Hi Barry, Did you know the 1901 Mayo census has been transcribed online? Don't know if that would be of any help to you for any more of the family research. Oceanstrands --- On Fri, 6/27/08, Barry Johnson <saintcybi@llangibby.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > From: Barry Johnson <saintcybi@llangibby.eclipse.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [IRL-MAYO] Westport St.Mary records > To: irl-mayo@rootsweb.com, oceanstrands@yahoo.com > Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 8:37 PM > Thank you very much for that answer to my query, > Oceanstrands - even though > it's bad news about the baptisms! > > At least I now know what I can, and what I can't find > out. > > Thanks and best wishes, > Barry > > Barry Johnson > Monmouthshire > http://www.milfordtrawlers.org.uk/ > > Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:02:08 -0700 (PDT) > From: Oceanstrands <oceanstrands@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [IRL-MAYO] Westport St.Mary records > To: irl-mayo@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <877912.1889.qm@web45208.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi Barry, > > St. Mary's records go back far enough to include your > ancestors marriage > information but not baptism information. > > Here's the link to the parish records dates, St. > Mary's is part of the > Aughaval parish records: > http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=show > idrecords&CityCounty=Mayo&parish=Aughaval&churchid=1043 > > The parish records are available on microfilm through LDS, > the LDS microfilm > number is included in that link. > > Oceanstrands > > > --- On Mon, 6/23/08, Barry Johnson > <saintcybi@llangibby.eclipse.co.uk> > wrote: > > > From: Barry Johnson > <saintcybi@llangibby.eclipse.co.uk> > > Subject: [IRL-MAYO] Westport St.Mary records > > To: IRL-MAYO@rootsweb.com > > Date: Monday, June 23, 2008, 11:11 PM > > According to the 1891 Mansfield census, William WARD > was > > born in Westport > > St. Mary in about 1838, and from other records his > parents > > were John and > > Mary (or Maria, formerly MCLEON), while his sisters > Sarah > > and Bridget were > > born about 1841 and 1842, respectively. > > > > John WARD was born about 1802, and Mary/Maria about > 1813, > > so their marriage > > would probably have taken place in the late 1830s. > They > > emigrated to > > England about 1851. > > > > On the excellent "Irish Roots" website > compiled > > by Pat Deese I can't see any > > Westport St.Mary's birth records going back to > that > > period, neither can I > > see any Westport St.Mary's marriage records for > the > > 1830s. Is that because > > the records haven't yet been transcribed and added > to > > the website, or is it > > simply that such records don't exist? > > > > I'd like to know whether it's worth writing to > the > > parish with a payment for > > a search of the records. > > > > Barry Johnson > > Monmouthshire > > http://www.milfordtrawlers.org.uk/ > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IRL-MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and > > the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the IRL-MAYO list administrator, send an email > to > IRL-MAYO-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the IRL-MAYO mailing list, send an > email to > IRL-MAYO@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-MAYO-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-MAYO Digest, Vol 3, Issue 180 > ****************************************