Over the next week or so I will be looking at some sections of the County Galway census - specific areas. If there are people on these two lists who do know that their ancestors came from any of the townlands or places that I am about to list, then I will take the basic details for you. I will not be able to do this if you just give me a surname with no other information unless it is a rare surname - I need a first name, I need a townland, or at the very least a specific area - please and thanks. I will be looking at the following places: Ballinasloe Urban - only those sections listed as being Each DED number represents a different roll of film in the National Archives in Dublin, unless the numbers are very close together - and even when close together they may still be on different films. It can take me a few hours to work my way through a film, even when I am onlyu looking for one surname. Please understand that my requisite that you be specific lies in how long I know I have to do any one thing, and how long it can take to do extra - but most of all, if one is looking to any film and has a number of surnames to look out for, then it is very easy to become confused and miss out on half of what is there - or, for me, personally that is the case. I need surnames and I need an area - preferably a townland. That way I can have a list for myself to work with and can cross things off accordingly Ballinsloe Urban : DED 74 and 53 - I have already worked 87 and 88 and will be posting Heads of Households to both these lists - most like. Bullaun : DED 57 Grange - there are a number of them in Galway - DED's 16, 17 ; 44 ; 56 ; 105 and 108 Ballymacward : DED 73 Rahally : DED 98 I do not know, nor can I offer any idea as to the various LDS film numbers for these DED's that I am listing. I believe that Cathy O'Neill made a post in the past relating to finding film numbers for LDS films on the family history org site. If so, you should be able to find that by searching the IRL-GALWAY-L archives. (as an extra - I had opened my Galway mail folder as I wrote this and the mail that it opened on was Cathy's post re finding places in the 1901 census - she made that post on September 16th, 2004) Most people do not like when lists get clogged up with look up offers and replies, so please, if you do have an interest in any of thse places reply to me off list sniliaghin@iol.ie Make sure that Galway 1901 is your subject line, not your surname. Once again, please keep this to specfic areas that your know your ancestors came from, I'll be posting surname lists when I am finished. All I need to know is the townland, and who you think the Head of Household was. If you don't know that name, then I can work with the first name of your ancestor, the difference between knowing the Heads name and that name is that I would have to check though individual family sheets for that surname.............and I will only do that if every second family in the townland does not have that surname. The thing is, that regardless of what I find when I search, when I am finished, you will at least have the names of the Heads of Household for yourselves - and then, because the LDS does have these films, you can check out who was in which famiy regardless of the Heads first name. Jane

Hello, Listers: I have a question re the last item on the 1870 US Census form. The information sought is whether there are "Male Citizens of US of 21 years of age and upwards where rights to vote is [sic] denied on other grounds than rebellion or other crime." I have several ancestors for whom this box is checked, and I am not sure just what those "other grounds" would be. I thought perhaps it had to with whether the individuals could read and/or write; but that doesn't seem to be the case. Any thoughts on this?? I know some of my Galway emigrants were guilty of "rebellion," but that was in Ireland, not the US. Cheers, Jude

Does the name Tague ring any bells with any one? Is it a nickname or perhaps the Irish equivalent for ???? I have a Tague Dougherty as an adult in Brooklyn, NY ca 1890, and am trying to fit him into the family puzzle. Thanks very much. **** All outgoing mail scanned by Norton Anti-virus ****