Terry has found a very interesting alternative for Connaught. I located the civil parish of Oldconnaught on Mitchell's map of County Dublin. It is in the extreme southeast corner of County Dublin, on the coast and also bordering County Wicklow. The Catholic parish is Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown). Allison, I am still wondering why you think that your Pages were from Galway in particular. Do you have some independent story about Galway as opposed to some other place in Connaught or "Connaright" (as it appeared on Joseph Page's military enrollment card from the Civil War)? I looked at the IFHF website and found the entries below at the Galway East part of the website. You can search there at http://galwayeast.brsgenealogy.com. The names and dates line up very well with what you know about your family - this looks like a very real possibility for your family. Church Marriage Page Christopher 1828 Co. Galway Parish: CLONTUSKERT (RC) Church Baptism Page Joseph 1831 Co. Galway Parish: CLONTUSKERT (RC) father: Christopher Church Baptism Page Patrick 1833 Co. Galway Parish: CLONTUSKERT (RC) father: Christopher Church Baptism Page Elizabth 1835 Co. Galway Parish: CLONTUSKERT (RC) father: Christopher Searching is free, but you need to register. To view an extraction of each record is 5 Euro. You can purchase credits online - I have purchased many records through IFHF. Nothing can substitute for looking at the original records, but these online extractions are very convenient and can be helpful in finding out about your family in Ireland. You can also order the FHL microfilm of the Clontuskert Catholic parish records (1827-1901) at your local Family History Center for a small fee. It is FHL Film 1279215 (Items 1 - 2). Have you seen these records already or purchased the extractions online? The IFHF website seems to want to associate the surname Page with the surname Gill or McGill. It might be important for your research. These appear to be the only Page baptisms or marriage in the IFHF records for the Catholic parish of Clontuskert (online records cover years 1827-1900 for baptisms, 1827-1882 for marriages and 1827-1868 for deaths). So the Pages in that area either were not numerous or were not generally Catholic. If this turns out to be your family, you might also want to try looking in neighboring parishes for Pages. Clontuskert lies along the border with County Roscommon, so you might try looking there also. The general search for all Ireland at IFHF is at http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com. Regards, Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon On 7/16/2010 7:02 AM, Theresa Bora wrote: > Geralyn and Allison. If this is of any help, there is a civil parish and > townland called Oldconnaught in Co. Dublin. I don't see any Pages listed in > Griffiths, but if Allison's Joseph Page came over before the valuation there > may not have been any other family left there. > > Terry Bora > >