jim, I must compliment you on your site. The Clare Roots Society will be meeting this comming Thursday Night on your site will be on display. Keep up the good work. Regards, Larry, ----- Original Message ----- From: <jpmcnamara@sbcglobal.net> To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:13 PM Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Irish Internet Resources > Hi Larry, > > Here is a site I made for my society, which is a web portal. It has been > updated recently and should have very few broken links. It is 20 plus > pages > of Irish Internet Resources, 30 categories. > See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa/irishlinks.html > > Best regards, > > Jim McNamara > BIFHS-USA Newsletter Editor > http://www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa > > <SNIPPED> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 10:04:28 -0000 >> From: "Larry Brennan" <bbs.ennis@eircom.net> >> Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Fw: Clare Roots Society-World Links. >> To: <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <000901c700c1$c8325b60$0101a8c0@DBDPTD1J> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> A Charda, > <SNIPPED> > >> In addition we have all found useful web sites down through the years >> with >> regard to Clare contacts abroad, >> >> Could individual list member please forward the sites and addresses that >> they found useful with regard to research. >> >> "YOUR COUNTY NEEDS YOU" >> >> Mise le meas, >> >> Larry. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

>Wow Jim!... what a brilliant site!! Thanks for sharing it. Eileen Sarasota Fl > > Here is a site I made for my society, which is a web portal. It has been > > updated recently and should have very few broken links. It is 20 plus > > pages > > of Irish Internet Resources, 30 categories. > > See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa/irishlinks.html

I am searching for a Kilkelly family and have been told that families of similar names once lived in the parish of Tubber, Co. Clare. The names there were spelt Killkelly and Killikelly. I have a great-great-grandmother who was born Margaret Kilkelly, in a place unknown, and who married a Michael Kennedy. Their son was born somewhere in Co. Galway about 1836. Can anyone suggest how I might attempt to trace Margaret in Tubber? A record of a marriage to Michael Kennedy would be ideal. Robert Kennedy (New Zealand)

Hi, Ennis Chronicle 31 Jan 1827 Marriage Yesterday, by the Rev. Charles Fitzgerald, Andrew Stacpoole, Esq., of Lifford, to the amiable Diana, daughter of the late Daniel Finucane, Esq., of Stamer Park, and niece to our respected townsman, Giles Daxon, Esq. Ennis Chronicle Sat 28 April 1827 Births In Baggot Street, Dublin, the lady of Rev. Charles Fitzgerald, of this town, of a som. At Erina, in this county, the lady of George Vincent, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages Wednesday morning last at Hollywell, the seat of her brother, Thomas Comyn, Esq., by the Very Rev. R.C. Dean of Kilfenora, Charles Mahon, Esq., of Newpark, to the beautiful and accomplished Matilda, second daughter of the late George Comyn, of Hollywell, Esq. Tuesday morning, Mr. James Gallery, of this town, Grocer and Wine Merchant, to Anne, daughter of the late William Dwyer, of Anne, in this county, Esq. The Rev. Mr. Kenny of Tulla, is appointed Parish Priest of Killaloe, vacant by the death of Rev. Mr. Corbett. Ennis Chronicle 20 June 1827 Marriage On the 13th inst., by Special License, by the Very Rev. Dean Stacpoole, at the Cathedral Church of Kilfenora, Mathias Stacpoole, Esq., of Moymore, to Louisa Mary, daughter of Captain John Michael Macnamara (of the Royal Marines) of Rock-Lodge. Death At his lodgings, in Thomas Street, Limerick, the Rev. Thomas Therry, P.P., of Broadford, a Clergyman very generally lamented. Ennis Chronicle Sat 7 July 1827 Through the interference of Major Macnamara and the Rev. Mr. Whitty, who had the Police and Military called out, the former under the command of Lieutenant Carey, and the latter of Captain Cooper, a riot between the Flanagan's and the Cleary's was prevented, at the fair of Ennistymon, on Tuesday. The fight had partially commenced when the police came up and seperated the patries, securing several weapons. The Rev. Mr. Whitty and one of the police were struck by stones, thrown thrown by one party at their opponents. The cause of the quarrell was .... Birth On Wednesday last, at Kilrush, the lady of Surgeon Keenan, of a daughter; and on Thursday, at said town, Mrs. Behan, wife of Denis Behan, Esq., of a son. Declan

Hi Diane, I am interested too, I have O'Grady from Clare. Regards Ernene -----Original Message----- From: irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of jonogrady@iinet.net.au Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2006 10:25 PM To: irl-clare@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] 2 Migrations Hi diane, I am interestred in your O'Grady connections. My I have some details about them and where they came from cheers jon Quoting Diane Apel <dianeapel@comcast.net>: > Thanks for your ideas, have tried them all. These were all definitely > farmers who stayed in the Chatham-St. Andrews-Buckingham-Thurso area in > Quebec. They were not part of the Robinson settlers and they never got as > far west as Ottawa. It may be that they read about the Robinson plans, but > they did come on their own, with wives and children, and bought or 'squatted' > on their own farms.The names consisted of Conlin, McCafferty, Lannen, > Driscoll, Johnston, Harrison, Spooner, O'Grady, Gleeson, O'Neil, McMillan, > O'Donnell (spellings vary). First immigration we can prove was 1828. > > Diane > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- Jon O'Grady, Sydney, Australia Interested in: East Clare families: O'GRADY, COONEY, QUINLAN/QUINLIVAN, KELLY, EGAN North Limerick families: RIEDY, HUNT South Tipperary families: FINN, MASON, HEALEY Western Victoria: BULL, DEVEREAUX, O'GRADY Central & NE Victoria, O'GRADY, EGAN, KELLY, NOONAN Melbourne: FINN, OGRADY, RIEDY ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Pádraig A Chara, With the information you have posted below is it possible to get further information. Mise le meas, Labhrás Ó Braonáin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Padraig Mor O'Gealagain" <padraigogealagain@rogers.com> To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:26 PM Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Clare Born British Soldiers - BRENNAN WO 97/322/92 DENIS BRENNAN Born ENNIS TYMOND (sic) [Ennistimon ?], Clare. Served in 11th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 32 1825-1839 WO 97/332/89 JAMES BRENNAN Born KILFINNAN (sic), Clare. Served in 12th Foot Regiment; 96th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 37 1817-1835 WO 97/688/82 THOMAS BRENNAN Born KILFENAN (sic), Clare. Served in 56th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 21 1831-1834 WO 97/878/49 PATRICK BRENNAN Born CLUNRA (sic) [Cloontra?], Clare. Served in 77th Foot Regiment. Discharged aged 30 1817-1827 WO 97/958/70 JOHN BRENNAN Born KILMOUN (sic), Clare. Served in 87th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 40 1804-1827 Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please ***** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, Thank you Alanna for flagging the US Imigration site at Ancestry, I found my grandfather, James Barron, of Ennis, listed on three occasions. 1. His arrival from Australia to San Francisco on board SS Tahiti on 17 June 1926. (With my grandmother and father). 2. His arrival from Cobh to NY on board SS Laconia on 14 Oct 1929. 3. His arrival from Cobh to NY on board SS Laconia on 4 Oct 1931. I was hoping to find his first visit to NY circa 1911 but had no luck. On this occasion he fled the US under an assumed name in 1917 to avoid conscription ( the horror of fighting alongside the old enemy - the English). On his arrival in 1931 it mentions U.S.P.P. No.40123? (possibly 401239) - I assume this is his passport number. It says it was issued in Washington 26 June 1931. Can someone tell me if I can find more information from this passport number ? I would be interested to see if this mentioned his earlier flight from conscription. Also are there files on those wanted for evasion of conscription in WWI ? Thank you, Declan P.S. He was probably very lucky files were not computerized, as now, when he arrived in San Fran in 1926 - he got in OK.

Hi diane, I am interestred in your O'Grady connections. My I have some details about them and where they came from cheers jon Quoting Diane Apel <dianeapel@comcast.net>: > Thanks for your ideas, have tried them all. These were all definitely > farmers who stayed in the Chatham-St. Andrews-Buckingham-Thurso area in > Quebec. They were not part of the Robinson settlers and they never got as > far west as Ottawa. It may be that they read about the Robinson plans, but > they did come on their own, with wives and children, and bought or 'squatted' > on their own farms.The names consisted of Conlin, McCafferty, Lannen, > Driscoll, Johnston, Harrison, Spooner, O'Grady, Gleeson, O'Neil, McMillan, > O'Donnell (spellings vary). First immigration we can prove was 1828. > > Diane > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- Jon O'Grady, Sydney, Australia Interested in: East Clare families: O'GRADY, COONEY, QUINLAN/QUINLIVAN, KELLY, EGAN North Limerick families: RIEDY, HUNT South Tipperary families: FINN, MASON, HEALEY Western Victoria: BULL, DEVEREAUX, O'GRADY Central & NE Victoria, O'GRADY, EGAN, KELLY, NOONAN Melbourne: FINN, OGRADY, RIEDY

What you see, what's on the website: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp One can order copies - which might provide more info. I don't know. Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please ***** -----Original Message----- From: irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Larry Brennan Sent: 29 November 2006 17:08 To: irl-clare@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] Clare Born British Soldiers - BRENNAN Pádraig A Chara, With the information you have posted below is it possible to get further information. Mise le meas, Labhrás Ó Braonáin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Padraig Mor O'Gealagain" <padraigogealagain@rogers.com> To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:26 PM Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Clare Born British Soldiers - BRENNAN WO 97/322/92 DENIS BRENNAN Born ENNIS TYMOND (sic) [Ennistimon ?], Clare. Served in 11th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 32 1825-1839 WO 97/332/89 JAMES BRENNAN Born KILFINNAN (sic), Clare. Served in 12th Foot Regiment; 96th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 37 1817-1835 WO 97/688/82 THOMAS BRENNAN Born KILFENAN (sic), Clare. Served in 56th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 21 1831-1834 WO 97/878/49 PATRICK BRENNAN Born CLUNRA (sic) [Cloontra?], Clare. Served in 77th Foot Regiment. Discharged aged 30 1817-1827 WO 97/958/70 JOHN BRENNAN Born KILMOUN (sic), Clare. Served in 87th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 40 1804-1827 Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please ***** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

WO 97/368/83 JOHN BUTLER. Born CLARE ISLAND, Clare. Served in 16th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 43. Served 1817-1840 WO 97/368/84 MICHAEL BUTLER Born DRUMCLIFF, Clare. Served in 16th Foot Regiment; 88th Foot Regiment; Clare Militia; Discharged aged 44. Served 1814-1841 WO 97/494/143 JAMES BUTLER Born ENNIS, Clare. Served in 31st Foot Regiment; 62nd Foot Regiment. Discharged aged 32. Served 1835-1847 WO 97/662/117 TOBIAS BUTLER Born FALLOW (sic), Clare. Served in 53rd Foot Regiment; Madras European Regiment of East India Company; 89th Foot Regiment. Discharged aged 30. Served 1806-1825 WO 121/108/63 MICHAEL BUTLER Born KILLELOE (sic) [Killaloe?], Clare Served in 52nd Foot Regiment. Discharged aged 24 after 3 years 11 months of service Covering dates give year of enlistment to year of discharge. 1806-1810 Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

WO 97/550/116 THOMAS BRODERICK. Born KILGUAINE (sic) [Kilquane?], Clare. Served in 39th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 31. Served 1825-1840 Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

WO 97/368/64 PATRICK BRODY. Born KILLALOE, Clare. Served in 16th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 47 Served 1813-1839 WO 97/705/73 TIMOTHY BRODY aka TIMOTHY BRODIE. Born KILOCKRY (sic), Clare. Served in 58th Foot Regiment. Discharged aged 41 Served 1821-1839 Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

WO 97/965/10 MICHAEL O'BRIAN Born KILLALOE, Clare. Served in 87th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 26 1810-1814 Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

MARTIN OBRIEN. Born RAM (sic), Clare. Served in 95th Foot Regiment; 9th Royal Veteran Battalion Discharged aged 29, after 14 years 8 months of service. Covering dates 1821 Residence or place where pension paid stated in document. See film image 257 Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

Declan, I don't know if this is what you are looking for but I had just saved this article a few days ago, "just in case" I ever needed it. Sandy Requesting U.S. Passport Applications Using Ancestry.com Boston Passenger Lists I discovered my great-grandfather returned to Ireland in 1932, at the age of sixty. On the passenger manifest, next to his name and address, was a United States passport number and its issue date. I was intrigued. Why did he go to Ireland at the height of the depression? How long was he there? I wrote to the U.S. Department of State's Office of Information Resources Management requesting a copy of his passport application under the Freedom of Information Act (5 USC 552). By doing this, I saved the $60 fee the Department of State normally charges for this service. The downside is I had to wait five months for the document. But it was worth it! I received a copy of his application today and it contains his birth date, place and country of birth; the location and date of his naturalization; his current address; the name of his father and his father's country of birth; the countries he planned to visit with the passport, the reason for his visit; how long he was traveling for, the port he was sailing from, the name of the ship, the date he was departing; his height, age, hair and eye color; his occupation; his signature; a signature and address for an identifying witness (his brother-in-law in this case); and best of all, a copy of his photograph! There is space on the application for names of a wife and children, with personal data, but these were left blank. So for those of you with U.S. naturalized immigrants in your ancestry, don't stop searching for a passenger manifest just for their first trip to the USA. Look for a possible trip home later in life. If you find a passport number and date of issue, you can submit a request for a copy under the Freedom of Information Act (5 USC 552). You will need to provide credible evidence to indicate the person is deceased, in order to overcome the Privacy Act restrictions. (I used photocopies of his Irish birth certificate and obituary.) You will also need to provide the following information: The passport applicant's name; passport number; year of birth; naturalization date; place of residence at the time of the application; approximate year of travel; and your name, mailing (postal) address, and telephone number. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Declan Barron" <newparkhouse.ennis@eircom.net> To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:52 PM Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Clareman who fled the US > Hi, > Thank you Alanna for flagging the US Imigration site at Ancestry, > I found my grandfather, James Barron, of Ennis, listed on three occasions. > 1. His arrival from Australia to San Francisco on board SS Tahiti on 17 June 1926. (With my grandmother and father). > 2. His arrival from Cobh to NY on board SS Laconia on 14 Oct 1929. > 3. His arrival from Cobh to NY on board SS Laconia on 4 Oct 1931. > > I was hoping to find his first visit to NY circa 1911 but had no luck. > On this occasion he fled the US under an assumed name in 1917 to avoid conscription ( the horror of fighting alongside the old enemy - the English). > > On his arrival in 1931 it mentions U.S.P.P. No.40123? (possibly 401239) - I assume this is his passport number. > It says it was issued in Washington 26 June 1931. > Can someone tell me if I can find more information from this passport number ? > I would be interested to see if this mentioned his earlier flight from conscription. > Also are there files on those wanted for evasion of conscription in WWI ? > Thank you, > Declan > P.S. He was probably very lucky files were not computerized, as now, when he arrived in San Fran in 1926 - he got in OK. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dear list: Here is some more good news, so get busy! [I have my g uncle with the very unusual name of John Scanlan who went back and forth from Clare and the US. I understand he died in Clare. Maybe I can find him.} I have heard that Ancestry.com, the world's largest online family history resource, today announced it is extending free access to the most extensive immigration records collection online through the end of the year. On November 9, the company released the most comprehensive collection of all readily available U.S. passenger list records from 1820 to 1960, providing access to more than 100 million names from the height of U.S. immigration. Ancestry.com originally offered free access to its immigration records through November 30 to celebrate the launch of the passenger list collection. Due to overwhelming response, the company is now extending the offer through the end of 2006. Alanna

