Forward to those that missed the post on the Donegaleire List -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Headrights from Orange Co., Va. from Ireland Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:18:13 -0600 From: hiflyte <hiflyte@telus.net> To: donegaleire@rootsweb.com References: <d08.302ea8ef.35269722@aol.com> For those interested, Followup to Janet's post Headright notes: Janets headright list of names made me do some research on what it was all about, the following are some to the sites I looked in for data. I did not make notes on the subject since it is readily available on the web as a reference. I had no one in North America at that time (that I know of) but still an interesting path and would be another source to look in for those very early immigrates to the British colonies prior to 1700s. -------------------------------------------------- Maryland State Archives http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/genealogy/html/land.html Data Base Search http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc4300/sc4341/html/search.html ---------------------------- Colony of Virginia http://www.lamartin.com/genealogy/nicholas_sessoms.htm ----------------------------- Then decided to check the LDS catalog for headright. The LDS list 31 matching titles http://tinyurl.com/35my7p -------------------------------------- Google hits: http://tinyurl.com/3xctyz --------------------------------------- Bob Cdn ======================================== JAICEFRIEL@aol.com wrote:<SNIP>...Thought this may help someone. Headrights were grants of 50 acres of land per "head" - or per white male over the age of 16 who transported himself to the colonies. They appear in the Court of Common Pleas in the county in which the land was granted. message ========================================= When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONEGALEIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Carolyn That is all they had for Orange Co., Va. online. Headright's were 50 acres of land given to the transporter for each person they transported. This system was pretty corrupt and these person would do anything to get the 50 acres. Sometimes they would even transport someone from one state to another just to get the acres when they were only suppose to receive the 50 acres if someone was transport from England or another country to America. Anyway, a lot of the records are good and I was able to find one of my relatives records in the headright lists. I'm sure you could search any state and see their headright list. Just search headright's Georgia or Philadelphia, etc. Good luck Janice Friel In a message dated 4/4/2008 11:31:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ostonesfun@juno.com writes: Hi Janice, Where does one find these listings? Your listing stopped with Jul 1740. Is that as late as they go or are more years covered also? Thanks, Carolyn **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)

Carolyn I will have to check. I do a lot of research in Va. and came across this. I saw that a lot of the people were from Ireland, so I thought I would post. Janice In a message dated 4/4/2008 11:31:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ostonesfun@juno.com writes: Hi Janice, Where does one find these listings? Your listing stopped with Jul 1740. Is that as late as they go or are more years covered also? Thanks, Carolyn **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)

In a message dated 4/4/2008 11:31:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ostonesfun@juno.com writes: Hi Janice, Where does one find these listings? Your listing stopped with Jul 1740. Is that as late as they go or are more years covered also? Thanks, Carolyn **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)

Carolyn See the message from Thursday on topic not an indepth search but did mention some places to look Check archives for 3 April heading : Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Headrights from Orange Co., Va. from Ireland Note on the Donegaleire Mailing List Need to join all 4 or so Donegal Lists so you get all the messages on any given topic Have a nice day Bob ================================== ostonesfun wrote: > Hi Janice, > Where does one find these listings? Your listing stopped with Jul 1740. Is that as late as they go or are more years covered also? > >

Hi Janice, Where does one find these listings? Your listing stopped with Jul 1740. Is that as late as they go or are more years covered also? Thanks, Carolyn

Thought this may help someone. Janice Headrights were grants of 50 acres of land per "head" - or per white male over the age of 16 who transported himself to the colonies. They appear in the Court of Common Pleas in the county in which the land was granted. The attached file includes the headrights copied from the Orange Co., Va Court of Common Pleas in the 18th Century. These headrights function as the only real immigration record for English, Scot or Irish immigrants in that time period. The headright identifies the country of origin and generally the port of entry in the colonies. 17 Feb 1735 John Read John Bourke William Nicholls Oliver Small Richard Warfin George Humphreys William Johnson John McKenery William Kelly Thos. Byrne Dewies(?) Bryan James Dyer David Roach Arthur Drum Francis Billingsley Martin Bourke John Stockall Mathew Stanton James Mitchell James North--- David McMmurrie John Latham Joshua Thomas Charles Floyd John Mace Thos. Pitcher Joseph Phillips John Welch John Dealinor(?) all from Grt Britain or Ireland to this colony -------- 16 Mar 1735 Robert Bickers Samuel Drake Richard Parsons John Walker ---- 18 May 1736 Mathias Kerchler Michael Wilhite Tobias White John Wilhite Peter Weaver above from England ---------- 18 May 1736 Conrade Ambarger from Great Britain ---------- 20 July 1736 John Smith William Moore John Daniels from Great Britain or Ireland ---------- 17 Aug 1736 James Roberson Edward Lamboth Wm Gray from Great Britain or Ireland ---------- 25 Nov 1736 Philemon Cavenaugh Thos Jones John Grant John Parks John Buttler Mical Ryley Joseph Abel James Reed from Great Britain or Ireland ------------ 2 Feb 1737 John Evins George Coleman James Steavens Wm Hawkins Mathew Stanton Thomas Walker George Byrd Richard Kemp from Gr Br or Ire) March 1737 Henry Kendall Solomon Ryan --------- April 1738 Jeremiah Diers --------- 25 May 1738 George Stewart from Great Britain or Ireland ------- 28 Sep 1738 John Thomson John White from Great Britain -------- 22 Feb 1739 Robert Ramsey from Great Britain -------- 28 Feb 1739 Samuel Givins, Sarah his wife; John, Samuel, James, Martha, Elizabeth, William, Margaret, Sarah & Jane Givens, his ch. Patric McCaddau (from Ireland) Wm Ledgerwood, Agnes, Martha, Jane, Elenor, Wm and James Ledgerwood (from Ireland) James Lepper, Margrot, Nicholas, Sarah, Jane, Andrew, James, Guine, Isbell & Mary Lepper (from Ireland) James Cathey, Ann, his wife; Wm, Elizabeth, Andrew, George, Margrot & Ann Cathey (from Ireland) David Steavenson, James, Jane, Thomas, & William Steavenson; with them Agnes, Wm & James McKay (from Ireland) Alexander Blair, Jane, James, Mary & John Blair (from Ireland) John Morphet, Mary, Margrot, Mary, George & Catherine Morphet (from Ireland) Robert McDowell, Martha, James, Margrot & William McDowell (from Ireland) Robert Turk, Margrot, Jane, John, Ann, Thomas, James & Wm Turk (from Ireland) John Camble, Elizabeth, Esther, Mary, Rachel & Jane Campble (from Ireland) David Mitchel, Martha, Sarah, James & Eliza Mitchell (from Ireland) John McDowell, Magdalene, his wife; Samuel, his son & John Rutter, his servant (from Grt Britain) ------------- 29 Feb 1739 Wm Smith, Elizabeth his wife Elizabeth Stanton, Ricahrd Wilson, Edward Lampart, Margaret McMurrin, Mary Grady & Richard Cross (from Grt Britain or Ireland) Ephraim McDowell (being old), John McDowell, his son, James & Margaret McDowell ------------ March 1740 John Carr, Lucy his wife; Margarot Gilasby, Mathew Glasby, Jane, Wm, Barbara, Lucy & Martha Carr (from Ireland) May 1740 Alexander Brackenridge, Jane, John, George, Rober, James Smith, Jane & Letitia Brackenridge (from Ireland) James Bell, John, Margrot, Elizabeth Bell; John Mullallen - James McAlegan Wm & Elizabeth Mccanloos; Agnes Reed (from Ireland) Robert King, Cathren, John, Sarah, Elizabeth King (from Ireland) Robert Crocket, Margrot, John, Arshall, Jane, Samuel, Robert Crocket Jr. (from Ireland) John Trimble, Ann, Margrot, Mary Trimble (from Ireland) Jno Hayes, Rebocha, Charles, Andrew, Barbara, Joan and Robert Hays (from Ireland) Morris Osfrail, Catherine, his wife (from Ireland) Wm King, Margrot, Jane, Elizabeth, Margrot King (from Ireland) Patrick Hays, Francis, Joan, Wm, Margrot, Catharine, Ruth Hayes (from Ireland) Wm Brown, Mary, Robert, Hugh & Margaret Brown (from Ireland Patrick Campbell, Elizabeth, Charles, William, Patrick Jr, John, Mary, Elizabeth & Gennet Campbell Thos Steavenson, Rachel Steavenson (from Ireland) Robert Ralfon, Martha his wife (from Ireland) Robert Patterson, Grace, his wife; Thomas, Mary, & Elizabeth Patterson (from Ireland) David Logan, Jane his wife; Mary & Wm Logan (from Ireland) Robert Poage, Elizabeth, his wife, Margrot, John, Martha, Sarah, George, Mary, Elizabeth, Wm & Robert Poage (from Ireland) John Anderson, Jane his wife; Esther, Mary and Margrot (from Ireland) Robert Hook, Jane his wife, Wm Hook his son (from Ireland) George Anderson, Elizabeth his wife; Wm Anderson, Margaret, John & Frances Anderson (from Ireland) Samuel Scott; Ann, James, James, John Scott (from Ireland) Robert Scott, Ann his wife, Mary, George & Esther Scott Robert Frazor (from Ireland) Andrew McOnnal, Jane, John, Agnes McOnnal (from Ireland) David Nilson, Charity his wife & James Nelson (from Ireland) James Caldwell, Mary, Jean, Agnes, John, Mary, Sarah & Samuel Caldwell (from Ireland) John Steavenson, Sarah & Mary Steavenson (from Ireland) John Harrell, Margrot, Mary & Edward Harrell (from Ireland) John Carohant (German), Mary, Elizabeth, Daniel, Catherine Carohant (from Grt Britain) -------- May 1740 William Thomson, Isabella & William Thomson (from Ireland) Robert Young, Agnes, John, Samuel & James Young (from Ireland) John Smith, Margrot his wife, Abraham, Henry, Daniel, John, Joseph Smith & Robert McDowell (from Ireland) ---------- July 1740 Francis McCown, Mary his wife; Markham & Elizabeth McCown (from Ireland) James Giles, Jennet, Agnes, John, James - William Gilasby & Edward Hall David Edmiston, Isabelle, Jesse, John, Wm, Rachell, David, Moses Edmiston; Jesse Gilasby & James Daley (from Ireland) Wm Long, Elizabeth, Alex, John, William Long Jr. Joseph Ray (from Ireland) James McClure, Agnes, John, Andrew, Elienor, Jean, James McClure Jr. -(from Ireland) John Davison, Jane, George, Thos, Wm & Samuel Davison (from Ireland) Wm Cole & Rachel, his wife (from Ireland) Wm Shilliree, Elizabeth, George, Wm Issebell & Sarah Shilliree (from Ireland) Wm Hutcheson: John Hutcheson Sr, Margrot Hutcheson; John Hutcheson Jr. & Mary Hutcheson (from Ireland) George Caldwell, Mary his wife, Wm, Mary, Jno, Jane, David & Agnes Caldwell (from Ire) Moses Thompson, Jane, William, Robert, & John Thompson James Fox John Maxwell, Margrot, John Jr, Thomas, Mary & Alexander Maxwell (from Ireland) Alexander Thompson, Mary, Thomas, Omy, Isaac & George Thompson (from Ireland) James Davis, Mary, Henry, William & Samuel Davis (from Ireland) Patrick Crawford, Ann, James, George, Margrot & Mary Crawford (from Ireland) Samuel Gay, Margrot his wife, John & Thomas-his sons (from Ireland) Joseph Reade, Elizabeth & Ann Read (sic) (from Ireland) Thomas Black, Margrot his wife, Wm Johnson Elizabeth Dunning (from Ireland) Patrick Leenard Patrick Walsh Thos Williams Nichl's Christopher (from Grt Britain & Ireland) Wm Smith, Jean his wife; Mary, Margrot, John Smith Thomas Kindle (from Ireland) Wm Johnson, Ann, Elizabeth & John Johnston Samuel Brawford (from Ireland) John Wilson, Martha, Mathew, Wm, John, Sarah & Elizabeth Wilson (from Ireland) James Robinson, Jean, Wm and George Robinson (from Ireland) Thomas Henderson, Dorcas his wife- William Leed Margrot McClean (from Ireland) John Pickins. Margrot, Eleanor, Margrot (y younger) Gabriel Pickins William Baskins (from Ireland) -------- 25 July 1740 George Hutcheson, Eleanor his wife, Jennet, Francis, Jno, Wm & Jennet Hutcheson Jacob Carr (from Ireland) **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)

I am trying to find any information on Thomas Freeburn. He arrived in Australia after being convicted in Dublin for stealing, in the summer of 1818, and sentenced to 7 years " Over the Seas". Arriving at the penal colony of New South Wales on 22nd September 1819. Thank's in anticipation ... Robert Freeburn

Is anyone able to throw any light on this strange one? St Eunan's RC Church Raphoe records reveal my father was Confirmed 1934, the names of 14 other children are on the same page, none of these children's details are recorded, there's not any date of births, or names of sponsors etc. All other pages listing other children's Confirmation give such details. The church secretary says that this is most unusual, she has never come across it before and cannot offer any explanation. I know that my father did not grown up with his unmarried birth mother, it's presumed he grew up with his grandfather or a close relative or family friend in Raphoe. We've thought about the possibilities and as we've no idea where he was born, we've thought that possibly as the War was approaching, children were being evacuated to Raphoe but it does seem a little early. The other possibility which seems more likely is that my father was in an orphanage and with other children of the same age, all were baptised together but as yet we cannot find anything re an orphanage in Raphoe. We have never been able to obtain a birth certificate for my father or a baptism certificate, he does not appear to have been registered at all. Cannot anyone help? Regards Jackie jackie005@btclick.com

Looking for information re John Mailey. Born approx 1910 Owner of Mailey's Garage in Raphoe until 1939 the garage is believed to have been the only garage there at that time. 1936 electoral role shows John Mailey married to Mary Isobella (Bella) McElhinney also from Raphoe. The McElhinney family owned the William Street music shop and were also Carters in Raphoe at that time but both families ceased trading and left Raphoe in 1939 thought to have gone straight to England. The McElhinney family were Bernard and Susan, children James, Elizabeth (Lizzie) and Mary Isobella (Bella) a younger son Anton was born after 1911. Can anyone else connect to these two families? Regards Jackie jackie005@btclick.com

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Thanks everyone for trying- that's really nice. It just seems strange that on an official register such as a marriage record it seems to be stated so clearly that his residence at the time of marriage is Hilhead and it states Parish of Convoy. Makes me think that it must be the name of something other than a townland. Surely the person recording this must have known what towns where in the parish. I also had found a couple of other Hilhead/ Hillheads, but not nearby. Fil in Australia Desperately seeking McDevitt, Kennedy, Cassidy. _____ From: PeteScherm@aol.com [mailto:PeteScherm@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, 27 March 2008 5:50 AM To: filvan@optusnet.com.au Subject: Hilhead/ McDevitt Filomena, == He married in Convoy and lived at Castletorris, one of the townlands [snip] "Hilhead Parish of Convoy". I cannot find a Hilhead in or near Convoy. Can anyone help me? == Castletorrison townland is at the northern edge of Convoy civil parish, and is a bit less than 3 miles NNW of Convoy town itself. I have no idea about Liam's finding a Castletorris on Google Maps. I don't have broadband, so can't access them. But I know from other sources that they are nowhere near being foolproof. And, of course there is no townland of Castletorris (and the village in Castletorrison townland is called, not surprisingly, Castletorrison). I searched the townland of Castletorrison on the six-inch scale maps of Donegal from the Donegal Library - http://www.donegallibrary.ie/ - and click on the Old Maps link. No Hilhead or Hill Head in the townland or near it (but I didn't spend a lot of time at this - the navigation on the computer is slow). There are a couple of Hill Heads which Google found for me. None are in or near Convoy parish. There is one just across the border a mile into Tyrone, near Clady and Castlefinn towns. Some real estate ads which Google found, locate a Hill Head at the eastern edge of Ardara town.....but again, no where near Convoy parish. A few hours browsing the Donegal six-inch maps might yield a Hilhead/Hill Head but, as the maps are indexed by townland, you'd have to start with Castletorrison and just "spread out" from there. As you asked, Hilhead might also be the name of a manor/estate house. The Townland Index maps (which I have) often indicate the names of such buildings, but there's nothing shown in the Castletorrison area. If I come across something, I'll drop you a line. Pete - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts ************** Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom0 0030000000001)

Hi everyone I hope someone can help me. My James McDevitt was born abt 1812. He married in Convoy and lived at Castletorris, one of the townlands . He died there and I had assumed that he was born there. When I got his marriage certificate it says that his residence at time of marriage in 1862 was "Hilhead Parish of Convoy". I cannot find a Hilhead in or near Convoy. Can anyone help me? Could it be the name of a homestead? Or something else?? Any ideas..anyone???

Oddly there is both a Castletorrison and a Castletorris in Convoy parish, the Google map at URL http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wl Search for "Castletorrison Donegal" This shows the first just south of the second - No Hilhead however Liam "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat" ----- Original Message ----- From: "hiflyte" <hiflyte@telus.net> To: <irl-co-donegal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CO-DONEGAL] Hilhead/ McDevitt > Filomena, > > You probably mean > Castletorrison 342 Donegal Raphoe Convoy Stranorlar Ulster > > > There is another person on the Donegal Reseachers Db looking for Devitt > in Donegal > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/WhatsNew/New.html > > Also if you check the 3 Donegal Lists archives you will discover other > data on Devit. > Checked for James but too early for my source. > > Go to this URL for information on the makeup of townlands in > Ireland--Use the dropdown menu beside County: > http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/ireatlas/ > > Bob > Cdn. > =================================== > > Filomena wrote: <SNIP>...My James McDevitt was born abt 1812. He > married in Convoy and lived at Castletorris, one of the townlands . .. > ===================================== >> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1341 - Release Date: >> 3/24/2008 15:03 > >

You might find these sites helpful. _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/convoypres.htm_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/convoypres.htm) _http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/churchoi.html_ (http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/churchoi.html) look at Area 10 _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bhilchey/MConvoy.html_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bhilchey/MConvoy.html) contains a map of the area _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bhilchey/DonegalMain.html#Civil%20Pa rish%20Map_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bhilchey/DonegalMain.html#Civil%20Parish%20Map) This is home page of the above referenced link and has a good description of the way administrative divisions of land occurred in Ireland. It sure helped me. Good luck in your research. In a message dated 3/25/2008 3:29:14 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, filvan@optusnet.com.au writes: Hi everyone I hope someone can help me. My James McDevitt was born abt 1812. He married in Convoy and lived at Castletorris, one of the townlands . He died there and I had assumed that he was born there. When I got his marriage certificate it says that his residence at time of marriage in 1862 was "Hilhead Parish of Convoy". I cannot find a Hilhead in or near Convoy. Can anyone help me? Could it be the name of a homestead? Or something else?? Any ideas..anyone??? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CO-DONEGAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

Filomena, You probably mean Castletorrison 342 Donegal Raphoe Convoy Stranorlar Ulster There is another person on the Donegal Reseachers Db looking for Devitt in Donegal http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/WhatsNew/New.html Also if you check the 3 Donegal Lists archives you will discover other data on Devit. Checked for James but too early for my source. Go to this URL for information on the makeup of townlands in Ireland--Use the dropdown menu beside County: http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/ireatlas/ Bob Cdn. =================================== Filomena wrote: <SNIP>...My James McDevitt was born abt 1812. He married in Convoy and lived at Castletorris, one of the townlands . .. =====================================

Dear Gordon Thank you for your prompt reply and your interest in "Aerial Genealogy". It might be an idea to carry out a test project and place the results on your website. We could then refer to this in the Donegal Family History email lists, which are viewed by thousands of County Donegal, County Derry and County Tyrone family historians around the world. The response to this would provide an indication of how interested the listers would be in having photographs taken by powered paraglider pilots. Test Project "My paternal grandfather William Martin was married to Bridget McSheffrey (b 1865) whose father, William McSheffrey (McSheffry) is listed in the 1857 Griffiths Valuation as "Mc Sheaffry William, Gortnaskea, Fahan Upper, Donegal (1857) Lessor Peter Maxwell Plot 24" Referring to the OS or Discovery Series Sheet 07, William's plot of land lies North of the Burnfoot to Muff R238 route. Should a paraglider fly West to East along the road North of the R238 (the lesser Burnfoot to Churchtown Road) he/she would overfly the McSheffrey plot of land between the North boundry of the Birdstown Demesne and the Burnfoot to Churchtown Road. See the URL :- http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&t=h&msa=0&msid=115041799249339115605.00043553fa75415a35697&om=0&ll=55.070652,-7.353544&spn=0.039315,0.106602&z=13 If the resulting photographs were mounted on your website they could be compared to the available satellite maps. I am sure such a project would generate great interest in the genealogy community." I have just watched the TV program about the paraglider pilots two flew around Mount Everest - very hairy! Happy Easter and best regards for now Liam Martin "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat" ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Dunn To: 'Liam Martin' Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 11:12 PM Subject: RE: Aerial Genealogy I'd be very interested to hear if anyone has any specific areas that they would like photographed. There is a network of powered paraglider pilots in the country, and we should be able to cover requests for a lot of areas. Periodically I place images in my Picasa web album- http://picasaweb.google.com/Pelgis Latest update was today- pictures of Rossnowlagh beach, Co.Donegal. Regards GD

