At 04:34 01/03/2004, you wrote: >Hi All, >I am hoping that someone can help me with this. My Aunt wrote ( a couple >years back) to Roman Catholic Rectory at Canaghan, Inch Island, Donegal. >She got a reply back but the address was from Rev. Micheal Potter, >Parochial House, Burt, Co. Donegal. She has since wrote back ( 8- 12 >months ago) but no reply. >It has been arranged that during my trip over we will go to Co. Donegal. I >would like to find out how to get a hold of the right place that will have >the church records for after 1880. The National Library only lists >baptisms up to 1880. I am looking for 1884 to 1900. >So does any one have a phone number or website that can get me somewhere? >I have not had any luck tonight. I don't know if Rev. Micheal Potter is >still there but I would like to be able to talk to someone. > >Tammy in Canada That would be the right place to contact, in Burt, as Fahan, Burt and Inch are under one Catholic parish. As far as I'm aware, Fr. Michael Porter is still in Burt (at least he was last Autumn), so perhaps it has slipped his mind. If you want to give him a ring, I'll have a look in the phone book for you (or you can check at www.eircom.ie ). Michael
Thanks for offer I will take you up on the address & phone number look up. ( I didn't do so well trying myself) I would like to write and phone him closer to me departure date. Tammy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ó Nuadháin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [DONEGAL] Catholic Church > At 04:34 01/03/2004, you wrote: > >Hi All, > >I am hoping that someone can help me with this. My Aunt wrote ( a couple > >years back) to Roman Catholic Rectory at Canaghan, Inch Island, Donegal. > >She got a reply back but the address was from Rev. Micheal Potter, > >Parochial House, Burt, Co. Donegal. She has since wrote back ( 8- 12 > >months ago) but no reply. > >It has been arranged that during my trip over we will go to Co. Donegal. I > >would like to find out how to get a hold of the right place that will have > >the church records for after 1880. The National Library only lists > >baptisms up to 1880. I am looking for 1884 to 1900. > >So does any one have a phone number or website that can get me somewhere? > >I have not had any luck tonight. I don't know if Rev. Micheal Potter is > >still there but I would like to be able to talk to someone. > > > >Tammy in Canada > > That would be the right place to contact, in Burt, as Fahan, Burt and Inch > are under one Catholic parish. As far as I'm aware, Fr. Michael Porter is > still in Burt (at least he was last Autumn), so perhaps it has slipped his > mind. If you want to give him a ring, I'll have a look in the phone book > for you (or you can check at www.eircom.ie ). > > Michael > > > > ==== IRL-CO-DONEGAL Mailing List ==== > If you have a Donegal website, we can post your URL here so relatives and researchers of your surnames can find you. > Contact Admin: [email protected] > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >