Paul Did you send your question to the library there? Librarians answer questions all the time. Send international reply stamps. Also searching Meath for ROBINSON AND FLETCHER - no luck Betty F. >From: "Paul E. Dowling" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [MEATH] searching Old castle >Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 07:34:23 -0400 > >Thanx, Cara. > >I had no clue, RE the border issue. As I mentioned I sent a letter to the >Oldcastle priest, many months ago, with no reply. This was after he >promised >a local acquaintance of mine that he would help. > >Would you be willing to share your contact info for the surrounding >parishes? > >Take care, Paul > >-----Original Message----- >From: Cara_Links [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 5:49 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [MEATH] searching Old castle > > >To all those who have searched or are searching the area of OLD CASTLE > IN 1996 I began the task of "trying" to find the ellusive Thomas >O"Donoghue's birth and his parents Elizabeth nee Burns and Michael >taking many channels >1) Co Cavan Genealogical Centre Canna House Cavan and this was a quote from >their reply * Old Castle is on the border between Cavan and Meath and based >on your information we have carried out a search of the parishes in the >area >but regret we failed to find either the birth record of Thoams or the >marriage of his parents*. > >They then handed the request to Meath Heritage Genealogy centre to carry >out a search of their records..........the reason being as a Sweet parish >priest told us Father Conlan to be exact and I quote again from his letter >* >Had he been born in OldCastle Parish, I have no doubt that the entry would >be in our records BUT he may have been born in OLDCASTLE but outside the >parish of Oldcastle..........Ballinacree has an Oldcastle address but is in >the Parish of Mount Nugent............he then sent us to a Father John >Molloy who then told us that as parishes closed in this area >............which meant that they could have an OLDCASTLE address >.......their books were handed to another parish ..........Now this search >has been going on for six years and is no closer to the parentage of this >ellusive man ........... > >So for all of your chasing OLDCASTLE registrations all I can say to you is >look in all the parishes within the area surrounding the place ........you >never know who you may find and one day it may be your missing >link........... > >By the way there was 6 Oldcastles listed in Ireland .............are we all >in the right area ????? > > >Cheers >Cara > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Paul E. Dowling" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 2:46 AM >Subject: RE: [MEATH] Oldcastle > > > > I'm trying to. I sent a letter to the catholic priest, some months ago, >but > > haven't heard back from him. I don't much of the area, though. > > > > Paul > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Carol Hopkins [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 12:01 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [MEATH] Oldcastle > > > > > > Hi List, > > > > Is anyone researching in the Oldcastle area ? > > > > Carol. > > > > > > ==== IRL-MEATH Mailing List ==== > > Add your associated County Meath genealogy homepage URL here, contact >admin: > > <a href="mailto:[email protected]">CLICK</a> > > > > > > ==== IRL-MEATH Mailing List ==== > > Our Lister's Homepages, Callan www.falgen.org/callan/ > > > > > >==== IRL-MEATH Mailing List ==== >We can have FUN with this list. Interesting history was centered there, >like >for example, Meath was a Province of Ireland, but the King didn't play well >with the Kings next door, so he and his kindom was ousted. > > >==== IRL-MEATH Mailing List ==== >We can have FUN with this list. Interesting history was centered there, >like for example, Meath was a Province of Ireland, but the King didn't play >well with the Kings next door, so he and his kindom was ousted. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com