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 ****************************************