You are quite correct. I have seen that too. It's still used that way. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karin A. Joyce" <KarinJoyce@rcn.com> To: <irl-galway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-GALWAY] the name Nancy in records > Nancy is usually listed as Ann or Anna in Irish records. > > Same as Bridget and Delia is the same name. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Meg Greenwood" <scotquester@bartnet.net> > To: <irl-galway@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 10:52 AM > Subject: [IRL-GALWAY] Nea McGratten and Tim Furse > > >> Joy - I looked in the microfilmed death Indexes for McGRATTENs and did >> find a 'Nancy' that could be nicknamed 'Nea'. There was also an Alicia >> and a Margaret with similar surname spellings. Is this one a possibility >> ? >> >> 1878 Deaths, 2Q, McGRATTIN, Nancy age 81, registered Galway district, >> volume 4 page 214. >> >> Finding a FURSE was much more difficult ! No FURSE surname was located >> in 1878, I found a FURY, a FORDE, a FORHAN, 3 FOLEYs, a FLOOD a >> FITZPATRICK, a FENLON, a FEENY and several others all named Timothy [its >> a rare given name so I checked all the F surnames for Timothys]. None >> sounded like FURSE and I did check FERRIS specifically and in 1877. So >> far, none of these was registered in Galway as the district. >> >> Meg Greenwood / Oklahoma USA >> ------------------------------------- >> >> Joy Dean wrote: >>> These two people were mentioned in a letter written in 1878 to my >>> great-grandmother, from her brother who was in the Connaught Rangers. >>> >>> "... poor Nea McGratten is dead and that Tim Furse is married.". >>> >>> >>> Joy >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> IRL-GALWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-GALWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-GALWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

I have two records that say Mary(Ann)--would that mean her Christian name was Mary but they called her Ann-or was her name Mary Ann? I have been trying to figure it out for some time now. Helen