Susan. Thank you so much for the information. I am fairly new to this and I was beginning to think I would never get anywhere with my Irish side of the family. I keep hearing that most of the Irish records were destroyed in a fire way back. I will certainly check out the sites you mentioned but I dont have very much to go on, its hard toknow if you have the right person. Joshua came to Australia in about 1859, so I dont think Ellis Island would help unless they have other countries passenger lists? Our family was not Catholic, so thats a start. Once again, thanks for taking the time. Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Daily" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 4:15 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] Searching for Wiggins > Joy, > In addition to the other advice provided by the others, I have a few > suggestions. I don't know what databases you have searched, but I > sometimes like to look at the Griffiths Valuation online database > (free) that sometimes can give me an idea where to look for a Surname, > even if not everyone was listed in Griffiths: > http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php > There are a few Samuel Wiggins listed. And there are a few Wiggins in > County Cavan. > > Then I search a Records database of 11 counties (Cavan is one of them) > that will show me if there are any Catholic Church records of a > Surname available: > https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/csi/csi_main.cfm#Counties > They have 160 Wiggins Baptisms and 9 Marriages. 25 Baptisms are in > County Cavan. (To find out more than county, name, and year, you have > to pay for the records to be sent to you.) > To search in County Cavan only, click here: > https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/csi/csi.cfm?CountyID=4 > > I also like to post or search Message Boards for my Surname and County > of interest. I noticed no one has posted about a Wiggins in Cavan, so > you probably should post what you know there. Who knows, maybe a > fellow descendant has also searched and not found a reference and > decided not to post. Someone has to start! > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wiggins/mb.ashx > Two people have posted the surname Wiggins on the County Cavan board, > found here: > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.cav.general/mb.ashx > > I also like to search Ellis Island (or Ancestry.com passenger lists) > for my Surname of interest and County name. I always hope that a niece > or nephew has come over to stay and lists their townland and father's > name along with my relative or his family as the person they are > coming to stay with. Use Stephen P. Morse's One-Step web page (white > form) to search Ellis Island - found here: > http://www.stevemorse.org/ > [The Ellis Island search engine has missed too many of my relatives > that Morse's web site found.] > > So these are just some places to give you further ideas. If you like > what you see in the Griffiths list, your next step might be to look > for church records on microfilm that would cover the townlands you are > looking for. Not all parishes are microfilmed, however. And you have > to know if they are Catholic or not. > > If you need further explanations, don't hesitate to ask. > Susan Daily > > On 1/24/07, The Hudsons <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am trying to research the surname Wiggins from Cavan. Everytime I >> enter a search I get nothing. >> I am looking for Joshua Wiggins who I am told was born in Cavan in about >> 1836. He came to Australia about 1859. He married Mary Fleming, also from >> Ireland. >> >> His father was Samuel Wiggins. >> Does anyone know anything about the surname Wiggins at all? >> >> Thanks, >> Joy Hudson >> >> ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >