Good questions, Rick. I would like yo know the answers to those. Bill Karr in Peoria, IL., USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Shea <rshea1@nycap.rr.com> Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 0:48 Subject: Personal ties to family lost To: irl-cork@rootsweb.com > I would be curious to ask the few genealogically-minded in > Ireland if they have noticed this loss of touch with thier > American cousins by thier Irish ancestors? My family says > we were all from Cork although I believe it was because it was > where they left from not what county they were from but some > could be and I haven't found them yet. Even the ones who I > have found a given names for Walsh/Welch haven't seemed to stay > in touch with thier relatives in the same city. > The other question I would have for the Irish > genealogist is what was the size of families in Ireland in the > early-mid 1800s? In America 6-18 children were not unusual > but was it the same in Ireland? Obviously there were many > factors involved such as health, environment and threats to life > and limb from neighbors; even if many American then didn't think > of the Natives as neighbors. One great-grandmother of mine > in MA had 26 children, 3 husbands and lived to over 100 but in > the 1600s twins didn't survive very often, so only 7 children > lived to adulthood. > Can I get some ideas from those who lived, > research or have researched in Ireland. I've been there > twice but my wife wouldn't let me do genealogy back then. > Rick Shea > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CORK- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >