Don't think Co Down has ever been seen as a great "rebel area". More likely that they simply got it wrong or did grandparents come from Galway? Terry >-- Original Message -- >From: Irishcolleen45@aol.com >Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 11:01:28 EDT >Subject: [IRISH-NYC] Re: Irish County of Origin & Incorrect Family Information >To: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com > > >I have a great aunt who was born in County Down and her death certificate > >(1937 in Pittsburgh, PA) states Galway. The informant (her nephew) should > >have known her correct place of birth since his mother was her sister. I > >have a feeling he didn't fill out the information form but it was done by >the >funeral home. My cousin told me sometimes an incorrect place of birth is >on >the certificate because the person didn't want to be tagged as being "from >a >rebel area". > >Nora Hopkins FitzGerald > >> >> >> I have a similar problem with one line. My great-grandfather claimed to >be >> >> from Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Leitrim. I've already eliminated Galway > >> and >> Roscommon, so now I'm on to Mayo. It wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't >> researching such a common name: Lynch! >> >> Then there's another line where all the children were born in Ireland, >but >> they all claimed New York City until they day they died. I'm not sure >what >> >> that's all about.... >> >> Take care, >> Tracy >> > > > >==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== >List Administrators: >Tracy Cassidy GaelEire@aol.com >Jim McCarthy SPAGHETTICOWBOY@cs.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >