corbyoconnor@comcast.net writes: What was your grandmother's first name? Where was your father born? In Ireland? Did you grandfather ever leave Ireland after he married your grandfather? ************************************************************************************************ My grandfather was Hugh LEONARD. he was from Cashelbane, Co. Cavan (closest town was Dowra) and when he returned to Ireland he went to Belfast and married my grandmother Catherine MURRAY in Belfast. He died and is buried in Belfast. My father was born in Belfast and so was I. As for the link to Ancestry, no I do not have Ancestry. I would need to get the most expensive subscription since I was born in Ireland. Most Americans just need to get the US part which is the cheapest subscription. I have spent years just getting to the point of trying to find the missing NY part of the family. I have checked out Ancestry at times when it has been free and others have tried to find Hugh LEONARD in the census but I never seem to find anyone that I could actually say that was him. If I remember correctly they were all married and how could he have been married in the US and then go back to Belfast and marry my grandmother in the Catholic Church? Thank you for your reply. Pauline

He may have married and lost a wife to death before he returned to Ireland. He may have also been mistakenly recorded in a census as Leonard Hughes or the like. Good luck. On Jan 27, 2008, at 4:30 PM, Pauline Leonard wrote: > corbyoconnor@comcast.net > writes: > What was your grandmother's first name? Where was your father > born? In > Ireland? Did you grandfather ever leave Ireland after he married your > grandfather? > ********************************************************************** > ************************** > > > My grandfather was Hugh LEONARD. he was from Cashelbane, Co. Cavan > (closest town was Dowra) and when he returned to Ireland he went to > Belfast > and married my grandmother Catherine MURRAY in Belfast. He died and is > buried in Belfast. My father was born in Belfast and so was I. > > As for the link to Ancestry, no I do not have Ancestry. I would > need to get > the most expensive subscription since I was born in Ireland. Most > Americans > just need to get the US part which is the cheapest subscription. I > have > spent years just getting to the point of trying to find the missing > NY part > of the family. > > I have checked out Ancestry at times when it has been free and > others have > tried to find Hugh LEONARD in the census but I never seem to find > anyone > that I could actually say that was him. If I remember correctly > they were > all married and how could he have been married in the US and then > go back to > Belfast and marry my grandmother in the Catholic Church? > > Thank you for your reply. > Pauline > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-NEW- > YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message