Hi Pat, Thank you for responding. How would I go about finding out where John, Mary and Tom McGuinnis came from in Co Kilkenny? My cousin said my great grandmother, _______ McGinnis (sp), came from Baurnafea, that's why I picked up on the message. That's the first time I have seen that place mentioned. My grandfather, Martin Donnelly was born 1865. A cousin told me his mother was a McGinnis. Then this summer in Kilkenny city I obtained a birth registration that said his mother was Mary Mullins. So, at this point I need to follow both surnames till I find out which is right. Maybe I'll find out McGinnis was his grandmother's maiden surname. Thank you for any help. Betty Smith [email protected] >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [KILKENNY] Re: Gowran and Baurnafea >Date: 24 Dec 2003 17:18:44 -0700 > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WWC.2ACI/2610.1.3.1 > >Message Board Post: > > Betty,Thats the place! Mrs. Maher was about 80 yrs, a widow, and ran the >place. I was there in the mid-80s, too. My book from St. Patrick's church >in Imogene, Iowa list a John McGinnis from Kilkenny, who came with his >sister, Mary and a brother, Tom. I went to school with their descendants. >People who knew other people from "home" joined them in the states. My >husband's grandfather and his brother came there because two uncles lived >in Imogene. Maybe they are the same family? Pat > > >==== IRL-KILKENNY Mailing List ==== >***Join a mailing list with 24-7 ROLL CALLS*** >Rootsweb's first totally Irish Roll Calls mailing list... >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS.html > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Expand your wine savvy — and get some great new recipes — at MSN Wine. http://wine.msn.com