Hi Brian, Thank you! This tells me that this is the wrong family since Hanora doesn't show up. She was born in 1847. Back to the hunt.... Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Moriarty" <B.Moriarty@xtra.co.nz> To: "Donna Russell" <donnarussell5@comcast.net> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Trip to Killarney > Donna, > If you do a search on the IGI using Timothy Sullivan and Ellen Kelly as > parents, quoting batch number c700903 as per your info, you find the > following siblings: > 1. Julia Sullivan christened 1 Aug 1843 > 2. Edm. (Edmond?) Sullivan christened 9 August 1846 > 3. Jn (John) Sullivan christened 25 August 1849 > 4. Ellen Sullivan christened 29 July 1854. > > All born at the same time of year????? > > Cheers from NZ > > Brian Moriarty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna Russell" <donnarussell5@comcast.net> > To: "Marie Wallace" <mkatonak@mindspring.com>; "Kerry List" > <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 6:37 AM > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Trip to Killarney > > >> Hi Marie, >> Thank you, this is helpful. Do you know if I need to know the name of the >> Parish? I only know that he was born in Killarney and he was >> Catholic--does >> that help narrow down where I might find the records? >> Thanks, >> Donna >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Marie Wallace" <mkatonak@mindspring.com> >> To: "Donna Russell" <donnarussell5@comcast.net>; "Kerry List" >> <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 10:32 AM >> Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Trip to Killarney >> >> >>> Hi Donna, >>> >>> You have not given yourself enough time for any really good research, >>> but >>> my recommendation is that you fly in Kerry Airport, go to the Catholic >>> Church OFFICE and ask them if the holder of the chuch records could help >>> (usually the deacon)locate any information for you. He keeps the >>> records >>> in the vestry behind the altar. DO NOT MENTION THAT YOU ARE DOING >>> GENEALOGY WORK! It turns them all off on Americans and they clam up on >>> you. We were fortunate that my husband was applying for his Irish >>> Citizenship and needed the records of his grandparents and great >>> grandparents. >>> >>> BE AWARE! Nobody in Ireland wants you to see the church records without >>> "crossing their palms with GOLD"! When my husband and I went they would >>> only pull out the printouts that the Mormons had done and I had already >>> gotten all the information from the LDS records before going. >>> >>> GOOD LUCK! >>> >>> Marie >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>>>From: Donna Russell <donnarussell5@comcast.net> >>>>Sent: Sep 2, 2007 11:45 AM >>>>To: Kerry List <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> >>>>Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Trip to Killarney >>>> >>>>Hi Everyone, >>>>Now that summer is coming to an end, vacation is over, and school >>>>supplies >>>>have been purchased, I am ready to get back on the trail of my elusive >>>>ancestors from Killarney! I have made my reservations--I am in London >>>>from >>>>October 17 through noon on the 20th for a conference and I have booked a >>>>flight home from London (Heathrow) on Wednesday the 24th. So, I now have >>>>to decide how much time to spend in Ireland v. London--I have never been >>>>to either place. I have found flights from Gatwick and Stansted that >>>>will >>>>get me to either Cork or Kerry. I have to return to London very early >>>>Wednesday morning so I don't have much time. Having never been to either >>>>place, I'm trying to decide how much time to spend in London before >>>>heading to Ireland. So, my first question is: what do you recommend? >>>>Spending most of my free time in Ireland or splitting my time between >>>>both >>>>places? I'd like to take a tour of the city--bus or walking--and at >>>>least >>>>see the British Museum. Is it possible to do t! >>>> hat in 2 half days? I arrive around noon on Wednesday and, if I'm not >>>> too >>>> exhausted, can do something that day. I also have from noon on >>>> Saturday. >>>> My second question is: Is it better to fly into Cork and drive to >>>> Killarney and see some more of the country, or fly straight into the >>>> Kerry Airport? >>>> >>>>Finally, I have not gotten any closer to finding my g-grandmother's >>>>maiden >>>>name. But I did see in the Family Search database a baptism that might >>>>be >>>>my g-uncle. The problem is that I have no idea what to do next! I don't >>>>know what possible information might be contained in these records. >>>>Would >>>>it list other children and their birth dates? If so, I would hope to >>>>find >>>>my g-grandmother since she was 2 years older than him. Here is what I >>>>found (I've bolded the text that have links to follow): >>>> >>>>JN Sullivan, Male >>>>Christening: 25 AUG 1849 Roman Catholic, Killarney, Kerry, Ireland >>>>Parents: >>>>Father: TY. Sullivan >>>>Mother: Ellen Kelly >>>> >>>>Messages: >>>>Extracted birth or christening record for the locally listed in the >>>>record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the >>>>birth or christening event. >>>> >>>>Source information: >>>>Batch No. C700903 >>>>Date: 1840 >>>>Source Call No.: 823804-805, 0823809 >>>>Type: Book >>>>Printout Call No.: 0883698 >>>>Type: Film >>>> >>>>Batch No.: C700903 >>>>Dates: 1840-1865 >>>>Source Call No. 0823804-805, 0823809 >>>>Type: Film >>>>Printout Call No.: NONE >>>> >>>>Batch No.: C700903 >>>>Dates: 1865-1875 >>>>Source Call No.: 0823804-805, 0823809 >>>>Type: Film >>>>Printout Call No.: NONE >>>> >>>>I am hoping someone can tell me what I need to do to gain access to >>>>these >>>>records and if there is a good strategy for searching. What does it mean >>>>if there is no printout call number? Any advice will be greatly >>>>appreciated! At this point, I don't really have any trail to follow once >>>>I >>>>arrive in Killarney. All I know is that my g-grandmother and a brother >>>>were born there in 1847 and 1849 and their Dad's name. I also know they >>>>arrived in America in 1866. >>>> >>>>Thank you for your help! >>>> >>>>Donna >>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>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 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 >