There seems to be quite an upsurge in reports of viruses "attacks". If you have an antivirus program - do get the latest virus defs. The badtrans virus going around is a very new version. If you do not have one there are some free programs. One I know of is called Grisoft: http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.html Also, beware of files that are sent to you. Be wary of anything ending in .pif or .scr This is not a good time to open anything you weren't expecting. Remember too, that no one among us sends viruses out on purpose. I have heard of people (on other lists of course) being blasted if their name is on an email with an attached worm or virus. If you tell someone they have a problem - be polite and suggest they run a complete virus scan. Thanks, Christina

Hello! I found a record of my gggrandfather's baptism at SS Peter & Paul's church in Portlaoise in his Civil War pension papers. It reads: "It appears from the Baptismal Register kept at the Church of SS Peter & Paul, Maryborough, that Edward Haslem of John Haslem and Anne Connor of Grange, Maryborough Parish....was baptized according to the rite of the Roman Catholic Church, on the 30th day of Oct. 1828." James Robinson & Sophia Haslem were sponsors. I was wondering if anyone knew if the church was still standing. What does "Grange" mean? And, most importantly, does anyone recognize any names? Thanks in advance. Roxanne

On a tombstone in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada is carved "Catherine Gorman, born 1822, from Glankeen." Family tradition says she was from Laois County; her brother was from Mount Mellick. Catherine's mother, Mary Barrett Gorman, a widow, emigrated to Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1842 with five other children to live with other Barrett family members already in Canada. Can anyone tell me if Glenkeen Upper could be 'Glankeen'? What RC church records would help my search. I tried Clonagheen, a possible Irish spelling of Glankeen, but those records didn't seem to have Gormans of this family. I am looking for a place where Gormans and Barretts and Mays married and had children..... Many thanks Christine Gorman

This obit is from the Brooklyn list: Brooklyn Standard Union October 25, 1918 Patrick Lalor DUNNE, 89 years old, died Tuesday at his home, 577 Carlton avenue. He was born in Queens County, Ireland, and came to this country, seventy years ago. For a long time, he was employed in the Surrogates' office in Brooklyn. The funeral will be tomorrow morning, with solemn requiem mass at St. Joseph's R. C. Church and interment at St. John's Cemetery. Mr. DUNNE is survived by a son, William M. and several grandchildren.

Christina, Great work on the site. Can you please tell me what the date is attached to the freeholder's list. Date of birth, of acquiring freehold? Thanks Kevin Holmes -----Original Message----- From: Christina Hunt [mailto:Ninah@carolina.rr.com] Sent: 19 November 2001 14:33 To: IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-LAOIS] Website Update Hello! Just wanted to let you know that I have begun adding a list of Freeholders for Queen's County from 1758-1775. I have A-J online and am working to get the remainder finished. The url is you are interested is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllex/freeholders.htm *From John Grenham's "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors": "Freeholder: Freehold property is held either by fee simple, with absolute freedom to dispose of it, by fee tail, in which the disposition is restricted to a particular line of heirs, or simply by life tenure. From the early eighteenth century freeholders' lists were drawn up regularly, usually because of the right to vote which went with freehold of property over a certain value." Cheers, Christina

Kevin, The date appears to be the registration of the Freehold. Some people were an exact match and I guessed them to be the same person registering a 2nd time. The right to vote was tied to being a freeholder which might explain being listed more than once. That is just my guess. I just did a set for Tipperary at www.rootsweb.com/~irltip2 and that set was a list for voting. Best wishes, Christina -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Holmes [mailto:kevinholmes@eircom.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 4:28 PM To: IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [IRL-LAOIS] Website Update Christina, Great work on the site. Can you please tell me what the date is attached to the freeholder's list. Date of birth, of acquiring freehold? Thanks Kevin Holmes -----Original Message----- From: Christina Hunt [mailto:Ninah@carolina.rr.com] Sent: 19 November 2001 14:33 To: IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-LAOIS] Website Update Hello! Just wanted to let you know that I have begun adding a list of Freeholders for Queen's County from 1758-1775. I have A-J online and am working to get the remainder finished. The url is you are interested is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllex/freeholders.htm *From John Grenham's "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors": "Freeholder: Freehold property is held either by fee simple, with absolute freedom to dispose of it, by fee tail, in which the disposition is restricted to a particular line of heirs, or simply by life tenure. From the early eighteenth century freeholders' lists were drawn up regularly, usually because of the right to vote which went with freehold of property over a certain value." Cheers, Christina ==== IRL-LAOIS Mailing List ==== To find other Irish Counties visit Ireland Genealogical Projects: http://irelandgenealogyprojects.rootsweb.com

Hello! Just wanted to let you know that I have begun adding a list of Freeholders for Queen's County from 1758-1775. I have A-J online and am working to get the remainder finished. The url is you are interested is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllex/freeholders.htm *From John Grenham's "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors": "Freeholder: Freehold property is held either by fee simple, with absolute freedom to dispose of it, by fee tail, in which the disposition is restricted to a particular line of heirs, or simply by life tenure. From the early eighteenth century freeholders' lists were drawn up regularly, usually because of the right to vote which went with freehold of property over a certain value." Cheers, Christina

Can anyone tell me what is Ansill Monday, (in Ireland) and if it's a moveable feast, what date it would have fallen in 1825? Many thanks. Regards Pamela An Aussie transplanted to Rotorua, NZ.

(This email will need to viewed at Full Screen) The following are some of the names to be found in my Family Tree. I wonder if anyone recognise any of these names? Could any of them fit into your tree somewhere? Most of them are from the Counties of Laois, Dublin, Antrim and Carlow. Kinship of William Brennan born about c1740 in Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois Name Birth date Relationship with William Brennan Bolger, Joe 1873 Husband of the 2nd great-granddaughter Brennan, Annie 1891 2nd great-granddaughter Brennan, Christina 1881 2nd great-granddaughter Brennan, Edward (Ned) 1840 Great-grandson Brennan, Ellen Bef. 1840 Granddaughter Brennan, Hannah 25 October 1874 2nd great-granddaughter Brennan, James Abt.1830 Grandson Brennan, John 17 August 1892 2nd great-grandson Brennan, Mark 1841 Great-grandson Brennan, Mark 29 May 1881 2nd great-grandson Brennan, Martin 29 November 1888 2nd great-grandson Brennan, Michael 5 August 1883 2nd great-grandson Brennan, Patricia ??? 2nd great-granddaughter Brennan, Thomas (Tom) 9 July 1876 2nd great-grandson Brennan, William Bef. c1740 Self Brennan, William Abt. c1762 Son Brennan, William Abt. c1820 Grandson Brennan, William 15 April 1873 2nd great-grandson Lalor, Catherine (Katie) 1859 Wife of the great-grandson Moran, Mary Anne 27 September 1875 Wife of the 2nd great-grandson O'Sullivan, John ??? Husband of the 2nd great-granddaughter Wall, Bridget ??????? Wife of the 2nd great-grandson Kelly, Mary (Molly) 11 June 1922 Lyons, Michael 13 October 1910 Moran, Bridie May 1909 Kindest regards Michael Brennan Kent England Home: michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk Just added another page to my web site on using the LDS for research. My URL for my web site is: http://www.brennanfamilyhistory.com

Hi fellow listers, Could some kind person please check what Phelan families were living in the town of Coolrain, Offerlane Parish, Co Laois and indeed all of Offerlane Parish, in the 1901 & 1911 Census. Many thanks in anticipation. Gordon Collingwood

Fellow Researchers, I'm searching for information on Ellen GEORGE who married Thomas COUGHLAN 16 Jan 1826 in Magany Townland, Ballyadams Parish, County Laois and had children John (29 June 1827 in Killeen), Peter Paul (1 July 1832 in Grange) and Harriet. After being widowed circa 1836, she married John DEEGAN and had children Mary (24 April 1841) and Frank. Her parents are Thomas GEORGE and Mary ? of Luggacurren. Ellen had at least two siblings, Benjamin and John GEORGE. Todd A. MurrayGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

I must first of thank all those who replied to my query so far and for your suggestions. Unfortunately, what I forgot to say was that I am unable to visit an LDS centre. Time and travel is my problem as there is no research centre in my local town. So if some kind person (when they have the time) could look up this census for me I would be ever so grateful. I am looking for all BRENNAN/MORAN families of Ballickmoyler/Arless Co. Laois areas from the 1911 census. Plus if anyone comes accross any strays I would be interested in them also. All the names can be found on my web site: URL: http://www.brennanfamilyhistory.com Very many thanks in advance for any help given. Regards and good luck with your research Michael Brennan Kent, England e-mail: michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk URL: http://www.brennanfamilyhistory.com

I understand that the 1911 census is open for inspection in Ireland. If this is correct and if it is not too much of an imposition, could someone please look for the BRENNAN family of Ballickmoyler/Arless Co. Laois. I am interested in all BRENNAN's living in the area during this period. Very many thanks in advance for any help given. Regards and good luck with your research Michael Brennan Kent, England e-mail: michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk URL: http://www.brennanfamilyhistory.com

Site link for The Federation of Family History Societies http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Members/Alpha.htm Regards and good luck with your research Michael Brennan Kent, England e-mail: michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk URL: http://www.brennanfamilyhistory.com

READ THIS. LET IT REALLY SINK IN. THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU START YOUR DAY TOMORROW. Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "if I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Michael replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life. "Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," Michael said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood." "The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life." I reflected on what Michael said. Soon thereafter, I left the company to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw Michael about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied. "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon to be born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Michael continued, "...the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read "He's a dead man. I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked. "Well there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Michael. She asked if I was allergic to anything. "Yes, I replied." The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, "Gravity." Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead." Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything. "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." After all, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. You have two choices now: 1. Delete this. 2. Forward it to the people you care about. What will you choose?

>From the Brooklyn list: BROOKLYN DAILY STANDARD UNION - June 23, 1918 James DELANEY James DELANEY, born in County Queens, Ireland, and a resident of Brooklyn for more than fifty years, died yesterday at his home, 144 York street. He was for many years employed at St. Francis College in Butler street. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs CLIFFORD and Mrs. HUSKINSON; eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The funeral will be held on Tuesday at 2 P.M. from his late home, with interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, under direction of William McCLEAN of 77 Hudson avenue. .................................................. Regards, Christina

When in Salt lake city last April, I found an expert Irish researcher who taught me how to find the land records using the 1851-1871 Irish census records,( yes there was a census but the governement destroyed after taking out statistics.)along with Griffith Evaluation and the Townland books. If you know y our townland then you need to find the barony and the Poor Law Union. Once you find the Poor Law Union you can find the ELECTORAL DIVISION for your townland and then you can easily find the land records for your area and family. You need to go to www.familysearch.com then click on library catalogue,then put in Your County and Ireland example, westmeath top line, bottom line, Ireland. this will take you to all they have on the county. scroll down to land and property, click. then when you get land and property at upper top see added details..click that and you will be at the electoral districts. Find your electoral district name for y our townland and then it will give you the LDS film to send for. When you get the film go to y our electoral division and there you will find all the tennants, not just owners of land, renters , etc. The head of household only, but what a find. I was able to find mine. You can also order the 1851or-1871 microfiche from LDS(9at 15cents each to order) These have all the townlands, county, barony, parish, poor law union and electoral divisions on them. I will be glad to answer any questions if you have them. Charlotte Smith -----Original Message----- From: Michael Brennan <michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk> To: IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, November 05, 2001 2:44 PM Subject: [IRL-LAOIS] Family History Library Catalogue at LDS + Additional info

