Hi Tim in Essex, the secret to doing family research is to leave no stone unturned in finding documentation on your particular family in the KNOWN places they lived. In the process, you should uncover more clues. Don't forget to contact as many living relatives as you can to find out what they know, what they have heard. A long shot, but intriguing -- when I "googled" John Carney I found a reference to the following diary: West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford: Mrs John Carney, shopkeeper, Shelf, diary [1880-1890]. Maybe you could contact the archive service in Bradford, see if they would give you any other details or would photocopy same for you. You could then post some snippets about that lady and help another CARNEY researcher. It would be very worthwhile to pay a little to have a professional to help uncover facts about your families in England, to get a definite direction. You may/may not be correct about the connection to Co. Mayo. Perhaps a death notice would help to pin down particulars on an Irish county. The Andrew given name certainly rings of a Northern Ireland/Scottish connection to me. What denomination were they in England? What professions were involved? Were they monied? What was going on in Batley to cause them to settle there? Job opportunity? Family? Jean, Washington State, USA. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Brooke" <tim.brooke@FaberMusic.com> To: <IRISH-IN-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 2:37 AM Subject: [UK-Irish] John Carney & Mary Riley > I wonder if anyone can help me? I'm trying to track down my Great Great > Great Grandparents John CARNEY (b abt 1843) and Mary RILEY (b abt 1841). > Both born (and married I think) in Ireland. They later came to the UK and > settled in Batley, West Yorkshire where they had children Patrick, Andrew, > Michael, John and Thomas that I know of. > > I don't know where in Ireland they came from (the UK censuses only list the > country), though there is a strong chance it might be Co Mayo, given the > large influx from that county into West Yorkshire at that time. > > I would welcome any advice in this matter. > > Many thanks > > Tim Brooke > Essex > > > > > The information and attachments (if any) in this email are confidential, may be legally privileged and are intended solely for the addressee(s). Access, copying or re-use of information within it by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient you should not disclose, copy or use any part of it. Please notify the sender and delete all copies immediately. > > Faber Music Limited is not responsible for the completeness or accuracy of this communication as it has been transmitted over a public network. It is the recipient's responsibility to scan this email and any attachments for viruses. If in doubt please verify the authenticity of the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Faber Music Limited or any of its holding or fellow subsidiary companies. > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > ==== IRISH-IN-UK Mailing List ==== > To unsub or change your subscription: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Irish/IRISH-IN-UK.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean.