My great grandfather Samuel Dever was born in Donegal in 1862. His father was James Diver who married Sarah Cheatley in Kilmacrenan. His parent's were listed on the marriage record as Samuel & Elizabeth Diver. James left Donegal in 1862 and settled in Picton, Ontario. For quite some time I have been trying to find any of James siblings (if he had any) and what happened to them. James was born in 1824 and we think we have found the church records. At the church in Kilmacrennan there are the following children baptized there as children of Samuel & Elizabeth: William 1822/1/19 James 1824/4/27 Alexander 1826/7/16 Thomas 1829/3/15 Anne 1830/6/27 (the address is listed different on this one - the others were Kilmacrennan and this one is listed as Ardgast). That's about what I have. I am really hoping the Dever DNA project will help me to further find connections in this family. Patricia Greber (Dever) in Alberta

Dear Patricia A searchable version of the 1847-1864 Griffiths Valuation for all of Ireland is now available on the URL www.otherdays.com You can sign up for $8 for 72 hours and search the Parish of Kilmacrenan for Dever and Cheatley and their variations. You don't need to know the townland. You do not even need to know the parish. You don't even need a sample of DNA! Some of the siblings William 1822/1/19 James 1824/4/27 Alexander 1826/7/16 Thomas 1829/3/15 Anne 1830/6/27 may have hung around long enough to have had themselves listed as tenants. With the advent of a complete searchable Griffiths on-line, Irish Genealogy has changed immeasurably. Liam "A bird in the bush is worth two in the Cat" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:06 PM Subject: [DONEGAL] Re: [IRELAND] Dever-Diver and variants surname project > My great grandfather Samuel Dever was born in Donegal in 1862. His father > was James Diver who married Sarah Cheatley in Kilmacrenan. His parent's were > listed on the marriage record as Samuel & Elizabeth Diver. > James left Donegal in 1862 and settled in Picton, Ontario. For quite some > time I have been trying to find any of James siblings (if he had any) and > what happened to them. > James was born in 1824 and we think we have found the church records. At the > church in Kilmacrennan there are the following children baptized there as > children of Samuel & Elizabeth: > William 1822/1/19 > James 1824/4/27 > Alexander 1826/7/16 > Thomas 1829/3/15 > Anne 1830/6/27 (the address is listed different on this one - the others > were Kilmacrennan and this one is listed as Ardgast). > > That's about what I have. > I am really hoping the Dever DNA project will help me to further find > connections in this family. > > Patricia Greber (Dever) in Alberta > > > > ==== IRL-CO-DONEGAL Mailing List ==== > This list is for anyone researching ancestors in County Donegal Ireland. Thank you for joining our forum. > Our Ireland website is: http://irelandgenealogyprojects.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >