Darlene: Don't be depressed. Almost never do people find the homes of their ancestor in Ireland by searching in Ireland. You need to find clues in the U.S., or Oz, or wherever. I found my Scanlon ancestors in Waterford because one of them carved his own tombstone and he put "Waterford" on it. I found my ancestors in Meenleitrim North, Knocknagoshel, becuae I had two elderly aunts who knew where their dad was born. Places to look when you are trying to find your roots in Ireland are death certificates, cemetery records, church records, obits, News articles, vanity biography books (it says in one of those for a cousin that he was born in Kerry), scraps of paper from other people's genealogy notes (On an unsigned Family Record Sheet I found an entry saying that a gg-gm was from Listowel. I found her in nearby Duagh), newspaper articles, military records, insurance policies, etc. If you have an ancestor who lived in a town with a newspaper that got microfilmed, Genealogybank.com might have scanned every article in that paper. You can browse it for free, seeing the headlines of the articles that might give you an indication as to something involving an ancestor. I've got one front page huge type article reporting on the death of a cousin who was shot dead while going for a walk with somebody else's wife. As far as I know the crime was never solved. But the police did talk to the obvious suspect. Ray Where he has been busy blogging and politicking in this run up to the elections in Minneapolis. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] GenealogyBank, a leading online newspaper archive reports Over 700 Million Family History Records Now Online. This all sounds great and wish I could use it!! But with no knowledge of where my 2 blockbusters lived in "Ireland" it seems hopeless to me. One is better cause I at least have some idea of where he might have come from with supposed dates: County Clare. The other, absolutely no idea as to when, where, etc. I envy all of you who have access to and can use the available info.!!! Darlene

Sadly not so true for me Ray. I have the death certificate of my Great Great Grandfather, Timothy Fitzgerald in Swansea in 1872 but still shows his birth place as Ireland no county mentioned. Kind regards, Mary in Nth Queensland where it is still showering and driving the canefarmers nuts trying to harvest the sugarcane. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Marshall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Kerry List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Finding ancestors in Ireland without a tip > Darlene: > > Don't be depressed. > > Almost never do people find the homes of their ancestor in Ireland by > searching in Ireland. You need to find clues in the U.S., or Oz, or > wherever. > > I found my Scanlon ancestors in Waterford because one of them carved his > own > tombstone and he put "Waterford" on it. > > I found my ancestors in Meenleitrim North, Knocknagoshel, becuae I had two > elderly aunts who knew where their dad was born. > > Places to look when you are trying to find your roots in Ireland are death > certificates, cemetery records, church records, obits, News articles, > vanity > biography books (it says in one of those for a cousin that he was born in > Kerry), scraps of paper from other people's genealogy notes (On an > unsigned > Family Record Sheet I found an entry saying that a gg-gm was from > Listowel. > I found her in nearby Duagh), newspaper articles, military records, > insurance policies, etc. > > If you have an ancestor who lived in a town with a newspaper that got > microfilmed, Genealogybank.com might have scanned every article in that > paper. > > You can browse it for free, seeing the headlines of the articles that > might > give you an indication as to something involving an ancestor. I've got > one > front page huge type article reporting on the death of a cousin who was > shot > dead while going for a walk with somebody else's wife. As far as I know > the > crime was never solved. But the police did talk to the obvious suspect. > > > Ray > Where he has been busy blogging and politicking in this run up to the > elections in Minneapolis. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 4:39 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] GenealogyBank, a leading online newspaper > archive reports Over 700 Million Family History Records Now Online. > > > This all sounds great and wish I could use it!! But with no knowledge > of where my 2 blockbusters lived in "Ireland" it seems hopeless to me. > One is better cause I at least have some idea of where he might have > come from with supposed dates: County Clare. The other, absolutely > no idea as to when, where, etc. > > I envy all of you who have access to and can use the available info.!!! > > Darlene > > > _______________ > --------------- > > 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. Her contact info is > at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.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 >

Mary, it took me30 years to find my Polish ancestors. Don't give up. Keep looking. And you will find wonderful things and friends along the way. Ray Where it is still Summer in Minneapolis (albeit a cool Summer) -----Original Message----- From: Mary [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 10:06 PM To: Ray Marshall; [email protected] Cc: Kerry List Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Finding ancestors in Ireland without a tip Sadly not so true for me Ray. I have the death certificate of my Great Great Grandfather, Timothy Fitzgerald in Swansea in 1872 but still shows his birth place as Ireland no county mentioned. Kind regards, Mary in Nth Queensland where it is still showering and driving the canefarmers nuts trying to harvest the sugarcane.>