Hi Mary. If a man applied to marry in a parish other than where he lived the priest will apply to his parish for this certificate to ensure that he is in a position to marry i.e Single or a widower,and baptised etc. Terry

In a message dated 10/25/2004 3:30:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, PeteScherm@aol.com writes: > There is a townland of Derreen just 2 miles ENE of the village of Abbey, > right along the N 63 road to Mountbellew Bridge. > > That's the townland of my GF's birth. I was there in 1999 :). Janice Boston

I know of a Glan that is a village in the area of Oughterard. Could that be it? -----Original Message----- From: Joecunningham67@aol.com [mailto:Joecunningham67@aol.com] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 6:45 PM To: IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GALWAY] Family History My Grandfathers birth certificate gives his place of birth as Glann, Tuam No2 Dated 1870. I have looked on the map of Galway but cannot find Glann. Does anyone know if this place still exist, or has been renamed ? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Joe. (Manchester,England.) ==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== Have you traveled or are you planning to travel to Ireland??? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Eire_Travel/ To unsub or change your Irl-Galway mailing mode: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-GALWAY.html ============================== 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

does anyone have a map of roads in tuam around 1896? the marriage cert i have has a residence that looks like denver or duwwer something like that cant read it properly. its in abbey. mark

My Grandfathers birth certificate gives his place of birth as Glann, Tuam No2 Dated 1870. I have looked on the map of Galway but cannot find Glann. Does anyone know if this place still exist, or has been renamed ? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Joe. (Manchester,England.)

As a followup to my previous post if you haven't already, I would start my research with Griffith's Valuation. It was taken in Galway in 1855 and listed the head of every household. The Heanys are predominate in Ballynakill Parish in Connemeara where there are 45 of them. In the 1901 Census the name was spelled Heanue and there were 28 Heanue's in Renvyle which encompasses part of Ballynakill Parish. Unfortunately the Catholic Church records for Ballynakill do not begin until 1869 so they won't help for earlier dates. You can take a look at the Griffith's at this website. http://members.cox.net/hayes1966/griffiths.htm Dutch O'Connell

Mark at mark@odoodle.fsnet.co.uk writes: << i have has a residence that looks like denver or duwwer something like that cant read it properly. its in abbey >> Mark, There is a townland of Derreen just 2 miles ENE of the village of Abbey, right along the N 63 road to Mountbellew Bridge. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts

I'm looking for the Geraghty's from Tuam. My great-grandfather is a native of Tuam. His name is Andrew Geraghty born Oct. 6, 1967. His father name is John Geraghty. He came to United States in 1890's. I hoping I can get in touch with Geraghty's in Tuam who maybe have information on them. I don't know how to get records from Ireland. Any help I may get, I will be grateful. I live in the United States so it hard to get records. Thank you, Betty Geraghty

THE CONNAUGHT JOURNAL Galway, Thursday, July 15, 1824 BIRTH Yesterday morning, in Lombard-street, the Lady of John Reilly, Esq., of a Daughter. DOCTOR O'MALEY Supposing that the Public are not aware that he professes MIDWIFERY requests to inform them, that being an ACCOUCHEUR of the Royal College, Edinburgh, and having practiced for two Winters at the Lying-in-Hospital there, he can at present devote a proportion of his time to said most useful department. The DISEASES of CHILDREN having also engaged a very great part of his attention, and seeing them with regret frequently entrusted to the unscientific treatment of Nurses, or, what is as bad, in the empiricism of untutored experimentalists, he begs to advocate the cause of these helpless little ones; in fact he wishes to impress on the minds of Parents the necessity of timely application to such as are more particularly versed in their Complaints, and by such conduct their tender offspring shall frequently be preserved from the insatiable gripe of premature mortality.-- Galway, 15th July, 1824. Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

-Boy, I wish I could add more but will be looking forward to other folks' posts. Can anyone tell me more about when folks moved/were moved into the Ballyconneely area beyond Roundstone? david -----Original Message----- From: Cheryl Dynan [mailto:cdynan@rcn.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 9:08 PM To: IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GALWAY] Heaney Family Hi all, I just changed my email address. I see I missed a message about the Heaney's. My husband's great great great grandmother was, Ann Heaney was married to a Simon Mullen. His great great grandmother Ann Mullen, born to Simon and Ann was from Ardagh or Letterfrack. She ( the daughter) was born about 1859. I have estimated her mother as having been born approx 1839. Do you have any known siblings for Martin? I have not made much attempt to search back further on her line -yet- as other family lines have me busy (I have some very elderly family members and I'm trying to do those lines so I can ask them questions as they come up and let them know what I find out.) But this my attention. Cathy are you saying there were no Heaneys in Galway back then? I know that Connemarra was settled when the government moved people there but not much more about it. Can anyone add to this? I'll do some research but won't be able to do it til next week. Cheryl ==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== New!! Irish-American Mailing List, http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Irish/IRISH-AMERICAN.html To unsub or change your Irl-Galway mailing mode: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-GALWAY.html ============================== 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

