Anthony, As always you have provided me with useful information. This is the first glimer of hope of finding my great-grandmothers birth place in a long time. She left Ireland around 1875 and even with her birthdate I keep butting my head into this brick wall. I will follow your suggestions and order the 1911 census film and look into the Kildare and Carlow lists. I appreciate your help. Bonnie -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Anthony J. Roche" <[email protected]> > At 02:29 21/01/2007, you wrote: > >Hello, > >After many years of research I may have stumbled > >on a potential lead for my Aspel/Kinsella > >ancestors. I was always told they were from > >Dublin but have not found any positive proof > >that they were from Dublin They could have been > >from somewhere else in Ireland and just left from Dublin. > >Could someone tell me if the Rathcoole District, > >(Celbridge Union) is in Dublin? > >I have a letter dated 1913 to my grandmother > >from a Mary Archbold who lived at 60 Brookfield > >Bds, Brookfield Avenue, Blackrock. The stamp has > >been removed along with the postmark so I'm not even sure it is from Ireland. > > Well now there are about three questions / > possibilities here! Rathcoole is in the County > of Dublin however the 'Poor Law Union' of > Celbridge is centered on North East Kildare. I > have to say that I am a little surprised to hear > that Rathcoole is in the PLU of Celbridge, but as > we all know, we learn something new every day. > > Brookfield Buildings, Brookfield Avenue was > indeed a Dublin address, unfortunately the > directory for the years around that time list > then as 76 small houses with rateable valuations > between £3 and £9 so individual occupants would > not be listed. They should however, show up on > the 1911 census which is available from your > local / nearest LDS (Mormon) Centre. > > There is a cluster of the Aspel and Kinsella > names in Kildare and Carlow regions so checking > with folk on these lists may elicit something > > Regards > > Anthony J. Roche > Visit my home page at http://homepages.iol.ie/~ajroche/ > Good Dublin Links at http://www.rootsweb.com/~irldubli/ > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message