Hi everyone again. After this message appeared on the list I received some more very valuable information which I have added to the end of this message along with the senders name who provided this info. Here is some useful info to look at before you decide to pay a visit to your local LDS Family History Centres. Hopefully, by doing the ground work and getting the correct Title of the document and the Microfiche number of the records that you want to look at before your visit will save you a lot of time. This site lists every record that is stored at the LDS centre in Salt Lake City. Utah, USA. All you have to do is spend a little time tracking it down and then hopefully you will be well prepared when you decide to go and visit your local LDS Centre. There is a vast amount of Irish material stored here on Microfiche. The official web site for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for FAMILY SEARCH.ORG is located at: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp Here you can search the Family History Library Catalogue to find out the Microfiche number of the record you are wanting to search at your local LDS Family History Centre. LDS Family History Library Catalogue can be found at the following: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Some of the options available when you visit their site. You can search for your ancestors in their vast record collections. Get step-by-step research guidance on searching for your ancestors. View maps, forms, guides and get other research help. Find other web sites containing family history information. The type of search facilities available here are: PLACE SEARCH SURNAME SEARCH SUBJECT SEARCH FILM/FICHE SEARCH AUTHOR SEARCH CALL NUMBER SEARCH Click here to find out if there is an LDS Family History Centres near you: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp LDS Family History Centres are branch facilities of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Utah, USA. These centres provide access to most of the microfilms and microfiche in the Family History Library to help patrons identify their ancestors. Everyone is welcome to come to the centres and use Family History Centre resources. Here is some valuable additional information which was supplied by Linda Babin from Louisiana, USA Hello List members, As Michael pointed out, the Family History Library Catalog is online, and is a great place to find what information they have, also, if your Family History Center is one of the smaller ones,I suggest you call before you go, and if they don't have the film or microfiche there, they will normally be happy to order it for you for a very nominal fee, I've always been able to pay the fee when I went to view the material, and it's normally not more than a couple of dollars in the U.S. Not every FHL has every piece of material that is held by this vast resource, so calling ahead insures that the material you want to use is there, and also, there are some materials that can not be viewed anywhere other than the Salt Lake Library. If the material that you want to check can't be sent to your local library, normally they can find someone in the Salt Lake area that will check for your information for you. My personal experience has been that they are most helpful, and will go out of their way to help. Good luck with your research! Linda Babin Louisiana, USA Slán agus beannacht leat Regards and good luck with your research Michael Brennan Kent, England e-mail: michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk URL: http://www.brennanfamilyhistory.com

Searching for info on John Allen Johnson Walshe of Ballykelcavan, Co. Queens, 1818. Intested in tenants/friends/neighbours he might have had c. 1817, specifically if he had a tenant/friend/neighbour named John Large, who went to PEI about that time. What would be likely sources to search? Thanks, Dawn Ellis dsellis@nbnet.nb.ca http://www.geocities.com/dawnellis.geo

Mary Beth wrote:- > Researching Kelly of Stradbally/Timaho(?), Queens County >My g-grandfather, James Patrick Kelly, was the son of Michael Kelly and >Catherine Buggy(Bogey). He had at least 3 brothers, William, >Patrick,Michael, and a sister, Elizabeth. He was born around 1863. Mary Beth My gr-grandmother is a Foyle from Garryglass, Timahoe. I remembered the name Buggy when I was looking for the Foyles so I went back to the Stradbally film to refresh my memory. Going on what you gave above I found the following:- June 5, 1857 Eliza of Michael Kelly & Kitty Buggy; Witnesses Michael McDonald & Ann Buggy (Pg.23) Dec. 16, 1860 Patt of Michael Kelly & Cath. Buggy: Witnesses Patt Shortall(?) & Biddy Buggy (Pg. 48) Feb, 8 1863 Anne of Michael Kelly & Cath. Buggy. Witnesses John & Cath. Delaney (Entry #16) Mar.15, 1863 Anne of Michael Kelly & Cath. Buggy. Witnesses John & Cath Delaney (Pg. 64) (Don't know why she's entered with two different dates.) The film is LDS #0926128 - Baptisms & Marriages, 1820-1880 - Parochial Registers of Stradbally. The film notes say that The Catholic parish of Stradbally contains the civil parishes of Moyanna, Stradbally, Curraclone, Timogue, Kilcolmanbrack and Fossy. You can probably find other relations as I just looked for the Buggy name and didn't even look for Kellys. In looking at my Foyle photocopies I found a Wm. Buggy/Betty Burke(Vicarstown) as far back as 1826. A James Buggy in Kyle, 1853, a Thos. Buggy in Moyanna, 1849 and also the years in between. Doing research in this film can be very frustrating however. In the early years the Priest was certainly out to get his money's worth from each page so the writing is very close -a ruler/magnifying glass might help. Also he was very slow to dip his pen in the inkwell and the writing is very faint if not illegible sometimes but you get used to it and I found most of my relations. Hope this is of some help. Regards, Kathleen Barrett Dix, Houston, TX.