Just uploaded headstones for *Old Cloghane Burial Ground* to the IGP archives. Thanks again to Timothy Goodhind for sharing his photos. That is what we are all about. More old burial mounds here. Really a unique cemetery with little buildings. From our Main Archives page http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ Click on Kerry and then Headstones. I have added an RSS feed too, so if you want to keep track of what's new with the RSS, I hope you will find it helpful. Regards, Christina
>From Killarney possibly from Tralee/Blennerville but most likely from Cobh/Cork. I am told that some folk from north Kerry may have used Tarbert to get round the coast to either. Flax trade used Tarbert in the 19th C.. If I recall the railway was in Killarney by around 1854 Many people entered Canada via US. Early settlers in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland came from Wexford area - I believe the people in some places there still have a distinctive accent Cheers Rod Rod O'Donoghue Author of 'Heroic Landscapes: Irish Myth and Legend' and 'O'Donoghue People and Places' Founder of The O'Donoghue Society and The Irish Folklore Centre http://www.odonoghue.co.uk Email: rod@odonoghue.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Shirley Holdahl Sent: 11 August 2013 03:24 To: irl-kerry-l@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Killarney Does anyone have a clue as to where immigrants from Killarney might set sail to the US in 1872 and if Canada might be a destination? My John and Kate OConnor with my grandmother, baby Mary Jo, came to Tennessee in 1872, but I have not been able to find them on a ships list. They were originally from Ballylongford/Tarbert area of North Kerry. Why Tennessee of all places? That's a mystery. John was a shoemaker so could have settled anywhere. Still looking for their parents in Kerry also, but I have found some possibilities in the Kerry church records. Thanks for any suggestions. Shirley White Bear Lake, MN. _______________ --------------- Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 8676 (20130811) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 8676 (20130811) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
I would think that by 1872, there would be naturalization and immigration records kept by U.S. National Archives and Records Admin. Start with their onllne resources. A job or preceding family members in TN probably brought them there. Best guess port of entry would be NewOrleans. Online Irish civil recors might rreveal the birth of the baby. Check the General Regist Offic GRO in Roscommon plus online church records at irishgenealogy.com online for Kerry Michael DANAHY http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/a/n/Michael-C-Danahy/index.html RESEARCHING IN MA (Hopkinton), IRE, ENG ALDRICH http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~aldrichnaa/ (one m SMITH, earlier ones m CASAVANT, COMEE, http://www.familyorigins.com/users/e/v/a/Jeanne-C-Evans LOVELL, PRAY, PRENTICE, RAWSON, SEALD, THAYER); http://members.xoom.com/jaldrich/Lines/Michael.htm Aldrich Family biographies, go to http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssociation/AldrichBios or go to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aldrich/ CASAVANT (who m MORAN); CURRAN (who m DANAHY) DANAHY (b. in Hopkinton and who m LENAN, siblings m. TOLAN, JOHNSON, O'CONNOR) LENAN (who m O"BRIEN); SMITH (who m CASEY); PRENTICE (who m ALDRICH) http://www.prenticenet.com/roots/prentice/robert/#R4 RAWSON (one m ALLEN, later one TORREY) http://www.rawsonfamilyassoc.org/ THAYER (Thomas m WHEELER, son Ferdinando m HAYWARD); http://thayerfamilies.com/thomas-line.htm On Aug 10, 2013, at 9:24 PM, Shirley Holdahl wrote: > Does anyone have a clue as to where immigrants from Killarney might set sail to the US in 1872 and if Canada might be a destination? My John and Kate OConnor with my grandmother, baby Mary Jo, came to Tennessee in 1872, but I have not been able to find them on a ships list. They were originally from Ballylongford/Tarbert area of North Kerry. Why Tennessee of all places? That's a mystery. John was a shoemaker so could have settled anywhere. Still looking for their parents in Kerry also, but I have found some possibilities in the Kerry church records. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > Shirley > White Bear Lake, MN. > > _______________
Very sad that the violelnce, around demonstrations, continues in Northern Ireland. Presume list memebers have relatives there but I rarely get any requests for research from the North, no matter where I offer. Is the North on the right track with the peace accord or is another, perhaps legislative, efffort needed. >From what I understand, English school history is only taught as doing great things for Ireland?? (Had some great discussions with Donal on this.) Reg-Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Marshall" <ray.marshall@gmail.com> To: <edpo@verizon.net> Cc: <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 6:50 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] A few topics > Thanks for your contribution on IRO, Ed. Please keep the list informed of > new events and additions to IRO. > > I was fortunate in that had two great aunts, still alive in the 60s, who > knew exactly that their Reidy Dad was born in Meenleitrim. That's pretty > rare. > > I did a search on all the Reidys once in Rootsweb's World Connect database > and discovered that most of the researchers didn't know more than that > their > ancestor was born in "Ireland." Some didn't know that much. And a very > few > new that Kerry was that place and almost none knew a more specific > location. > > The World Connect database is a good place to look for people searching > the > same surname as you http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Of course, there > are lots of duplicates in their list of 640 million names. But World > Connect contributors are probably somewhat successful genealogical > researchers. > > But be warned their accuracy must be checked. Some people, a Scottish > researcher that I know, for example, assumes that if someone else has the > same name, they are related, consequently feels that he is related to all > kinds of royal ancestors and some guy in Ancient Troy. > > Irish genealogy is very difficult. But once you have come to the brick > wall > with your American relatives, then World Connect would be a good place to > start browsing if you have no clues as to where they immigrated from. > > > Ray Marshall > Minneapolis, maybe rain today, but it's been a pretty great summer > > Just read that now they are predicting a "little ice age" ahead for us. > Seems to me that they were predicting that forty years ago, before "global > warming" and "climate change" began to rule the headlines. Pardon me for > not panicking. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: edpo@verizon.net [mailto:edpo@verizon.net] > Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 5:48 AM > To: irl-Kerry@rootsweb.com; rod@odonoghue.co.uk; ray.marshall@gmail.com > Subject: A few topics > > > Wow, we go from little activity to a lot of activity very quickly on this > list....just a few comments; > > Ray Marshall mentioned the Ireland Reaching Out program.....it's not a new > program but has been refined since its inception in 2011. The original > idea > was to seek out descendants of immigrants from particular parishes in > Ireland and once found to invite them back to the parish or townland of > their ancestors with a "Week of Welcomes". The program started in Galway > in > 2011 and had a few more Weeks of Welcome in different parts of Ireland in > 2012( including North Kerry)...this year many of the activities are being > done in conjunction with the Gathering but next year the IRO program will > be > on its own again hopefully with more weeks being planned in different > counties. The program is still in its infancy but is growing through the > use > of volunteers both within Ireland itself and outside of Ireland as well. I > am speaking both as a participant in the initial week of welcomes in > Galway > in 2011 and as a participant last year in North Kerry. I am also now an > international volunteer for the program because I think it is such an > important program for those with interests in Ireland. www.irelandxo.com > > > Many from Kerry settled in Holyoke... with those who have interests in > both > Kerry and in Holyoke check out the following: > www.holyokehistory.blogspot.com > > > And to Rod O"Donoghue's question about immigrants from Listowel and > Causeway......many of my Barrett family from Listowel settled in Holyoke; > my > Donoghue family from near Causeway settled there as well.....there were at > least a few other separate Donoghue families there too....Rod, it wouldn't > hurt to check around that area.... > > Ed O'Connor > Hudson,MA > formerly of Holyoke, birthplace of Volleyball and me > > _______________ > --------------- > > Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message. > > To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message. > > To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ > > Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the > Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a > wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is > at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thanks for your contribution on IRO, Ed. Please keep the list informed of new events and additions to IRO. I was fortunate in that had two great aunts, still alive in the 60s, who knew exactly that their Reidy Dad was born in Meenleitrim. That's pretty rare. I did a search on all the Reidys once in Rootsweb's World Connect database and discovered that most of the researchers didn't know more than that their ancestor was born in "Ireland." Some didn't know that much. And a very few new that Kerry was that place and almost none knew a more specific location. The World Connect database is a good place to look for people searching the same surname as you http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Of course, there are lots of duplicates in their list of 640 million names. But World Connect contributors are probably somewhat successful genealogical researchers. But be warned their accuracy must be checked. Some people, a Scottish researcher that I know, for example, assumes that if someone else has the same name, they are related, consequently feels that he is related to all kinds of royal ancestors and some guy in Ancient Troy. Irish genealogy is very difficult. But once you have come to the brick wall with your American relatives, then World Connect would be a good place to start browsing if you have no clues as to where they immigrated from. Ray Marshall Minneapolis, maybe rain today, but it's been a pretty great summer Just read that now they are predicting a "little ice age" ahead for us. Seems to me that they were predicting that forty years ago, before "global warming" and "climate change" began to rule the headlines. Pardon me for not panicking. -----Original Message----- From: edpo@verizon.net [mailto:edpo@verizon.net] Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 5:48 AM To: irl-Kerry@rootsweb.com; rod@odonoghue.co.uk; ray.marshall@gmail.com Subject: A few topics Wow, we go from little activity to a lot of activity very quickly on this list....just a few comments; Ray Marshall mentioned the Ireland Reaching Out program.....it's not a new program but has been refined since its inception in 2011. The original idea was to seek out descendants of immigrants from particular parishes in Ireland and once found to invite them back to the parish or townland of their ancestors with a "Week of Welcomes". The program started in Galway in 2011 and had a few more Weeks of Welcome in different parts of Ireland in 2012( including North Kerry)...this year many of the activities are being done in conjunction with the Gathering but next year the IRO program will be on its own again hopefully with more weeks being planned in different counties. The program is still in its infancy but is growing through the use of volunteers both within Ireland itself and outside of Ireland as well. I am speaking both as a participant in the initial week of welcomes in Galway in 2011 and as a participant last year in North Kerry. I am also now an international volunteer for the program because I think it is such an important program for those with interests in Ireland. www.irelandxo.com Many from Kerry settled in Holyoke... with those who have interests in both Kerry and in Holyoke check out the following: www.holyokehistory.blogspot.com And to Rod O"Donoghue's question about immigrants from Listowel and Causeway......many of my Barrett family from Listowel settled in Holyoke; my Donoghue family from near Causeway settled there as well.....there were at least a few other separate Donoghue families there too....Rod, it wouldn't hurt to check around that area.... Ed O'Connor Hudson,MA formerly of Holyoke, birthplace of Volleyball and me
Wow, we go from little activity to a lot of activity very quickly on this list....just a few comments; Ray Marshall mentioned the Ireland Reaching Out program.....it's not a new program but has been refined since its inception in 2011. The original idea was to seek out descendants of immigrants from particular parishes in Ireland and once found to invite them back to the parish or townland of their ancestors with a "Week of Welcomes". The program started in Galway in 2011 and had a few more Weeks of Welcome in different parts of Ireland in 2012( including North Kerry)...this year many of the activities are being done in conjunction with the Gathering but next year the IRO program will be on its own again hopefully with more weeks being planned in different counties. The program is still in its infancy but is growing through the use of volunteers both within Ireland itself and outside of Ireland as well. I am speaking both as a participant in the initial week of welcomes in Galway in 2011 and as a participant last year in North Kerry. I am also now an international volunteer for the program because I think it is such an important program for those with interests in Ireland. [1]www.irelandxo.com Many from Kerry settled in Holyoke... with those who have interests in both Kerry and in Holyoke check out the following: [2]www.holyokehistory.blogspot.com And to Rod O"Donoghue's question about immigrants from Listowel and Causeway......many of my Barrett family from Listowel settled in Holyoke; my Donoghue family from near Causeway settled there as well.....there were at least a few other separate Donoghue families there too....Rod, it wouldn't hurt to check around that area.... Ed O'Connor Hudson,MA formerly of Holyoke, birthplace of Volleyball and me References 1. http://www.irelandxo.com/ 2. http://www.holyokehistory.blogspot.com/
I have followed this thread with interest. Does anyone recognise a community in the MA area from North Kerry, say from Causeway to Listowel? Cheers Rod O'Donoghue -----Original Message----- From: irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kathleen Fitzgerald Sent: 10 August 2013 20:31 To: Jeanne Baldwin; IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Springfield, MA Genealogy bank has quite a few years of the Springfield Newspapers on line and continues to add them. The Irish Cultural Center at the Elms College in Chicopee, MA is a very active center. I believe they have a genealogist at least part time that may be a good resource. There are many Irish in the Springfield, Chicopee, Holyoke, Palmer, Ware and Hartford CT area that either they or their ancestors came from the Dingle area, especially from the west of Dingle. Last Fall the Irish Cultural Center hosted a presentation by the author of The Men of Ventry. It was a great movie and presentation. In June they helped launch the book "From the Great Blasket to America -The Last Memoir by an Islander". It was writen by Dr. Mike Carney who was born on the Blasket Island and immigrated to Springfield, MA. The initial launching was held earlier at the Blasket Center in Dunquin. Kathleen _______________ --------------- Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 8673 (20130810) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 8673 (20130810) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 8673 (20130810) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Does anyone have a clue as to where immigrants from Killarney might set sail to the US in 1872 and if Canada might be a destination? My John and Kate OConnor with my grandmother, baby Mary Jo, came to Tennessee in 1872, but I have not been able to find them on a ships list. They were originally from Ballylongford/Tarbert area of North Kerry. Why Tennessee of all places? That's a mystery. John was a shoemaker so could have settled anywhere. Still looking for their parents in Kerry also, but I have found some possibilities in the Kerry church records. Thanks for any suggestions. Shirley White Bear Lake, MN.
