Debbi, I always wondered what was the reason my great great grands disapproved of their daughter's marriage. The daughter came to this country from Longford Co. where she wed her man in New Orleans at St Patrick's on January 31,1861. Children all raised Catholic. Years later I discovered she was not the Catholic from birth, but Protestant. So she must have taken her husband's faith and christened the children Catholic. That religious difference may have been what her parents resented. Oh, you've got to be a detective in this business if any answers are to be found.

Hi I am new to the list and am looking for my g-g-g-g-grandmother, Catherine Dolan from Longford. I suspect that Dolan might be a married name, therefore I do not have a maiden name. She was born abt. 1844. She eventually married a Sherlock. Rumor has it that she might have been non-catholic and Sherlock was and that they were run out of Ireland because of religion differences. They fled to England. Any leads is greatly appreciated. I have her from 1881 to her death in 1908. Thank you Debbi

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Jack, I can answer part of your query. You will probably get other answers as well. Visited Longford County in June and neighboring Offaly County (to see the Claffey Church at Clonmacnoise). Ballymahon is a town in Longford County. My guess is that 'District ABBYSHRULE' is the "Parish" and therefore birth would have been recorded at church there. Other listers , please correct me if I'm wrong :-) As far as different spellings, many folks could not read or write even 75 years ago. They told their name to a clerk or someone else who recorded it. The clerk or recorder many times inscribed a name much as it sounded if the person could not spell it for them. Thus two clerks might write the name differently, One Peter McLoaghlin , one McLoughlin, and yet another McLaughlin. On the matter of dumb questions --- >Sorry for the dumb questions - I only need to ask once. "A phase that requires an answer is never a useless question". If you need to ask , then it is wise to ask others who might know and be able to help you. Kind regards. Carol Ann Claffey Mounts in Washington PA

Dear Mr McLoughlin, I'm not an expert at this, but I do believe your information works this way: Druming ----Townland Abbeyshrule ----Parish Ballymahon----- Barony Longford ------ County I have located an internet site called The IreAtlas which designates all of the Townlands in each County and then notes the County, Barony and Parish, etc. This atlas states the following: Druming --Townland Longford - County Moydow-- Barony Kilglass-- Parish PLU -- Ballymahon Hopefully this will help you in your search! Susan Mulledy

I have a copy of my grandfathers reg. of birth. His name was Peter McLoaghlin born in Druming January 10, 1884. My question is - it says "Births Registered in the District of Abbeyshrule in the Superintendent Registrar's District of Ballymahon in the County of Longford" What is the the relationship between Druming, Abbeyshrule, Ballymahon and Longford? Where should I focus my genealogical research? Sorry for the dumb questions - I only need to ask once. He became McLoughlin and I became McLaughlin - as they say "go figure" Thanks for the explanation in advance Jack McLaughlin formerly of Worcester, MA, now living in very hot (115 degrees F) Scottsdale, AZ

Hi Christina I think is a very godd idea. Some time ago I saw some letter that some relatives living in Killcurry , Carrickedmond Co. Longford sent to their family living here in Buenos Aires where they told them the newses ( as the called) about the family. That was very informatives because the gives details like date of birth and death of the members of the family. It 's a way to preserve the family history. Excuse my english, Best wishes Alberto ----- Original Message ----- From: Christina Hunt <Ninah@ix.netcom.com> To: <IRL-LONGFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 11:11 AM Subject: [LONGFORD~] Old postcards > Hi there. I am thinking of adding a page with old postcards of places in Co. > Longford. If anyone has any to share and can scan or have them scanned, I > would love to hear from you. My husband's brother has one which I am trying > to get to use as it was a big clue in finding the right county. > Thanks, > Christina > www.rootsweb.com/~irllog >

Hi! Thanks for the responses to my questions about Griffith's Valuation. I just came across some information that stated Griffith's Valuation wasn't completed until 1865. The Charles Farrell family I was looking for had moved to Scotland by this time. I was wondering if anyone knew of any other records I might be able to use to locate the parish to which my Charles Farrell belonged. I believe he left for Scotland sometime in the mid 1840s or early 1850s. Thanks for any help. Ellen Garcia ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

My grandmother was Margaret Kenny daughter of John and Elizabeth. She was born 8/15/1885 in County Longford. I am trying to find out more about her. Any help?

I'm searching for a James Caulfield born abt. 1835 in Co. Longford. He later married Ellen Mullin (Mullen?) abt. 1855. I have no other information as yet - any chance he might be in Griffiths? Thanks for any help given! Heather Bilodeau

Farrell lookup Bev, as long as you are doing a Farrell lookup, I have a Mary Farrell who was married to a John McLoughlin (McLoaghlin). Their son Peter was my grandfather. I have my Grand fathers Registration of Birth which has him as Peter McLoaghlin son of John McLoaghlin and Mary Farrell. He was born 1/10/1884 in Druming with his birth registered in the district of Abbeyshrule in the Registrars district of Ballymahon in County Longford. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Jack McLaughlin in AZ

The correct url for the website is: www.bibliofind.com I apologize....I type too fast sometimes! Kathryn McCabe ----- Original Message ----- From: <IRL-LONGFORD-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <IRL-LONGFORD-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 10:00 AM Subject: IRL-LONGFORD-D Digest V00 #95

