Cathy Thank you so much for this - you are very kind. I haven't yet gone through the UK marriage indeces, however, that is my next major task! Karl CathOneill@aol.com wrote: < < < -------------------------------1095683052 < Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" < Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit < < Dear Karl < Sorry to be so long getting back to you. < < < I've had a look at the Galwy Birds in Griffiths 1855. < The surname BIRD is a anglicisation of HEANY or HENAGHAN,both of which are < also found in Galway,so hopefully you will find yours as Bird,or the search < will be endless. < < There are not too many possible candidates. < 1)Patrick Bird, a major landholder/businessman in Tuam. < He farms 60+ acres and leases out 30+ houses in Halfstraddle,Tuam.He also < has other business holdings in the town. < < 2)Pat + james- Ballydotia,belclare < 3)James- Cappagh,Dunmore < 4) Walter- Carrowkeel,Dunmore < 5)James-townparks,Kilcloony < 6)Michael + Mark -Parkgarve + Pollsillagh,Kilmoylan < 7)Mary-Loughrea < 8)Mary + Edward - St.Nicholas (galway city) < 9)Michael- Cartronroe-Tuam < 10)Pat- Corralea west Tuam < 11) Michael + Mary -Townparks 5,Tuam < < Have you checked the British marriage indexes yet? < That should be your first option.You will get his father's name,if they < married in England. < You aslo need to know which religion. < < Cathy < < -------------------------------1095683052 < Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" < Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable < < <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> < <HTML><HEAD> < <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII"> < <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> < <BODY id=3Drole_body style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY:=20= < Arial"=20 < bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7><FONT id=3Drol= < e_document=20 < face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2> < <DIV>Dear Karl</DIV> < <DIV>Sorry to be so long getting back to you.</DIV> < <DIV>�</DIV> < <DIV>�</DIV> < <DIV>I've had a look at the Galwy Birds in Griffiths 1855.</DIV> < <DIV>The surname BIRD is a anglicisation of HEANY or HENAGHAN,both of which=20= < are=20 < also found in Galway,so hopefully you will find yours as Bird,or the search=20= < will=20 < be endless.</DIV> < <DIV>�</DIV> < <DIV>There are not too many possible candidates.</DIV> < <DIV>1)Patrick Bird, a major landholder/businessman in Tuam.</DIV> < <DIV>He farms 60+ acres and leases out 30+ houses in Halfstraddle,Tuam.He al= < so=20 < has other business holdings in the town.</DIV> < <DIV>�</DIV> < <DIV>2)Pat + james- Ballydotia,belclare</DIV> < <DIV>3)James- Cappagh,Dunmore</DIV> < <DIV>4) Walter- Carrowkeel,Dunmore</DIV> < <DIV>5)James-townparks,Kilcloony</DIV> < <DIV>6)Michael + Mark -Parkgarve + Pollsillagh,Kilmoylan</DIV> < <DIV>7)Mary-Loughrea</DIV> < <DIV>8)Mary + Edward - St.Nicholas (galway city)</DIV> < <DIV>9)Michael- Cartronroe-Tuam</DIV> < <DIV>10)Pat- Corralea west Tuam</DIV> < <DIV>11) Michael + Mary -Townparks 5,Tuam</DIV> < <DIV>�</DIV> < <DIV>Have you checked the British marriage indexes yet?</DIV> < <DIV>That should be your first option.You will get his father's name,if they= < =20 < married in England.</DIV> < <DIV>You aslo need to know which religion.</DIV> < <DIV>�</DIV> < <DIV>Cathy</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> < < -------------------------------1095683052-- < _________________________________________________________________ Sign up for eircom broadband now and get a free two month trial.* Phone 1850 73 00 73 or visit http://home.eircom.net/broadbandoffer