Tom, Thanks, that is very helpful. I think I can order the LDS baptismal microfilm with that information. At least you've given me a starting place. Could you tell me , is Townpark the townland in Kells for both Tully's that you see? If so, that's interesting too. Thanks again, Annie > > From: "Thomas ohare" <tohare@adelphia.net> > Date: 2004/07/19 Mon AM 04:45:44 GMT > To: IRL-CAVAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] Patrick Tully > > Hello Annie, hopefully your brick wall can be breached. First, there were > two Tully entries in Griffith's Valuation (1855 in Meath) in Kells; Michael > in the townland of Townparks/Town/Kells/Suffolk Street; and Philip in > Townparks. Second, if your ancestors were Catholic, they were in the Diocese > of Meath and the Kells Catholic parish records go back to 1791, which is > great as far as Irish Catholic records go. > I had some ancestors in that diocese who were in Meath and Westmeath > in the Clonmellon Catholic parish which straddles the two counties. I wrote > to the PP, parish priest, and after waiting for a while, he responded with > marriage and baptism records taking my Jones, O'Connell lines back into the > 1700s and revealing another family, Sorahan. I was ecstatic. I hope you can > do as well. Do a google search for the Meath Catholic Diocese to get the > name/address of the PP at Kells. Regards, Tom O'Hare. > From: <anniemc@verizon.net> > To: <IRL-CAVAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 10:26 PM > Subject: Re: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] Patrick Tully > > > > Tom, > > > > Did you purchase a subscription to the ancestor research with the Irish > Times to obtain this information. If so, have you found it to be a > worthwhile resource? I have been trying to find information on my > great-grandmother Catherine Tully who I believe was from Kells, Meath born > October 15, 1879. I am figuring all this based on her obituary and > information passed down to me. I haven't been able to find her birth record > with LDS and am not sure how to look up her baptismal record without more > information-brick wall for me. > > > > Thanks, > > Annie McEntee > > > > > > From: "Thomas ohare" <tohare@adelphia.net> > > > Date: 2004/07/19 Mon AM 12:05:23 GMT > > > To: IRL-CAVAN-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] Patrick Tully > > > > > > Greetings Lois, It ain't gonna be easy, tracing your Tully ancestors in > > > Cavan. Go to www.ireland.com/ancestor, the genealogical page of the > Irish > > > Times newspaper. Search Tully and you'll find 465 entries in Griffith's > > > Valuation. Those are heads of households, not individuals. Cavan had 123 > > > Tully households. There were about 20 Patrick Tully entries in Cavan. > There > > > was an Elizabeth Tully on Bridge St., Cootehill, the street on which my > > > wife's Reilly grandfather and his parents resided. Do you know the > names of > > > Patrick's parents, maybe from his death certificate or marriage record? > > > That might help narrow the search. The Cavan Heritage Center in Cavan > town > > > helped us, but its not inexpensive. If you have additional information, > feel > > > free to get back to me. Tom O'Hare, Buffalo, NY. > > > From: "Neil & Marg Andrews" <nandrews@caloundra.net> > > > To: <IRL-CAVAN-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 7:35 PM > > > Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] Patrick Tully > > > > > > > > > > Commiserations Lois. > > > > I too have my great grandparents originating from Co.Cavan and apart > from > > > > getting the parents names from the death certificates from those who > died > > > > here in Australia, I haven't been able to find anything from back in > > > > Ireland! Apparently the records were destroyed by fire. :-(( > > > > Marg > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Lois Heath" <lois_heath@yahoo.com> > > > > To: <IRL-CAVAN-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 2:50 AM > > > > Subject: [IRL-CAVAN] Patrick Tully > > > > > > > > > Hi listers, > > > > > > > > > > I was wondering if there is anyone with "lists" who could look and > see > > > if > > > > they might have Patrick Tully, born abt 1833 somewhere in County > Cavan. > > > > That is all the information I have on my great-grandfather who came to > > > > Illinois in 1852. Thanks for any help. > > > > > > > > > > Lois Brinks Heath, Texas, USA. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== IRL-CAVAN Mailing List ==== > > > > For the IRL-CAVAN-L archives, go to > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/IRL-CAVAN > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== IRL-CAVAN Mailing List ==== > > > For the IRL-CAVAN-L archives, go to > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/IRL-CAVAN > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== IRL-CAVAN Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from this list click on > > mailto:IRL-CAVAN-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (list mode) or > > mailto:IRL-CAVAN-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (digest mode) > > > > > ==== IRL-CAVAN Mailing List ==== > For the IRL-CAVAN-L archives, go to > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/IRL-CAVAN > >