I have only a little history on a g.g.grandmother who came to Massachusetts in 1849. She came from Balinasloe, Galway, on the river Suck. Is Balinasloe a town-is it divided into areas of other names? I imagine Nugent is a common name and it may give me trouble. She was Catholic and I do have her parents names etc. Where would I begin to search in Balinasloe? Helen

Helen, Ballinasloe is indeed the name of a town. Ballinasloe Town is partly in County Roscommon and partly in County Galway. The Galway part is in the civil parish of Kilcloony, Barony of Clonmacnowen (sometimes written Clonmacnoon), Poor Law Union of Ballinasloe. See http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/g/ballinasloe.htm for a description taken from Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837, and some other things that might be of interest. Also click there on Kilcloony for more information about the civil parish. There is also a short history of Ballinasloe Town at http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/history/chapter69.html. Parts of Ballinasloe Town were recorded in Griffith's Valuation in two different townlands: Dunlo and Townparks. It is possible your Nugent family lived nearby Ballinasloe rather than in the town itself. The only occupier named Nugent listed in the entire civil parish of Kilcloony was in the townland of Brackernagh (Cloncarty) - she was Maryanne Nugent, leasing a house, offices (this means outbuildings) and less than an acre of land from the Earl of Clancarty (immediate lessor). If your family was living in the town of Ballinasloe, it is unlikely they were listed in Griffith's Valuation unless they were fairly well-off and held a lease on their property. Weekly renters were not counted in Griffith's, and that included many people in towns and cities. You may want to look at the parish registers for Ballinasloe, which are indexed online at the Galway East Heritage Center (part of IFHF, online at http://galwayeast.brsgenealogy.com). Searching there is free, but you must register first. If you find something of interest, the charge to see a transcription of the record online is 5 Euro. You could also look at the LDS film: Parochial registers of Ballinasloe, Creagh and Kilclooney , 1820-1902. Includes index.The Catholic Parish of Ballinasloe, Creagh and Kilclooney includes the civil parishes of Kilcloony in county Galway, and Creagh in county Roscommon. There are chapels in the town of Ballinasloe and in the townland of Creagh. FHL Film 1279217 Items 9 - 17 Records for Ballinasloe (Creagh & Kilclooney) online include baptisms 1820-1900, marriages 1820-1900 and deaths 1825-1830. It looks like the early marriages might not be on the LDS film. I did a quick search online and the only NUGENTs with dates of 1845 and earlier that came up when I specified Ballinasloe (RC) parish are these: Parish: BALLINASLOE (RC): Church Baptism Nugent Mary 1838 Co. Galway Church Baptism Nugent Mary 1844 Co. Galway Church Baptism Nugent Mary 1845 Co. Galway Church Marriage Nugent Thos 1836 Co. Galway Church Marriage Nugent Julia 1836 Co. Galway Church Marriage Nugent Margaret 1943 [1843?] Co. Galway Church Marriage Nugent Richard 1920 [1820?] Co. Galway Church Marriage Nugent Robert 1924 [1824?] Co. Galway These last 3 records fall outside the dates of the records, unless someone meant to type dates in the 1800s instead of 1900s. Do any of these records match what you know about your Nugents? If not, you could try doing a search on the other Catholic parishes that were nearby, like Ahasgragh, Fohenagh & Killure, Aughrim & Kilconnell and Clontuskert. Sometimes people said they were from the nearest town, which might have been a couple of miles from where they actually lived. Just because your family information says Galway, don't ignore Co. Roscommon, since part of Ballinasloe town was in Roscommon. People who lived along county borders might have moved only a few yards (or across the river), but it put them into another county and another set of records to be searched. I have lots of cases of things like that happening in my families that lived along the Tipperary-Laois border. By the way, my g-gfather's second wife was Ellen Nugent, but her Nugent family was from Piltown, County Kilkenny, very close to the border with Tipperary and Waterford. I hope this helped. Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon helenware wrote: > I have only a little history on a g.g.grandmother who came to Massachusetts in 1849. > She came from Balinasloe, Galway, on the river Suck. > Is Balinasloe a town-is it divided into areas of other names? > I imagine Nugent is a common name and it may give me trouble. > She was Catholic and I do have her parents names etc. > Where would I begin to search in Balinasloe? > Helen

http://www.12travel.com/goto/ie_maps/ On Dec 30, 2008, at 8:56 PM, helenware wrote: > I have only a little history on a g.g.grandmother who came to > Massachusetts in 1849. She came from Balinasloe, Galway, on the > river Suck. > Is Balinasloe a town-is it divided into areas of other names? > I imagine Nugent is a common name and it may give me trouble. > She was Catholic and I do have her parents names etc. > Where would I begin to search in Balinasloe? > Helen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Looking at your email are you in Ma?? On Dec 30, 2008, at 8:56 PM, helenware wrote: > I have only a little history on a g.g.grandmother who came to > Massachusetts in 1849. She came from Balinasloe, Galway, on the > river Suck. > Is Balinasloe a town-is it divided into areas of other names? > I imagine Nugent is a common name and it may give me trouble. > She was Catholic and I do have her parents names etc. > Where would I begin to search in Balinasloe? > Helen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Thanks for help, yes, I live in Milford, MA. and my Nugent and Oates families all lived in this area and are buried here. But I have had lots of trouble trying to get the info from Ireland and many just put Ireland and no County or town-- very difficult to trace! Helen

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/ On Dec 30, 2008, at 8:56 PM, helenware wrote: > I have only a little history on a g.g.grandmother who came to > Massachusetts in 1849. She came from Balinasloe, Galway, on the > river Suck. > Is Balinasloe a town-is it divided into areas of other names? > I imagine Nugent is a common name and it may give me trouble. > She was Catholic and I do have her parents names etc. > Where would I begin to search in Balinasloe? > Helen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Griffiths Valuation shows 3 NUGENTs in the Ballinasloe Union. Maryanne at Brackernagh, Kilcloony, Thomas at Kilmalaw, Kilgerrill and Francis at Carrowholla, Mallymacward. This is said to be only part of the Ballinasloe Union so there may be more elsewhere. Hope this helps. Apologies if you have already looked into these. Regards, Patsy - New Zealand Subject: [IRL-GALWAY] Nugent >I have only a little history on a g.g.grandmother who came to >Massachusetts in 1849. She came from Balinasloe, Galway, on the river Suck. > Is Balinasloe a town-is it divided into areas of other names? > I imagine Nugent is a common name and it may give me trouble. > She was Catholic and I do have her parents names etc. > Where would I begin to search in Balinasloe? > Helen >