Rhoda, Thanks. I'll be interested in what you find out. Nancy -------------- Original message from "CandROverson" <overson12@btinternet.com>: -------------- > Nancy > > I will look for my Grandmother's baptism certificate - I assume the priest > would have signed it - and let you know if it was your relative. My > Grandmother was the second child and another 4 children were born in Granard > before the family moved to Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1898/9. So your > relative probably baptised those as well. > > Rhoda > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-LONGFORD] Hughes/Kelagher Marriage Dispensation > > > > Actually Abbeylara does have its own church--or chapel, as it would have > > been known during the British period--in addition to the ruined monastery. > > One of my distant cousins, Father William Gray, was parish priest there in > > the 1890s and must have baptized Rhoda's relative. > > > > Nancy > > -------------- Original message from "David A. Myers" > > : -------------- > > > > > >> HI Rhoda, > >> This is where we both need a map of the Granard area for 1800. > >> My family, CREAMER, is from Abbeylara and the records are listed > >> under "Granard." > >> I have also opened the other parishes listed and I have found > >> more family members. > >> > >> Actually, Abbeylara is only about 3 miles from Granard, and the only > >> church I know about in Abbeylara is that "lovely" ruined > >> monastery. I suspect that the priest came to Abbeylara for a few > >> hours and then recorded the data at Granard (or, perhaps the people > >> made a journey to Granard for a marrige or baptism or funeral.) > >> David > >> > >> At 05:24 AM 3/21/2008, you wrote: > >> >Hallo David > >> > > >> >Thanks for the site refererence. Can you tell me if the Granard baptisms > >> >include Abbeylara? My Grandmother (Mary Jane Feeney) was baptised in > >> >Abbeylara c1892 and I can't see her on the list. (I have a copy of her > >> >baptism certificate somewhere). > >> > > >> >Thank you. > >> > > >> >Rhoda > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >********************************** > >> >Longford Genealogy Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllog/ > >> > > >> >------------------------------- > >> >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> >IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> ********************************** > >> Longford Genealogy Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllog/ > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes > >> in the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************** > > Longford Genealogy Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllog/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ********************************** > Longford Genealogy Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllog/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Nancy and David I managed to find the baptism certificate and it is in fact a copy of the original record. It was made in 1914 and I assume my Grandmother needed proof of her baptism in order to marry within the Catholic church? She married my Grandfather in Balerno, Midlothian, Scotland in February 1914. It says: "Mary Jane Feeney was baptised 9th June 1892. Parents Michael Feeney & Rose Reilly. Sponsors Michael Devine (?) and Mary Mathews. I certify the above is a correct copy of the Parochial Register kept at Abbeylara Catholic Church. Abbeylara Eugene M'Guire 10th January 1914 P.P " So, sorry Nancy, but it doesn't mention Father William Gray, Incidentally, isn't Gray a Scottish surname? I believe it is a Norman-Scottish name. Rhoda

Dear Rhoda, It is EXTREMELY unusual that the baptizing priest's name is not on the certificate. Would you want to ask for another certificate with the priest's name? And your great grandmother, Rose Reilly: could she have been from Cavan? If so we could be related. David At 04:06 PM 3/21/2008, CandROverson wrote: >Dear Nancy and David > >I managed to find the baptism certificate and it is in fact a copy of the >original record. It was made in 1914 and I assume my Grandmother needed >proof of her baptism in order to marry within the Catholic church? She >married my Grandfather in Balerno, Midlothian, Scotland in February 1914. > >It says: > >"Mary Jane Feeney was baptised 9th June 1892. Parents Michael Feeney & Rose >Reilly. Sponsors Michael Devine (?) and Mary Mathews. > >I certify the above is a correct copy of the Parochial Register kept at >Abbeylara Catholic Church. > >Abbeylara Eugene M'Guire >10th January 1914 P.P " > >So, sorry Nancy, but it doesn't mention Father William Gray, Incidentally, >isn't Gray a Scottish surname? I believe it is a Norman-Scottish name. > >Rhoda > > >********************************** >Longford Genealogy Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllog/ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IRL-LONGFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message