My ancestor Bryan O'Connor, approx, birth date, 1830, supposedly of county Kerry, parish Muhrer, is no where to be found so far. Even relatives who have visited Ireland have not found him or his family. How likely is it that back in those times, Muhrer being so close to county Limerick, that we are all looking at the wrong area. I have tried to research Limerick with no success, but also have had trouble with various townlands Bryan;s wife, who he married in the USA, Margaret Keefe, supposedly from Duagh has no records that I can find either. Any suggestions from anyone on where I should be looking. According to my research, Murher and Duagh were approx. 5 miles apart. I do not know how accessible people of those times were to other villages 5 miles apart and the likelihood that they knew each other. I think I found a birth record of Margaret's mother, Mary Hartnett, born in 1800 but no record of her husband Martin Keefe. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Diane O'Connor Kern
Try this: Brian Connor bap Moyvane 29 Sep 1822 http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/c077b41801676 Murhur is the civil parish in which Moyvane or Newtown Sandes is the ecclesiastical parish. John Buckley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Kern" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:37 PM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Kerry family > My ancestor Bryan O'Connor, approx, birth date, 1830, supposedly of > county Kerry, parish Muhrer, is no where to be found so far. Even > relatives who have visited Ireland have not found him or his family. How > likely is it that back in those times, Muhrer being so close to county > Limerick, that we are all looking at the wrong area. I have tried to > research Limerick with no success, but also have had trouble with various > townlands > Bryan;s wife, who he married in the USA, Margaret Keefe, supposedly from > Duagh has no records that I can find either. Any suggestions from anyone > on where I should be looking. According to my research, Murher and Duagh > were approx. 5 miles apart. I do not know how accessible people of those > times were to other villages 5 miles apart and the likelihood that they > knew each other. I think I found a birth record of Margaret's mother, > Mary Hartnett, born in 1800 but no record of her husband Martin Keefe. > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > Diane O'Connor Kern > _______________