Good evening from S.E. Queensland, Australia.I believe my great gandmother Ellen Ferry was from Dunfanaghy - also believe she travelled to Australia with her sister (Ann) and married brother and his wife(John and Fanny) aboard the CARIBOU, arriving in Sydney in October 1859. I also believe that another sister( Bridget)was sent out here(Australia) on the Lady Kennaway, aged 14as an Irish orphan. From the transcripts* believe their father was Michael and their mother, Mary. They were Catholic. If anyone has even the slightest piece of info on the family or their descendants I would be ever so grateful. Proud of my *Irish Heritage, Beverley

Hi Beverley There are still FERRYs around Dunfanaghy - the 2001 electoral Roll shows FERRY,MANUS,,,CLEGGAN UPR,,,,DUNFANAGHY,CO DONEGAL FERRY,MANUS,,,MURROE,,,,DUNFANAGHY,CO DONEGAL FERRY,KATHLEEN,,,CORCREGGAN,,,,DUNFANAGHY,CO DONEGAL FERRY,CATHERINE,,,FIGART,,,,DUNFANAGHY,CO DONEGAL FERRY,DENIS,,,FIGART,,,,DUNFANAGHY,CO DONEGAL FERRY,HUGH,,,FIGART,,,,DUNFANAGHY,CO DONEGAL FERRY,SALLY,,,FIGART,,,,DUNFANAGHY,CO DONEGAL FERRY,EDWARD,,,MURROE,,,,DUNFANAGHY,CO DONEGAL FERRY,HARRY,,,MURROE,,,,DUNFANAGHY,CO DONEGAL FERRY,MARY,,,MURROE,,,,DUNFANAGHY,CO DONEGAL FERRY,BRIDGET,,,MURROE,,,,DUNFANAGHY,CO DONEGAL FERRY,MICHAEL,,,MURROE,,,,DUNFANAGHY,CO DONEGAL FERRY,MARGARET,,LAKE HOUSE,ROCKHILL,,,,DUNFANAGHY,CO DONEGAL The online Irish Telephone directory http://www.eircomphonebook.ie/ provides 11 numbers Ferry, Con Swillybrin Dunfanaghy Co. Donegal (074)9138146 Ferry, Dee & Edward The Gdn Murroe Dunfanaghy Co. Donegal (074)9100832 Ferry, Denis Kill Dunfanaghy (074)9136683 Ferry, Edwd Murroe Dunfanaghy (074)9135625 Ferry, Hugh Greenhill Dunfanaghy (074)9136356 Ferry, John Kildarragh Dunfanaghy (074)9138204 Ferry, Liam Magheramenagh Dunfanaghy (074)9136568 Ferry, Manus Cleggan Horn Head Dunfanaghy (074)9136305 Ferry, Manus Murroe Dunfanaghy L'kenny (074)9136169 Ferry, S Kildarragh Dunfanaghy (074)9138198 Bunce Ferry Swillybrin Dunfanaghy Co. Donegal (074)9138146 Give some of them a bell - they might be distant cousins Liam "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverley Diplock" <dippybj@gmail.com> To: <IRL-CO-DONEGAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 7:31 AM Subject: [IRL-CO-DONEGAL] FERRY'S OF DUNFANAGHY > Good evening from S.E. Queensland, Australia.I believe my great gandmother > Ellen Ferry was from Dunfanaghy - also believe she travelled to Australia > with her sister (Ann) and married brother and his wife(John and > Fanny) aboard the CARIBOU, arriving in Sydney in October 1859. I also > believe that another sister( Bridget)was sent out here(Australia) on the > Lady Kennaway, aged 14as an Irish orphan. From the transcripts* believe > their father was Michael and their mother, Mary. They were Catholic. If > anyone has even the slightest piece of info on the family or their > descendants I would be ever so grateful. Proud of my *Irish Heritage, > Beverley >

Thank you for the Irish Blessing - absolutely beautiful. Very much appreciated. Bless you too. Pam