WO 97/426/76 PATRICK BREEN Born KILIMO (sic), Clare. Served in 23rd Foot Regiment. Discharged aged 39 1820-1832 Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

WO 97/536/51 JEREMIAH BRAZIL. Born CLONLEA, Clare. Served in 37th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 30.Served 1840-1850 Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

WO 97/322/92 DENIS BRENNAN Born ENNIS TYMOND (sic) [Ennistimon ?], Clare. Served in 11th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 32 1825-1839 WO 97/332/89 JAMES BRENNAN Born KILFINNAN (sic), Clare. Served in 12th Foot Regiment; 96th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 37 1817-1835 WO 97/688/82 THOMAS BRENNAN Born KILFENAN (sic), Clare. Served in 56th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 21 1831-1834 WO 97/878/49 PATRICK BRENNAN Born CLUNRA (sic) [Cloontra?], Clare. Served in 77th Foot Regiment. Discharged aged 30 1817-1827 WO 97/958/70 JOHN BRENNAN Born KILMOUN (sic), Clare. Served in 87th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 40 1804-1827 Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

Come on Paddy, I am waiting for you to get to mine. OK, I'll do it for you. :-) John Kelly born Meelick Co Clare served in the 1st Bn 1st Foot Regiment discharged 1843 aged 36. More Militery info. Enlisted at Cashel Tipperary on 15th December 1825 aged 19 years Dischrged at Templemore 25th July 1843. This man was discharged on a Pension of 8p a day, he was suffering from Pulmonary Disease. John Kelly died in Tasmania in 1875. OK, Why am I telling you all this. Well, from the information not unlike that which Paddy has provided, and through a military Genealogist, I was able to ascertain, that this man was my Great, Great Grandfather. The military genealogist came up with the details of four soldiers from Ireland that could have been likely candidates for being my ancestor. You do know how hard it is to sort these Kelly's out. Through a process of elimination we were able to reduce the list to one man who was in the right place at the right time. This John Kelly had a son born in Scotland around 1840, at a time when the battalion was in Gibraltar. John had been asigned to the Depot company after his return from ten years in the West Indies. One of the other candidate John Kelly's had lost a leg and we are pretty sure that my John Kelly had two sound legs to travel on to Australia, as convict Guard. He arrived in 1850 aboard the ship the Nile, and was granted a plot of land in Longford Tasmania. So, Paddy's info is a kicking off point for a military Genealogy search. Oh there is one other thing. If anyone else thinks they own this John Kelly, I would like to hear from them as I am still half a family short. John Kelly had four or five sons when he arrived in Tasmania, and I have only located the family lines of two. Cheers & Best wishes Paul Kelly Melbourne Australia. -----Original Message----- From: irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Padraig Mor O'Gealagain Sent: Tuesday, 28 November 2006 6:13 AM To: irl-clare@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Clare Soldiers in British Army - BARRY DAVID BARRY Born KILLALOE, Clare Served in 2nd Foot Regiment Discharged 1823 aged [Not Known] Covering date gives year of enlistment. Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please ***** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message