Mine follow this exactly - what happened after the third child - was there a pattern? Tina -------------------------------------------------- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 4:49 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Dwyer/Martin > Since you found the baptismal records of Matthew and Mary's children in > Croom you might at least get a hint of their (Matthew and Mary) parents' > names. At that time the naming pattern was fairly strong in that area. > The > first son was named after the father's father. The second son was named > after the mother's father and the third son was named after the father > himself > (if it wasn't already used). Similarly, the first daughter was named > after > the mother's mother, the second after the father's mother, and the third > after the mother herself. Since you seem to have the names of 5 > children, > you might get some strong hints out of it. > > In my family, the pattern seemed to be followed. My only problem was > that > the oldest child died before his name became part of the records. > Baptismal records don't exist any more and that is mention of a son, but > no name. > He was dead before the 1851/2 Canadian census which named children. > > Good luck. > Rita > > ------------------------------- > 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 >