Hi, We have recently had a bit of a breakthrough in our Clare research and found out the origins of the Perry family of Liscannor. It's the first time I've used DNA as a research tool and it has been particularly succesful so I thought other researchers might like to hear about it! My furthest back male ancestor on the Perry side of the family was Edward Perry. We have a death certificate for him, which states that he died in Liscannor in 1888 aged 75 years. His children were christened between 1846 and 1865 in Liscannor Parish Church. Their mother is Eliza Coffey, who died in 1865 aged 42 years and whose ancestors had lived in Liscannor for a few generations. There is no marriage record for Edward and Eliza as the parish registers do not go back far enough. There are no other Perrys in the Liscannor registers, so I always had a feeling that they came from elsewhere. The only evidence I had for Edward's origins were that his approximate year of birth was 1813 (from his death cert), he was born in Ireland (some of his children emigrated to America and this is recorded in the census returns) and that godparents to 2 of his children are a John and Susan Perry. His eldest male and female child were also called John and Susan Perry, so I thought it was possible (and maybe likely) that his parents were named John and Susan. On familysearch I found an entry for an Edward Perry, born 1822 in Kilboy, Tipperary, whose parents were John and Susan. After contacting another researcher, I discovered that this John and Susan had 10 children and Edward was the eldest. They married in 1815 so the date of 1822 for Edward's birth could have been an error (it was a submitted entry). John died in 1872 and only left a shilling to his eldest son, Edward. The other 9 children had all been traced bot no-one ever knew what happened to Edward. So we had a theory, but no proof that the Edward that turned up in Liscannor was the same Edward that was born in Kilboy. A while ago we joined the Perry-dna test and we recently had a match (25/25) with a descendant of the above John's brother Richard! So now we know that the Perry family in Liscannor were originally from Kilboy in Tipperary. What on earth brought Edward to the west coast of Ireland in the late 1830s/early 1840s I suppose we will never know, but it is good to know that it is possible to trace the family, even when the parish registers have not survived. I've been looking for this information for about 10 years! Vicki Perry _________________________________________________________________ Could you be the guest MSN Movies presenter? Click Here to Audition http://www.lightscameraaudition.co.uk