Just tried to get some information on the term links. This is what I turned up so far. "The British Golf Museum says that "links" are coastal strips of land between the beaches and the inland agricultural areas. This term, in its purest sense, applies specifically to seaside areas in Scotland. So "links land" is land where seaside transitions into farmland. Links land has sandy soil, making it unsuited for crops. Such land was often, in times past, thought to be worthless because it was not arable for crops" I am still not convinced that it would be a descriptive term in the 1840's!! Clare ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Buckley" <[email protected]> To: "Clare Tuohy" <[email protected]>; "Donna Russell" <[email protected]>; "Kerry List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Tranlated Marriage Record > May I put in a caveat? The original marriage entry was written in Latin > by a travelling French priest in Wisconsin USA. He could only write down > what he was told by the groom or bride. There were three words in the > address. The first was clearly Beall the last was Ireland; in between was > what I read as Linckei, which I took as a Latinized plural of 'Links'. > Many years ago when I was on holiday in North Kerry, I took my nieces and > nephews to swim and play on the Shannon shore at Beale, typical 'links' > terrain. There are golf links in the area but they are just south of > Ballybunion. > > Paddy Buckley > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clare Tuohy" <[email protected]> > To: "Donna Russell" <[email protected]>; "Kerry List" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Tranlated Marriage Record > > >> Donna >> I haven't come across Beal Links- in fact I wonder if Links is a >> corruption >> of another name. >> However there is a Beal townland in Listowel parish. >> Clare >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Donna Russell" <[email protected]> >> To: "Kerry List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 4:05 PM >> Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Tranlated Marriage Record >> >> >>> Hi All, >>> Thank you for helping me with my unreadable marriage record! Paddy >>> provided this translation for me--thank you again Paddy! >>> >>> >>> May 30 anno domini 1869 John Thomas Mary Russel son of John Russel & >>> Margaret Morrison in his 21st year from Linana Main Marinette; & Honora >>> Sullivan daughter of Timothy Sullivan & Anne Coffey of Beal Links >>> Ireland >>> were joined in the bonds of matrimony in the presence of John Sullivan >>> and >>> Thomas Gauze. >>> >>> I know for sure that Thomas Russell was born in Linneus, Maine in 1848. >>> Hanora and Thomas met in America sometime between 1866 and 1869, when >>> they >>> were married in Wisconsin. They ended up in South Dakota and then >>> settling >>> in Washington State. >>> >>> I also know for sure that John Sullivan was Hanora's brother. John >>> followed Thomas and Hanora across the country but stayed in South >>> Dakota. >>> On the census in Wisconsin, they all live near each other and near >>> another >>> Sullivan family but couldn't trace that family after the 1870 census. I >>> have no idea if they were related or not. >>> >>> I don't know if there were other siblings and have not been able to find >>> any record of Hanora, John or their parents in Ireland. I know that >>> Hanora >>> and John left Ireland together to come to America in 1866, per the >>> census >>> records. The only mention of a specific place in Ireland was Killarney, >>> which was listed as the place of birth for John Sullivan, but he died >>> after his wife and without children, so not sure how accurate that >>> information really is. >>> >>> I searched the online records (thanks for sending me the links!), and >>> found a marriage between a Timothy Sullivan and Joanna Coffey in 1832 in >>> Kilcummen, but couldn't find Hanora or John's baptism upon further >>> searching. I'm not even sure this is her parents. >>> >>> Does anyone know what Parish I should search to try to find them in Beal >>> Links? Or if there is another 'next search' I should try? >>> >>> Thanks so much everyone! >>> >>> Best, >>> Donna >>> _______________ >>> --------------- >>> >>> Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html >>> 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. >>> >>> To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] 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. 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