Longford List, I have some additional coments regarding this new source. I have personally ordered some of the films for County Longford from LDS. The handwriting is minute and looks as though the person writing may have had a broken hand as well. Not meaning to be sarcastic, they are almost impossible to read. I don't mind spending the time, but there is not a lot to be done if it is illegible. The information on line is expensive, but since I live in North Carolina in the States, it works for me. I think that after I have gotten as much as I can I will again order the films and see if it helps. I agree it is not perfect, but it is one more step in the path of our research. Does anyone know how to get copies of the films that have larger print? Peg S. -------------- Original message from irl-longford-request@rootsweb.com: -------------- > > > Griffith's Valuations: > http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Surname POWER (Bev Thomson) > 2. IFHF County Longford Records online (Kim V Garvey) > 3. Re: IFHF County Longford Records online (CandROverson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:21:12 -0400 > From: "Bev Thomson" > Subject: Re: [IRL-LONGFORD] Surname POWER > To: > Message-ID: <00a601c894e5$f3fc29b0$5b88f640@D912J871> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Rena: > Have just attempted to send resp. to your note but it was rtn'd > as being undeliverable. Please send me your correct e-mail add. > Bev > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rena Smith" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 3:20 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-LONGFORD] Surname POWER > > > >I have connections to this family as my ancestor was a witness at the > > marriage of Helen and Christopher Reid in Montreal. He was also a > > godparent > > for child of Maurice. Michael was also present at Bridget marriage and a > > godparent with her for child of McCormick. I would like to compare notes. > > Michael Carney married Bridget Butler. Her parents married in Longford > > but > > I have not found marriage of Michael and Bridget - shortly before they > > arrived in Quebec 1820. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: irl-longford-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:irl-longford-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bev Thomson > > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:26 AM > > To: irl-longford@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [IRL-LONGFORD] Surname POWER > > > > This list has been extremely active lately so will try again > > to find someone w/same surname(s) of interest as mine. > > Would like to find *anything* in connection to family of: > > William POWER & wife Catherine CAMPBELL from > > Moydow, Co. Longford > > The children of this couple that I have ref. to were b that > > area i.e. : > > Catherine b ca 1799; Maurice b ca 1792; Edward b ca 1796; > > William b ca 1795; James b ca 1805; Bridget b ca 1801; > > Honora b ca 1802 > > This family was in Montreal, Canada area by ca 1822 > > Surnames connected to children m's: DILLON; KENNY; > > FERGUS; READ; DEVLIN; DINNIGAN & DOONER. > > Sincere hope of finding someone connecting to my people. > > Will gladly compare notes. > > Bev > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:43:40 -0400 > From: Kim V Garvey > Subject: [IRL-LONGFORD] IFHF County Longford Records online > To: irl-longford@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <47F40C1C.80607@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Longford list, > > I wanted to pass some along some comments and observations regarding the > new IFHF County Longford records. > > An index is only as good as its indexer. This electronic index created > for the various County Longford parish records has not been put together > very well. Since IFHF used the same parish books (of all demominations) > that you can get on microfilm from LDS, I can state that significant > portions of entries are simply missing. Meaning I have copies of surname > runs from the microfilmed parish books and these folks are simply > missing from the new IFHF index. Either they were not transcribed in the > first place or the transcription protocol and verification process were > flawed. Since this was a volunteer based project, I suspect it was the > latter. In addition, the index is obviously set-up to force you to buy > access to each entry. For example, it is impossible to run a surname > search within a specific parish without the first name. Moreover, you > cannot compare entries until you open one - meaning you can't find out > it's a duplicate until you pay for it. > > On the other hand, despite the cost, it is still an index spanning the > various parishes - which is much better than trying to go through each > parish book chronologically from start to finish on microfilm, looking > for a particular surname. And it is cheaper than flying to Ireland. > > All and all, though, I would use this pay source with caution. Since it > seems to be incomplete or missing information, I question its > reliability for exhaustive searching. > > Finally, just a heads-up, the full run of the Irish b/m/d vital records > index - the civil vital records - have been released to the Family > Search Indexing Project and should be available soon. And they will be > free since they are coming from the LDS folks. You can read up on that > at the Family Search Labs site (http://labs.familysearch.org). You have > to register your email, but you can then access both the "Family Search > Indexing" and "Records Search" area - where the new records are being > posted. I think everyone will like what they see here. And, as many of > you already know, the Irish National Archives is digitizing the 1911 and > 1901 Irish census, starting with Dublin here > http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/. > > Happy hunting, > > Kim V. Garvey > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 00:27:38 +0100 > From: "CandROverson" > Subject: Re: [IRL-LONGFORD] IFHF County Longford Records online > To: > Message-ID: <026101c89519$245fac70$0202a8c0@Chris> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hello Kim > > It isn't cheaper for me to fly to Ireland. I could fly by Ryanair from > London to Dublin from ?10 which is ?30 less than I spent the other night for > 1 hour searching these records :). I think it is ridiculously expensive. > And, as I said here a few days ago, there were a number of errors in the few > records that I looked at e.g. my Grandmother appearing as Mary Joan on her > baptism record rather than the correct Mary Jane. If they are going to > charge ?3 a look then they should at least make sure that the transcriptions > are accurate. > > Rhoda > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the IRL-LONGFORD list administrator, send an email to > IRL-LONGFORD-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the IRL-LONGFORD mailing list, send an email to > IRL-LONGFORD@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of IRL-LONGFORD Digest, Vol 3, Issue 52 > *******************************************