This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GBarry4120 Surnames: Tierney, Tierny, Delany, Delaney Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.lex.general/2647.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: For those doing research along both sides of the Tipperary-Offaly border in the area near Roscrea, the North Tipperary Genealogy Centre's online searches at http://tipperarynorth.brsgenealogy.com/ can be very helpful. I mentioned previously that records for Dunkerrin Catholic parish, which straddled the Tipperary-Offaly border, appear at the North Tipperary site. Also included are records for these other Catholic parishes that also straddled that border: Birr, Bournea (Couraganeen), Shinrone, Roscrea. People from both sides of the border appear in those records - they didn't just include the ones who lived in Tipperary! Here is that (possible) marriage I found earlier for John Tierney and Anne Delany: Church Marriage Tierney John 1825 Co. Tipperary Parish: DUNKERRIN (RC) Church Marriage Delany Anne 1825 Co. Tipperary Parish: DUNKERRIN (RC). I also looked for possible baptisms for children of this couple after 1825. I looked for Tierny children bapized in Dunkerrin RC parish with father's first name John. (Of course, they might have been baptized in a neighboring parish. You can do that search yourself!) Obviously more that one John Tierny was fathering children in Dunkerrin parish just after 1825! I have marked a few of the entries below that might refer to the "cousins" you mentioned who arrived in Australia in 1853, ages 18 and 20. I wouldn't dismiss women who might have "actually" been a bit older than 18 and 20. Parish: DUNKERRIN (RC) Father Firstname: John Church Baptism Tierney Michael 1826 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Tierney Michael 1826 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Tierney Eliza 1827 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Tierney John 1827 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Tierney Ellen 1828 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Tierney Anne 1828 Co. Tipperary ** abt 24-25 in 1853 Church Baptism Tierney Eliza 1829 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Terney Mary 1829 Co. Tipperary ** abt 23-24 in 1853 Church Baptism Tierney Mary 1829 Co. Tipperary ** abt 23-24 in 1853 Church Baptism Tierney Catherine 1831 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Tierney James 1831 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Tierney Richard 1832 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Tierney Judith 1834 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Tierney Maria 1834 Co. Tipperary ** abt 18-19 in 1853 Church Baptism Tierney Ellen 1836 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Tierney Honoria 1836 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Tierny Catherine 1839 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Tierney Daniel 1840 Co. Tipperary Church Baptism Tierney Mary 1840 Co. Tipperary ** abt 12-13 in 1853 Church Baptism Tierny Judy 1841 Co. Tipperary I wish you luck in your continuing search! Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.