I don't know about MA, but a lot of Listowel & Duagh families passed through or stayed in Pittsburgh. Sent from my iPad On Aug 10, 2013, at 4:36 PM, "Rod O'Donoghue" <rod@odonoghue.co.uk> wrote: > I have followed this thread with interest. Does anyone recognise a > community in the MA area from North Kerry, say from Causeway to Listowel? > > Cheers > > Rod O'Donoghue > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Kathleen Fitzgerald > Sent: 10 August 2013 20:31 > To: Jeanne Baldwin; IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Springfield, MA > > Genealogy bank has quite a few years of the Springfield Newspapers on line > and continues to add them. > The Irish Cultural Center at the Elms College in Chicopee, MA is a very > active center. I believe they have a genealogist at least part time that > may be a good resource. > > There are many Irish in the Springfield, Chicopee, Holyoke, Palmer, Ware and > Hartford CT area that either they or their ancestors came from the Dingle > area, especially from the west of Dingle. > > Last Fall the Irish Cultural Center hosted a presentation by the author of > The Men of Ventry. It was a great movie and presentation. > > In June they helped launch the book "From the Great Blasket to America > -The Last Memoir by an Islander". It was writen by Dr. Mike Carney who > was born on the Blasket Island and immigrated to Springfield, MA. The > initial launching was held earlier at the Blasket Center in Dunquin. > > > > Kathleen > _______________ > --------------- > > Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message. > > To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message. > > To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ > > Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish > genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide > audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 8673 (20130810) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 8673 (20130810) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 8673 (20130810) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > _______________ > --------------- > > Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. > > To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. > > To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ > > Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Forwarded conversation Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Springfield, MA ------------------------ From: *Jeanne Baldwin* <jeannew.baldwin@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 12:51 PM To: IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com So many people from Kerry settled in the Springfield area. Could anyone suggest some MA resources on-line that could assist me in narrowing down a few options? I know of Hampton and Chicopee as locales. I am looking for people from Ventry who left in the 1880's. Jeanne from CA Researching Lynch, Manning, Dunleavy, Kevane, Fenton and ? _______________ --------------- Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ---------- From: ** <pegassi@verizon.net> Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 1:00 PM To: jeannew.baldwin@gmail.com, IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com Many Kerry peopled settled in Holyoke as well. The many factories that offered work was very appealing for those willing and able to work. What options are you trying to narrow down? NEHGS is a great source for researching family. Peg Gingras On 08/09/13, Jeanne Baldwin<jeannew.baldwin@gmail.com> wrote: So many people from Kerry settled in the Springfield area. Could anyone suggest some MA resources on-line that could assist me in narrowing down a few options? I know of Hampton and Chicopee as locales. I am looking for people from Ventry who left in the 1880's. Jeanne from CA Researching Lynch, Manning, Dunleavy, Kevane, Fenton and ? _______________ --------------- Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: [1]http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [2]IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. 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Her contact info is at [5]http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [6]IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ 2. mailto:IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com 3. mailto:IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com 4. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ 5. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ 6. mailto:IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com ---------- From: *sandy stegmayer* <ssteg@verizon.net> Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 1:26 PM To: pegassi@verizon.net, jeannew.baldwin@gmail.com, IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com I suggest you contact John O'Connor who writes a genealogy column for the Springfield Republican. You can access them on masslive.com. He is also at the Historical Museum which is part of the Springfield Library system. Good luck. Sandy ---------- From: *grammgault* <grammgault@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 2:05 PM To: sandy stegmayer <ssteg@verizon.net> Cc: IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com There were several Kerry families from the Glenbehy area that lived in Nashua, New Hampshire. Partial list of surnames would include Reardon, Diggins, Shea, Sweeney. ---------- From: *Julie Hu* <mcelroy22000@yahoo.com> Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 9:47 PM To: "irl-Kerry@rootsweb.com" <irl-Kerry@rootsweb.com> New London and Willamantic were also great attractions for people from Kerry, especially Caherciveen and Bolus. My grandmother told us that "the mill" paid her way over and "took care" of her (this was in the 1890s). One of my goals is to find the name of the mill and see if it advertised in Kerry and if there are any surviving records of the employees. ________________________________ From: sandy stegmayer <ssteg@verizon.net> To: pegassi@verizon.net; jeannew.baldwin@gmail.com; IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 1:26 AM ---------- From: *Paul Keroack* <pkeroack@sbcglobal.net> Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 10:17 PM To: Julie Hu <mcelroy22000@yahoo.com>, "IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com" < IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com> Julie, The following links include the history of the primary mills in Willimantic - the last one is an organization that may have surviving records. I'm not sure if the mills recruited in Kerry, but I did have 19th century Kerry cousins who worked at the thread mill in Willimantic. Some went there from Norwich which also had many mills with Irish workers. Nearby Colchester had a rubber mill which definately recruited in Cahirciveen, but earlier, in the 1850s. New London was not a city with a great number of mills, as it was primarily a port, but it did have some. Paul Keroack http://www.past-inc.org/Willimantic/overall_history.htm http://www.textilehistory.org/WillimanticCottonMills.html http://www.millmuseum.org/ ________________________________ From: Julie Hu <mcelroy22000@yahoo.com> To: "irl-Kerry@rootsweb.com" <irl-Kerry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 9:47 PM ---------- From: *Kathleen Fitzgerald* <sleahead@att.net> Date: Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 3:30 PM To: Jeanne Baldwin <jeannew.baldwin@gmail.com>, IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com Genealogy bank has quite a few years of the Springfield Newspapers on line and continues to add them. The Irish Cultural Center at the Elms College in Chicopee, MA is a very active center. I believe they have a genealogist at least part time that may be a good resource. There are many Irish in the Springfield, Chicopee, Holyoke, Palmer, Ware and Hartford CT area that either they or their ancestors came from the Dingle area, especially from the west of Dingle. Last Fall the Irish Cultural Center hosted a presentation by the author of The Men of Ventry. It was a great movie and presentation. In June they helped launch the book "From the Great Blasket to America -The Last Memoir by an Islander". It was writen by Dr. Mike Carney who was born on the Blasket Island and immigrated to Springfield, MA. The initial launching was held earlier at the Blasket Center in Dunquin. Kathleen ---------- From: *Rod O'Donoghue* <rod@odonoghue.co.uk> Date: Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 4:36 PM To: Kathleen Fitzgerald <sleahead@att.net>, Jeanne Baldwin < jeannew.baldwin@gmail.com>, IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com I have followed this thread with interest. Does anyone recognise a community in the MA area from North Kerry, say from Causeway to Listowel? Cheers Rod O'Donoghue -----Original Message----- From: irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kathleen Fitzgerald Sent: 10 August 2013 20:31 To: Jeanne Baldwin; IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Springfield, MA ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 8673 (20130810) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 8673 (20130810) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 8673 (20130810) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. this is embarrassing...I don't know how to reply to the Kerry list, I hope this gets to you, I will copy in someone I know to be sure. My family, Coakleys, came from Castlegregory; some of them settled in Lawrence MA and Haverhill. My family, which I have found also in the directory for Willimantic, settled in Bridgeport, Ct although my grandfather died in Waterbury, CT and forever we could not find a record. I think his family frowned on the Dennehy colleen, so they embarked in Bridgeport. the Bridgeport post is on ancestry up until the 70's ...it goes as early as 1915? thereabouts anyway, don't hold me to it.