I was looking for HEANEY and there were none in Galway griffiths 1855 There were HEANYs, HEENYs,HEENEYs,but surprisingly no HEANUE. The name was originally from the northern counties. So hope I didn't give you too much of a shock to find your family didn't exist.!! My griffiths search -engine is very specific,and I entered the name with the "E" and got nothing.Then tried the alternatives,or thought I had.Forgot Heany without the "E". regards cathy

Hi all, I just changed my email address. I see I missed a message about the Heaney's. My husband's great great great grandmother was, Ann Heaney was married to a Simon Mullen. His great great grandmother Ann Mullen, born to Simon and Ann was from Ardagh or Letterfrack. She ( the daughter) was born about 1859. I have estimated her mother as having been born approx 1839. Do you have any known siblings for Martin? I have not made much attempt to search back further on her line -yet- as other family lines have me busy (I have some very elderly family members and I'm trying to do those lines so I can ask them questions as they come up and let them know what I find out.) But this my attention. Cathy are you saying there were no Heaneys in Galway back then? I know that Connemarra was settled when the government moved people there but not much more about it. Can anyone add to this? I'll do some research but won't be able to do it til next week. Cheryl

My gggrandfather was Martin Heany from Cashleen, Renvyle, Connemeara, County Galway. Heany is also spelled Heaney and Heanue. All three spellings can be found in the records of Ireland. Heanue as it is most commonly spelled today in Ireland is very prominent in Renvyle, Connemeara. The main sources I have used to discover my ancestors are the Griffiths Valuation, the 1901 and 1911 Ireland censuses and Civil registration of births which began in 1864. As Cathy pointed out it would be helpful if you can give approximate dates and places of any births or marriages. Dutch O'Connell

The 1880 census listing for the family is given below. It appears that they immigrated about 1864 since all but the eldest child were born in Wisconsin. Martin HEANEY Self M Male W 73 IREL Farmer IREL IREL Mary HEANEY Wife M Female W 42 IREL Keeping House IREL IREL Bridget HEANEY Dau S Female W 18 IREL At Home IREL IREL Martin HEANEY Son S Male W 13 WI At Home IREL IREL Margaret HEANEY Dau S Female W 10 WI At School IREL IREL Anthony HEANEY Son S Male W 8 WI IREL IREL Thomas HEANEY Son S Male W 6 WI IREL IREL Barbara E. HEANEY Dau S Female W 3 WI IREL IREL Source Information: Census Place Sheldon, Monroe, Wisconsin Family History Library Film 1255439 NA Film Number T9-1439 Page Number 211C

Sorry,but your reply didn't clarify things for me. You say the oldest daughter was born in Ireland. Is this daughter by the first or second wife? If Bridget is the oldest,and you know roughly when she was born, 1862,then you must have an approximate date for the marriage c 1860.Does that tally with Mary's age at death/census /naturalisation etc? I presume you have listed the siblings in chronological order? You need to find out what religion. Presumably you have started your research with your parents/grandparents and you will have got their marriage /baptism details. What religion were they? Then your great grandparents etc. You really need to get as much information as possible in the US before you attempt to tackle Ireland.Records in Ireland are very limited in scope,so the more you know about your family before you start,the better chance of success you have. You need to get some basic information about Irish sources. There are several websites that provide a beginners guide to Irish genealogy. Try _www.pro.gov.uk_ (http://www.pro.gov.uk) and follow the links to ireland _http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/irish/irish.htm_ (http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/irish/irish.htm) Although I couldn't find any Heaneys in Galway,there were HEENEYs + HEENYs in Ballindoon and Omey parishes- only 7 families in total listed 1855. Regards cathy

Jack, Do you by any chance have a Charles and Edward Wood anywhere in your Wood line? They were brothers who married two sisters, Mary Jane Mitchell and Sarah Jane Mitchell. Birth dates probably around the early 1850's. The Mitchell's came from Galway Ireland in the 1890's with a few other Irish families. Definitely Bingham and Mitchell's and I suspect Woods, sponsored by a family named McCormick. Ring any bells? Peter Mitchell (Searching for Mitchell's & D'Arcy's around Clifden, Derrigimlagh, Ballyconnelly or Tuam in Galway County or anyplace in Monaghan County) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Wood" <MrJackWood@webtv.net> To: <IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 3:35 PM Subject: [GALWAY] Wood > > I would be deeply greatful for any information concerning my WOOD family > in Galway. They probably were Protestant. My great-great grandfather > Wood, born ca 1770-80, reportedly was a well-to-do land owner with a > large estate near or along the shores of Galway Bay. My great > grandfather, Francis Wood, a younger son born ca 1814, was raised there > and emigrated to Quebec, Canada at the age of 18 to seek his own fortune > since his elder brother was heir-apparent to the estate. > > Jack Wood, Oregon, U.S.A. > > > ==== IRL-GALWAY Mailing List ==== > To unsub or change your Irl-Galway mailing mode: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-GALWAY.html > Join a new list related to the history, culture and geneology of the Irish in NY > mailto:NY-IRISH-L-request@Rootsweb.com?body=subscribe > > ============================== > 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 > >

Are you saying Martin and his second wife Mary Jeffreys were the parents of all the children you named? And that they were married in Ireland and at least some of those children were born there? Can you approximate a marriage date from the births of the children? I cannot find the birth of Martin born 1866 in Ireland. I was unable to find any births in the civil registration for galway with Martin Heaney as father. The surname Jeffreys is rare in Ireland. Griffiths lists only 10 of that name in the whole of Ireland in 1855.None in Galway. There were 3 entries in Mayo,all the same person- Robert Jeffreys of Pollranny ,Achill parish,co.Mayo. He was a person of some substance,as he leased over 80 acres,a hotel and ferry,as well as the petty-sessions court house. You didn't specify what religion the family was,and what occupation/status? Cathy

I am not sure how or where to even start this. Where do I get records from?? How do I start? I am looking for my ggg grandfather and his family. Martin Heaney was born 1807 in Galway, Ireland. He was married twice. I do not know his first wifes name. His second wife was  Mary Delong Jeffreys. Their known children are : Bridget Heaney, born 12/30/1862 in Galway, Ireland Martin Henry Heaney, born 8/12/1866 Jeffrey Heaney Margaret Heaney Anthony M. Heaney Thomas heaney Barbara Ellen Nellie Heaney Elizabeth Belle Heaney They moved to Wisconsin, USa at some point. Any help would be great. Brynjulf Hulleberg 2206 Logan St Rockford, IL 61103 USA hberg60@hotmail.com

I would be deeply greatful for any information concerning my WOOD family in Galway. They probably were Protestant. My great-great grandfather Wood, born ca 1770-80, reportedly was a well-to-do land owner with a large estate near or along the shores of Galway Bay. My great grandfather, Francis Wood, a younger son born ca 1814, was raised there and emigrated to Quebec, Canada at the age of 18 to seek his own fortune since his elder brother was heir-apparent to the estate. Jack Wood, Oregon, U.S.A.

The NAC have the maps in the form of hi-res negatives. They can, via Luxphoto in Ottawa, supply the maps as digital files (scans of the negatives). One solution (I discovered) is to have Luxphoto provide you with a hi-res enlargement of the area of interest and then scan that in. One then has a "zoomable" digital map which pops up on the computer screen whenever you need it and there is no need to unfurl maps on a table, haul them onto the photocopier, and so forth. One can stitch the images together digitally but the result is not very satisfactory because, being 1830s maps, the edges do not match up perfectly. One can get a match by forcing the stitching program to skew/stretch/distort the images, but the result is a distorted map which is no longer true to scale. BTW, re. copyright: all the image processing I do is for my own personal use in the context of my research. I don't distribute any of the images received from NAC/Lux, nor derivatives of those images, even to friends. The NAC/Lux service is superb and well worth their fees. I'd recommend them any time. Pádraig (the Paddy that was) -----Original Message----- From: PeteScherm@aol.com [mailto:PeteScherm@aol.com] Sent: 19 October 2004 23:33 To: pcasey@compuserve.com; ITTCAQ@aol.com; IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com Cc: LMJack15@aol.com Subject: Re: GALWAY RE: KEANESPOUND Padraig at pcasey@compuserve.com writes: << time to order a copy of the 1830s ordnance survey map of the area >> I assume that the NAC can "splice" between the six-inch maps. Unfortunately, the townland of Derrywee West is split between the 6-inch maps, numbers 123 and 129. Good luck. Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts