( she never objected or corrected ) I remember I was a bit disappointed to find out following her death that she was just a "plain" Mrs !. Mrs Hall was a tall, heavy-set woman and there is a story told of one of the stable-hands ( a small man ) passing a remark to her when she returned from a hard days hunting, he said to her " I think the horse is sweating excessively Mam" and she replied "don't be ridiculous man, so would you be sweating excessively if you just spent the last five hours lodged between my thighs"..................................

About 1000, names have been added to the County down Births section of the website,thanks to my old friend. Ned http://www.raymondscountydownwebsite.com -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 616 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

About 1000,names have been added to the County down birth section of the website, http://www.raymondscountydownwebsite.com With the help of Ned. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 616 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Happy New Year! If anyone wants to see what has been added in 2009 use this tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/ylkyaar If you want to narrow to a county just put +kerry or +cork or +ryan (as examples) and you can narrow down items added in the last year. Or take the 2009 out and search all :) Cheers, Christina http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ http://www.genrecords.org/irfiles/

I found this letter in the Watson archive in the cellar of Altamont House, Carlow in 2002. Dated 1912 it is addressed to Fielding Lecky Watson, father of Diana Curtis and Corona North. The writer of the letter Mary Matilda Manley was born M.M. Watson in 1848. Her mother died in 1850, her father John Watson of Carlow was a brother of Thomas (Arkansas) Joseph (Oregon) and William (Canada) . Thomas went to Arkansas circa 1850 and William went to Meaford , Canada circa 1830s, he died there in 1888, he was married to Jane Speer ,they had no children. M.M. Manley joined her uncle William in Canada and died there in 1930 , she did not have any children.. We know Mary visited Ireland in 1915 and carried out research in the Public Record Office on the Watson family at that time. I have a lot of data on William and Matilda but for now I share this letter. Meaford, Canada, April 20th 1912. Dear cousin Fielding, the sinking of the Titanic has caused great shock it is the worst event ever in our memory. Were you -- with any of the victims? I am unwell since the news, my friend Ann pens this letter.I was looking through old maps and papers of Carlow belonging to uncle William. Looking at the maps my mind went back to the happy days my brothers and I spent in Carlow in Ballintrane,Kilconner Lumclone and with the Master in Ballydarton, Ballydarton became our home after my mother died (I was two years old) .All of us attended Friends (Quakers ) meetings in Kilconner. I recollect the elders M.Lecky and Mr Watsons sitting on the high benches.I am now a member of the English church.But I reserve the greatest veneration for the Quakers.I remain in contact with cousin Joseph Watson family in Oregan ? and family of Sam Watson. I would dearly love to return to see the old homes for I love the Irish and the curious stories of dear old Ireland related ? by the peasants. Every place begins with "Bally" and "Kil" . Thomas Churchill Watson grandson of uncle Thomas now owns the home and the land in Carlow. I have not met him but I have been to visit his sister Mary and the Stalling family. T.C.W. was to accompany me to Ireland this year but with the "Titanic" accident we are isolated.I send you a photo sent to me by Thomas Churchill I was struck by the likeness to my brother Fred and to you. The split in our family changed everything if only the elders were sitting it would never have happened and now Ballydarton is no longer in the Watson family. I was only two years old when my mother died and was brought to Ballydarton --on the map I have marked a cross where my brother Manly is buried in Quakers burial ground at Ballybromhill. I wonder is his grave attended.On your travels you are welcome to stay here .I hope we meet again soon .I will say goodbye for the present. Affectionately from Cousin M.M.Manley

Obituary of Colonel Sir Thomas Butler of Ballintemple, Ardattin, Carlow, by Michael Purcell, April 1994. Colonel Sir Thomas Butler Bt. who died on the 9th April last was the 12th Baronet Butler of Clogrennan, County Carlow. He was born in Carlow in September 1910 at a time when the family doctor was out riding with the Carlow Hunt , upon been told of the impending delivery the doctor replied " tell them to delay the event until we've killed the fox". The Butler family settled in Carlow circa 1500. At one time they owned over 30,000 acres of land and several houses in Carlow. The late Sir Thomas maintained a home at Ballintemple and up to a short time before his death at the age of 83 he was fishing on the Slaney river with his friend Robin Eustace Harvey. During the Second World War Thomas served with the Grenadier Guards and was engaged in action in France and Belgium. Following the surrender of Belgium his mixed force of several surviving Guards battalions, with no transport or weapons, withdrew to France from where they set sail to England. He was then posted to Damascus and the Western Desert as an officer with the 6th Battalion Grenadier Guards. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) for his gallantry during the battle of Mareth in 1943. Butler was the commander of the company leading the attack on the elite German Infantry 90th Light Afrika Korps, which shortly before had been under the command of General Erwin Rommel, holding the Mareth Line. His battalion passed through minefields and mined wire whilst encountering the enemy whom they fought with small-arms fire and bayonets. Half of Butler's company was wiped out and during the battle he was wounded twice. He was taken prisoner along with two fellow officers by the Germans . The two officers were later shot dead as they attempted to escape. During his captivity Butler was nursed back to health and later made several attempts to escape. Finally following the surrender of Italy, Butler along with another officer managed to escape from the Modena prisoner of war camp. He had to walk for over 400 miles, still in pain from his injuries , criss-crossing the Apennines in freezing conditions before meeting up with the advancing British army. In 1946 his Battalion provided firing squads to carry out the death penalty on German war criminals. Having learned of the extent of their criminality he had no sympathy for those sentenced to death by the War Crimes Commission. When he returned to London after the war he found that his London home had been demolished during a German air raid on the city. In 1952 Butler was appointed Assistant Quartermaster General, London. In 1953 under the command of The Earl Marshall for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, he had responsibility for administration and quartering of the 16,000 Commonwealth officers and troops who were in London to take part in the Coronation ceremony. In 1954 he was invested with the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.). Following the death of his father, Pierce Butler, in March 1955 Thomas succeeded to the title 12th Baronet Butler of Clogrennan. In 1957 he became Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Grenadier Guards. He visited Thailand as military advisor to the Thai army, reviewing troops and inspecting military installations. In 1959 he was appointed to head the defence staff of the High Commissioner in New Zealand. His next post was as Resident Governor of the Tower of London where he lived with his family in the Queen's House, which had been built for Anne Boleyn and was said to be haunted by her. Following the State Funeral of Winston Churchill in 1965 Thomas was in charge of receiving the coffin into the Tower for loading on a barge to carry the remains up the river Thames to Waterloo Station. In 1967 he oversaw the transference of the Crown Jewels to the newly built Jewel House. In 1968 he held the office of Keeper of the Jewel House and kept the keys in a secret place in the house. During his time as Resident Governor of the Tower many people from Carlow experienced his hospitality and were often taken on "inside" tours of the Tower. Some local lads from the Carlow branch of the FCA recall such a welcome on one of their visits to London. In 1966 Corona Lecky-Watson from Altamont House and her new husband Garry North on their honeymoon slept in Anne Boleyn's bed as guest of Thomas and his wife. I am grateful to Corona and her sister Diana Lecky-Watson Curtis for much of the information contained in this obituary In 1970 Thomas was invested as a Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.). Following his retirement as Governor in 1971 Thomas and his family returned to Ballintemple where, despite the fact that his family home had been accidently burnt down in 1917, he spent many healthy and happy years fishing, wildfowling and enjoying the company of his family and friends. He was an advisor to the Imperial War Museum in London and was also active in charitable work on behalf of the Cheshire Homes. He was the author of three publications " Tower of London" " The Crown Jewels and Coronation Cermony" and "Crown Jewels and Coronation Ritual", they are now collectors items and are much sought after. He is survived by his wife, Rosemary Liege, daughters, Caroline and Virginia and his son, Richard Pierce Butler who now succeeds to the title of 13th Baronet Butler, of Clogrennan County Carlow. M.P.

On this date: 1.2.41. German bombers, perhaps off course, bomb Ireland the second night in a row. _http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/Heritage%20and%20Hi story/Dublin%20City%20Archives/Collections%20Post%20 1840/Pages/donore_bombing_archives.aspx_ (http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/Heritage%20and%20History/Dublin%20City%20Archives/Collections%20Post%201840/Pa ges/donore_bombing_archives.aspx) _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dublin_in_World_War_II_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dublin_in_World_War_II) _http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/maritime-1.html_ (http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/maritime-1.html) _http://multitext.ucc.ie/d/The_BlitzBelfast_during_the_second_World_War_ (http://multitext.ucc.ie/d/The_BlitzBelfast_during_the_second_World_War)

Thanks to two wonderful people in New York State, the transcription for the Cloone Civil Parish GV is nearing completion. Today, I got their first work online for the part of the civil parish in Carrigallen Barony, over 600 names. The rest of the parish, Mohill Barony, is more than half way completed and should be online by the end of the month. Thanks to Rose and Kevin for their help in getting this very large civil parish online. If anyone else would like to help, contact me off the list. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

at this time of year I am reminded of the lines broadcast by King George V1 during the dark period of December 1939. I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.' And he replied, 'Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of your God That shall be to you brighter than any light and safer than any known way".......

Thank you for sharing those words by King George VI, Michael. I wish you a Peaceful, Healthy, and Happy New Year!!! Mary Ann Zeimet On Jan 1, 2010, at 2:47 AM, michael purcell wrote: > at this time of year I am reminded of the lines broadcast by King > George V1 > during the dark period of December 1939. > I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year > 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.' > And he replied, > 'Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of your God > That shall be to you brighter than any light and safer than any known > way"....... > > ====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 IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

THE MIRROR In memory of my father I He was no longer my father but I was still his son; I would get to grips with that cold paradox, the remote figure in his Sunday best who was buried the next day. A great day for tears, snifters of sherry, whiskey, beef sandwiches, tea. An old mate of his was recounting their day excursion to Youghal in the Thirties, how he was his first partner on the Cork/Skibbereen route in the late Forties. There was a splay of Mass cards on the sitting-room mantelpiece which formed a crescent round a glass vase, his retirement present from C.I.E. II I didn't realize till two days later it was the mirror took his breath away. The monstrous old Victorian mirror with the ornate gilt frame we had found in the three-storey house when we moved in from the country. I was afraid that it would sneak down from the wall and swallow me up in one gulp in the middle of the night. While he was decorating the bedroom he had taken down the mirror without asking for help; soon he turned the colour of terracotta and his heart broke that night. III There was nothing for it but to set about finishing the job, papering over the cracks, painting the high window, stripping the door, like the door of a crypt. When I took hold of the mirror I had a fright. I imagined him breathing through it. I heard him say in a reassuring whisper: I'll give you a hand here. And we lifted the mirror back in position above the fireplace, my father holding it steady while I drove home the two nails. -- Paul Muldoon 08/04/2003: Mr. Paul Muldoon has been awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for poetry. The 51-year-old Northern-born poet won the US award for his collection Moy Sand and Gravel. A former BBC radio and TV producer, he is now the director of the Creative Writing Programme at Princeton University in New Jersey, where he lives. He is also Professor of Poetry at Oxford University, England. Mr. Muldoon was born in Eglish, Co Armagh, and brought up near the Moy in Co Tyrone. His father was a gardener and mushroom farmer, his mother a schoolteacher. He began writing poetry at the age of 12 and Faber and Faber published his first collection of poems while he was still a student at Queen's University, Belfast. For several years he was a radio producer for BBC Northern Ireland. He moved to the United States in 1987 and has held various teaching posts at the universities of Princeton, Columbia, Berkeley and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.He won the 1995 T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize for The Annals of Chile. In 1999, the poet was elected unopposed to the 300-year-old position of Professor of Poetry at Oxford University, becoming only the second Irishman to hold the post. The first was fellow Northerner, Mr. Seamus Heaney, a former mentor of Mr Muldoon. --Excerpt, "The Irish Timess" newspaper.