Greetings All - I have been a subscriber to this list for some time in hopes that I may garner some information that may lead to being able to trace my heritage. So far that hasn't happened. But then I have so little to go on. I was adopted more than 60 years ago and know very little except my birth name, John Douglas Kearney, and place of birth, Ithaca, New York, and that there were four siblings prior to my birth. My question to this list, therefore, is: Are there certain parts of Ireland that tend to carry the family name Kearney where I may make a narrower search for ancestors? Again, I have had no success in garnering any further information about my biological family. And suggestions? Thank you for allowing me to make this inquiry. Peter Johnson The Book Shelf 14 State Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 USA 207.667.1120 email: bookshelf@hypernet.com "Next to You....We Love a Stack of Books." -----Original Message----- From: kearney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:kearney-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of wm.karr@insightbb.com Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:29 PM To: Morrisey; Morrissey; Morrissy; NFLD list; Ohannon; OTOOLE; ROOTSL; Shipwreck; TIPPERARY; Wales; Welch; Welsh; Whitten; History, Illinois; Irish Canadian; Kearney; Kerr; KILKENNYL; Lancashire; Lancsgen; LIMERICK; Louth; MAYO-L; McDermott; McDonald; McEvoy; McHugh; Cavan; CHANNEL-ISLANDS; Chicago; Clan Kerr; Clare; Cook; Cork; DUBLIN; Durham; Fitzpatrick; Galway; Hannan; Hannen; Hannon; HENNESSY Subject: [KEARNEY] Thanksgiving Dear Listers, Happy Thanksgiving to one and all! May you heartily indulge in all the partakings tomorrow, but easily lose the weight you gain from it. May all your searches be successful in the year to come. Bill Karr in Peoria, IL., USA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KEARNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Peter, Have you looked at Ithaca, NY records, city directories, history, etc., to see if there were certain times/reasons Irish immigrants came to that place? (For example, many Irish went to Chicago around 1850 for jobs constructing a (Sag) canal.) The local historical society might be a source of information. If you can find influx(es) of immigrants maybe you can find Kearneys arriving in Ithaca and thereby begin to narrow your search. As to searching for Kearneys only in Ireland, it looks as tho they are/were everywhere in similar numbers, and your given name (John) is the most common in Ireland. That middle name, Douglas, is intriguing...could be a surname... Good luck to you! Sharon Kavanagh ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Bookshelf" <bookshelf@hypernet.com> To: <kearney@rootsweb.com>; "Morrisey" <MORRISEY@rootsweb.com>; "Morrissey" <MORRISSEY@rootsweb.com>; "Morrissy" <MORRISSY@rootsweb.com>; "NFLD list" <NFLD-ROOTS@rootsweb.com>; "Ohannon" <OHANNAN@rootsweb.com>; "OTOOLE" <OTOOLE@rootsweb.com>; "ROOTSL" <ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com>; "Shipwreck" <SHIPWRECK-L@rootsweb.com>; "TIPPERARY" <IRL-TIPPERARY-L@rootsweb.com>; "Wales" <WALES-GEN-L@rootsweb.com>; "Welch" <WELCH-L@rootsweb.com>; "Welsh" <WELSH-L@rootsweb.com>; "Whitten" <WHITTEN-L@rootsweb.com>; "History, Illinois" <IL-HISTORY@rootsweb.com>; "Irish Canadian" <Irish-Canadian@rootsweb.com>; "Kerr" <KERR@rootsweb.com>; "KILKENNYL" <KILKENNY@rootsweb.com>; "Lancashire" <LANCSLIFE@rootsweb.com>; "Lancsgen" <LANCSGEN@rootsweb.com>; "LIMERICK" <IRL-LIMERICK@rootsweb.com>; "Louth" <IRL-LOUTH@rootsweb.com>; "MAYO-L" <MAYO@rootsweb.com>; "McDermott" <MCDERMOTT-D@rootsweb.com>; "McDonald" <McDONALD@rootsweb.com>; "McEvoy" <MCEVOY@rootsweb.com>; "McHugh" <McHUGH@rootsweb.com>; "Cavan" <IRL-CAVAN@rootsweb.com>; "CHANNEL-ISLANDS" <CHANNEL-ISLANDS@rootsweb.com>; "Chicago" <IRISH-IN-CHICAGO@rootsweb.com>; "Clan Kerr" <CLAN-KERR@rootsweb.com>; "Clare" <IRL-CLARE@rootsweb.com>; "Cook" <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com>; "Cork" <IRL-CORK@rootsweb.com>; "DUBLIN" <IRL-DUBLIN@rootsweb.com>; "Durham" <ENG-DURHAM@rootsweb.com>; "Fitzpatrick" <FITZPATRICK@rootsweb.com>; "Galway" <IRL-GALWAY@rootsweb.com>; "Hannan" <HANNAN@rootsweb.com>; "Hannen" <HANNEN@rootsweb.com>; "Hannon" <HANNON@rootsweb.com>; "HENNESSY" <HENNESSY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] [KEARNEY] Thanksgiving > Greetings All - > > I have been a subscriber to this list for some time in hopes that I may > garner some information that may lead to being able to trace my heritage. > So > far that hasn't happened. But then I have so little to go on. I was > adopted > more than 60 years ago and know very little except my birth name, John > Douglas Kearney, and place of birth, Ithaca, New York, and that there were > four siblings prior to my birth. > > My question to this list, therefore, is: Are there certain parts of > Ireland > that tend to carry the family name Kearney where I may make a narrower > search for ancestors? Again, I have had no success in garnering any > further > information about my biological family. And suggestions? > > Thank you for allowing me to make this inquiry. > > > Peter Johnson > > The Book Shelf > 14 State Street > Ellsworth, ME 04605 > USA > > 207.667.1120 > email: bookshelf@hypernet.com > > "Next to You....We Love a Stack of Books." >

Matheson's Special Report on Surnames based on births registered in Ireland in 1890 gives a distribution of surnames and can be a start when looking for a family. For KEARNEY it says there were 147 registered in Ireland of which 50 in Leinster province, 31 in Munster, 45 in Ulster and 21 in Connaught. Name found all over Ireland but chiefly in Dublin, Cork and Antrim. Hope this is of some help. Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Bookshelf" <bookshelf@hypernet.com> Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] [KEARNEY] Thanksgiving >> > My question to this list, therefore, is: Are there certain parts of > Ireland > that tend to carry the family name Kearney where I may make a narrower > search for ancestors?