Hi kay and meg you and i spoken before my ggg was Roseann Tackney she was born around 1837 In Cavan her father was James There is also a Bernard and son James James wife was Catherine Coyle . Kind regards jean On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Meg Greenwood <scotquester@bartnet.net>wrote: > Kay - I checked the BIRTH Indexes which are on film at a local Family > History Center. They did have an intrigueing match. I checked 1906, 7 > and 8 Birth Indexes as that was about 26 years before his death year of > 1933. There was only one A name.... Andrew TACKNEY....1907 Births, 2nd > quarter....Baillieborough....vol 2, page 362. Other names in that range > of years were Edward and James....definitely not 'A' names. This one is > most likely his birth, but I have not got access to that year's actual > Civil Registrations. That year was indeed filmed by the LDS church. > #258034 is 1907 Births, 2nd quarter, volume 2-1. > > You can search for TACKNEYs at the pilot website for the LDS church, > they have the Civil Registrations for Ireland but still are missing a > few names, its not reliably completed yet, but has a great deal to offer > : http://pilot.familysearch.org/ > > Clik on the small arrow, it gets you to a homepage where you can select > "Browse our Record Collections" with a small spyglass icon. Scroll down > the extensive list to IRELAND and select the only database offered, > Civil Registrations. Searching for TACKNEY before and after 1907 will > perhaps find siblings also born Baillieborough. I found a James TACKNEY > born 4Q 1908 in B'Boro, volume 2 page 310 in the filmed Indexes. That > full handwritten registration is film #258067 [1908 Bs, volume 2-1]. > This site below has INDEX listings and you can download actual > Registrations, its called IFHF : > > http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/ > > Registration is free, only Downloads of actual information > [transcriptions, not original images] cost 5 Euros each....all searching > of the Indexes is totally free for any amount of time. I checked and > found TACKNEY marriages in 1904 and 1905 including a Peter TACKNEY who > is listed as the father of 'A' TACKNEY, the deceased Reverend. There are > births [oddly, the 1907 birth I saw for Andrew on the Index film is not > found on the IFHF site, but others are there]. The Index film will say > if they are Baillieborough or not....the IFHF site does not give the > parish, only the county. A combination of films and the IFHF data is > best used for finding births in specific parishes. > > Meg Greenwood / Oklahoma USA > ================================ > > Kay Stanton wrote: > > I recently came across an obituary from 1933. Can anyone tell me > anything about this family or any other family named Tackney. My line is > Bridget Tackney, dau. of Edward and Mary, b. about 1818 in Cootehill, Co. > Cavan. She married Nicholas O'Brien, son of John and Mary. That's > basically all I know. The obit reads as follows: > > > > "The Irish Times"....October 23, 1933....The Rev. A. Tackney > > A cablegram has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tackney, Annahartina, > Virginia, County Cavan, that their son, the Rev. A. Tackney, died on Friday > in Brooklyn, USA. Father Tackney, who was about twenty-six years of age, > was ordained as recently as June last in Carlow College, and sailed for > America on September 28th. > > > > Thanks for any help! Kay Stanton Daytona Beach, FL > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CAVAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Jean NAMES I AM SEARCHING MCSHANE WELSH VANCE RAFFERTY,MCCONNELL TACKNEY BROGAN MCHALE THORNTON COYLE MULHEARN MCGURK AND HALF OF SCOTLAND LOL