I had the same question about why my grandfather from Armagh went to Kentucky: "Why Kentucky of all places?". I did find that 20 years before that his maternal uncle and also a cousin had gone there, so my grandfather had a good reason--a support system in place at the destination--but I still don't know why the uncle went there! As to where they would have landed in the U.S., I found that the uncle had first landed in New Orleans, but my grandfather landed in New York. If you can find their naturalization records you might be able to find out where they first landed. That's how I found out. Good luck! ________________________________ From: Shirley Holdahl <saholdahl@msn.com> To: "irl-kerry-l@rootsweb.com" <irl-kerry-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 10:24 AM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Killarney Does anyone have a clue as to where immigrants from Killarney might set sail to the US in 1872 and if Canada might be a destination? My John and Kate OConnor with my grandmother, baby Mary Jo, came to Tennessee in 1872, but I have not been able to find them on a ships list. They were originally from Ballylongford/Tarbert area of North Kerry. Why Tennessee of all places? That's a mystery. John was a shoemaker so could have settled anywhere. Still looking for their parents in Kerry also, but I have found some possibilities in the Kerry church records. Thanks for any suggestions. Shirley White Bear Lake, MN. _______________ --------------- Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/contrib.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
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It is Carbondale Pennsylvania. Curious as to what part of County Kerry people came from to work in the mines there. Have hit a wall with finding what part of Kerry my people came from. Mary
Quite a few in my ancestors families and my brother Maurice was nicknamed Moggy in our family! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Joyce" <sjoyce3@optusnet.com.au> To: <irl-kerry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 4:43 PM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Abbreviation Mce - Digest, Vol 8, Issue 112 To Meg I'd plump for Maurice - a common Kerry name. We have several in our family - pronounced "Morris". (Nickname often Mock, Mocca,or similar) Sandra _______________ --------------- Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
To Meg I'd plump for Maurice - a common Kerry name. We have several in our family - pronounced "Morris". (Nickname often Mock, Mocca,or similar) Sandra
Interesting thread on the mills. My relatives came from Kerry to Carbondale for the mines and later the RR. Are there resourcees for that? Plus does Genealogy bank have any newspapers from Carbondale?...the other access Newspapers did not (through the library here in Wisconsin ) Mary
and don't forget " Moss " or " Mossy " Mary - whose Pops was a Maurice
Genealogy bank has quite a few years of the Springfield Newspapers on line and continues to add them. The Irish Cultural Center at the Elms College in Chicopee, MA is a very active center. I believe they have a genealogist at least part time that may be a good resource. There are many Irish in the Springfield, Chicopee, Holyoke, Palmer, Ware and Hartford CT area that either they or their ancestors came from the Dingle area, especially from the west of Dingle. Last Fall the Irish Cultural Center hosted a presentation by the author of The Men of Ventry. It was a great movie and presentation. In June they helped launch the book "From the Great Blasket to America -The Last Memoir by an Islander". It was writen by Dr. Mike Carney who was born on the Blasket Island and immigrated to Springfield, MA. The initial launching was held earlier at the Blasket Center in Dunquin. Kathleen
Fred, In Norwich, St. Mary is the older of the two cemeteries mentioned. Burials began about 1850. A few years ago, I copied headstone inscriptions which included place names of birth in Ireland - about 300 of them. These were published in the June and Sept 1999 issues of the Connecticut Nutmegger (csginc.org). I have the original entries and am willing to check them for anyone interested. However, there are probably several thousand stones in the cemetery, mostly Irish. Many of these are from Kerry. Today, findagrave.com lists 844 transcribed headstones, many with photographs. The cemetery corporation administers both cemeteries, across the street from one another. St. Mary's and St. Joseph's Cemetery, 815 Boswell Ave, Norwich 06360, (860) 887-1019. Paul Keroack From: "frederick.raudat@att.net" <frederick.raudat@att.net> To: "irl-Kerry@rootsweb.com" <irl-Kerry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 8:21 AM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Springfield, Holyoke, Willimantic, Norwich - People from Kerry The thread about people from Kerry coming to these areas is really interesting to me. My Mara relatives settled both in Norwich and Willimantic and the brothers of my direct Mara ancestor settled up near Ware, Mass in New Braintree area. They came from Skahies in County Kerry as far as I can tell and many of that family were parish members of Firies. Norwich to Willimantic was and is known as the "mill corridor" because there were so many mills. My relatives were farmers, but some of their children worked in the mills. The cemetery in Ware, Old St. William is mostly Irish and St.Mary's and St. Joseph's in Norwich have many, many Irish immigrants buried there. Regards, Fred _______________ --------------- Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
The thread about people from Kerry coming to these areas is really interesting to me. My Mara relatives settled both in Norwich and Willimantic and the brothers of my direct Mara ancestor settled up near Ware, Mass in New Braintree area. They came from Skahies in County Kerry as far as I can tell and many of that family were parish members of Firies. Norwich to Willimantic was and is known as the "mill corridor" because there were so many mills. My relatives were farmers, but some of their children worked in the mills. The cemetery in Ware, Old St. William is mostly Irish and St.Mary's and St. Joseph's in Norwich have many, many Irish immigrants buried there. Regards, Fred