I have tried to access the web site given but without luck - is this a second hand book outlet - and if so are there any other links to it? - Name of outlet etc. Many thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathryn McCabe <kathryn@ix.netcom.com> To: <IRL-LONGFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 5:45 AM Subject: Re: [LONGFORD~] Griffith's Valuation > Ellen, > > If you go to www.biblifind.com, I know you will be > able to find a used copy of that book. > > Kathryn McCabe > (Researching McCabe in Killoe Parish) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ellen Garcia" <ellenhgarcia@hotmail.com> > To: <IRL-LONGFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 2:20 PM > Subject: [LONGFORD~] Griffith's Valuation > > > > Hi! I am new to the list and to genealogy in general. I am researching > > Farrells in County Longford and have seen many references to Griffith's > > Valuation. I was wondering how one could find a copy of the index by > David > > Leahy. > > > > I am specifically looking for Charles Farrell born around 1816 and > marrying > > Jane McCann around 1840. I don't know what parish they are from. I am > > trying to find that now. I am hoping Griffith's Valuation might help, or > > don't I have enough information? > > > > Thanks for any pointers you can give me. > > > > Ellen Garcia > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > >

Ellen, If you go to www.biblifind.com, I know you will be able to find a used copy of that book. Kathryn McCabe (Researching McCabe in Killoe Parish) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen Garcia" <ellenhgarcia@hotmail.com> To: <IRL-LONGFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 2:20 PM Subject: [LONGFORD~] Griffith's Valuation > Hi! I am new to the list and to genealogy in general. I am researching > Farrells in County Longford and have seen many references to Griffith's > Valuation. I was wondering how one could find a copy of the index by David > Leahy. > > I am specifically looking for Charles Farrell born around 1816 and marrying > Jane McCann around 1840. I don't know what parish they are from. I am > trying to find that now. I am hoping Griffith's Valuation might help, or > don't I have enough information? > > Thanks for any pointers you can give me. > > Ellen Garcia > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >

At 08:00 PM 7/7/00 -0700, you wrote: >IRL-LONGFORD-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 94, Re Message 2 To order a copy of the Leahy index, County Longford Survivors of the Great Survivors of the Great Famine go to <http://homepage.eircom.net/~daveleahy>. David Leahy lists a Charles Farrell at Moatfarrell townland in Clonbroney Parish. There are four dense pages of Farrells. No McCann as such, but maybe that name had variants with Irish spellings under which that family was listed. Ask Jimmy Lennon of Longford Genealogy Centre on Local Ireland. Check out <http://longford.local.ie/genealogy/>, a helpful site. Rachel Smith ______________________________ >Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 14:20:17 PDT >From: "Ellen Garcia" <ellenhgarcia@hotmail.com> >Subject: [LONGFORD~] Griffith's Valuation >To: IRL-LONGFORD-L@rootsweb.com >Message-id: <20000707212017.4158.qmail@hotmail.com> >Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed >Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT >X-Message: #2 > >Hi! I am new to the list and to genealogy in general. I am researching >Farrells in County Longford and have seen many references to Griffith's >Valuation. I was wondering how one could find a copy of the index by David >Leahy. > >I am specifically looking for Charles Farrell born around 1816 and marrying >Jane McCann around 1840. I don't know what parish they are from. I am >trying to find that now. I am hoping Griffith's Valuation might help, or >don't I have enough information? > >Thanks for any pointers you can give me. > >Ellen Garcia >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >

Hi! I am new to the list and to genealogy in general. I am researching Farrells in County Longford and have seen many references to Griffith's Valuation. I was wondering how one could find a copy of the index by David Leahy. I am specifically looking for Charles Farrell born around 1816 and marrying Jane McCann around 1840. I don't know what parish they are from. I am trying to find that now. I am hoping Griffith's Valuation might help, or don't I have enough information? Thanks for any pointers you can give me. Ellen Garcia ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi there. I am thinking of adding a page with old postcards of places in Co. Longford. If anyone has any to share and can scan or have them scanned, I would love to hear from you. My husband's brother has one which I am trying to get to use as it was a big clue in finding the right county. Thanks, Christina www.rootsweb.com/~irllog

Hello Eileen: There are far to *many* FARRELLs shown in Co. Longford on Griffiths Val. CD to respond to your querry. Can you narrow your request down, ie 1st name(s)/parish(s) etc. Re surname RILEY, there are 4 shown in Co. Longford:: Catherine in Parish Ardagh - Location Aghanageeragh John " " " Lisduff Thomas Sr. " " " " Thomas Jr. " " " " There is no further info shown re the above people. I too have a FARRELL showing re my ancestors: Michael LEAVY s/o ??? - b ca 1788 - ???, Ireland + Ann FARRELL - d/o ??? - b ???, Ireland m ???, Ireland 2 Patrick b ca 1808 - Omorstown(?), Co. Longford + Mary (Marie) HICKEY - d/o ??? b 19 Oct. 1810 - Killarney, Co. Kerry m ???, Ireland 2 Bridget b ?? + William CASEY - s/o ??? m 1 August 1826 - Quebec City, QC Do you see a connection(s) ? Hope something shown may help you. Bev.

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In a message dated 7/5/00 4:26:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Dick.McCoach@McCoach.com writes: > Hello...just a comment abt the organization of the Griffiths > CD. It is by > last name, Fist name and then county. So you can't do a > whole surname in a > county. They are mixed up. > Christina There is David Leahy's index of Griffith's Valuation for Co. Longford. It's a great resource. He also has a 1901 Longford census index available. Russ