DH, Thanks for that, I hope they kept good records. TC ----- Original Message ----- From: "D H" <hallmark1@utvinternet.com> To: <irl-monaghan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-MONAGHAN] A Cassiday/Cassidy Puzzle > Words of Wisdom?? > > Try contacting them through their website www.truagh.ie where there are > contact details for both RC and C of I? > > > Many people got Married by Banns! Not that unusual. > > DH > > > > >> Subject: [IRL-MONAGHAN] A Cassiday/Cassidy Puzzle >> >> >> For a long time I have been researching my gggrandparents Hugh >> Cassiday/Bridget >> McKenna, I have stuck with the CASSIDAY spelling because in the >> 1860-1870's >> there were five families registering births in Scotstown, Monaghan using >> this >> spelling I am aware that the spelling will vary depending on the >> transcriber and >> the more common is CASSIDY. >> I have found Francis b. 1866 the parents living in Derrynasell East >> probably >> with the mothers McKenna family. My ggrandfather Hugh was b.1859-61 don't >> know >> where. I have been speculating that my Hugh was one of the early children >> and >> Hugh Cassiday/Bridget McKenna were married a few years before that time. >> Now comes the puzzle, I input the parents names in rootsireland, they >> gave me >> an Ellen Cassidy b.Dec. 1850, in Donagh Parish, Monaghan, however their >> source >> is shown as microfilm entries 1861-1881? >> Paying for records I searched for the marriage of Hugh >> CASSIDAY/Bridget >> McKenna this brought up Hugh CASSIDY/Bridget McKenna "Church Marriage >> Record" >> Nov. 22, 1846, Parish Errigal Truagh, Monaghan, no townland listed, no >> parents, >> no relatives, witnesses James McElroy/Mary Kelly. No Church or >> denomination, >> Listed at the bottom is "Banns dispensed, Priest : Rev. Paul McCusker >> CC". I >> don't know if this indicates it was an actual RC ceremony, shot gun >> wedding or >> what. If this is the same couple that were parents of my Hugh and Francis >> it >> woiuld indicate 20 years of child bearing. >> I have found no other children than, >> Ellen 1850 >> Hugh 1859-61 >> Francis 1866. >> >> Any words of wisdom out there? Thanks,Tom Cassidy > > > ================================= > > Message Boards: > http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-MONAGHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Well Surnames A + B and D to Z will probably be OK!! Seriously though...I've been looking at Donagh C of I records this evening...page after page well written....then next page a pure scrawl so it just depends on person's writing!! Good hunting!! On 17/07/2012 21:17, Thomas Cassidy wrote: > DH, Thanks for that, I hope they kept good records. TC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "D H" <hallmark1@utvinternet.com> > To: <irl-monaghan@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:24 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-MONAGHAN] A Cassiday/Cassidy Puzzle > > >> Words of Wisdom?? >> >> Try contacting them through their website www.truagh.ie where there are >> contact details for both RC and C of I? >> >> >> Many people got Married by Banns! Not that unusual. >> >> DH >> >> >> >> >>> Subject: [IRL-MONAGHAN] A Cassiday/Cassidy Puzzle >>> >>> >>> For a long time I have been researching my gggrandparents Hugh >>> Cassiday/Bridget >>> McKenna, I have stuck with the CASSIDAY spelling because in the >>> 1860-1870's >>> there were five families registering births in Scotstown, Monaghan using >>> this >>> spelling I am aware that the spelling will vary depending on the >>> transcriber and >>> the more common is CASSIDY. >>> I have found Francis b. 1866 the parents living in Derrynasell East >>> probably >>> with the mothers McKenna family. My ggrandfather Hugh was b.1859-61 don't >>> know >>> where. I have been speculating that my Hugh was one of the early children >>> and >>> Hugh Cassiday/Bridget McKenna were married a few years before that time. >>> Now comes the puzzle, I input the parents names in rootsireland, they >>> gave me >>> an Ellen Cassidy b.Dec. 1850, in Donagh Parish, Monaghan, however their >>> source >>> is shown as microfilm entries 1861-1881? >>> Paying for records I searched for the marriage of Hugh >>> CASSIDAY/Bridget >>> McKenna this brought up Hugh CASSIDY/Bridget McKenna "Church Marriage >>> Record" >>> Nov. 22, 1846, Parish Errigal Truagh, Monaghan, no townland listed, no >>> parents, >>> no relatives, witnesses James McElroy/Mary Kelly. No Church or >>> denomination, >>> Listed at the bottom is "Banns dispensed, Priest : Rev. Paul McCusker >>> CC". I >>> don't know if this indicates it was an actual RC ceremony, shot gun >>> wedding or >>> what. If this is the same couple that were parents of my Hugh and Francis >>> it >>> woiuld indicate 20 years of child bearing. >>> I have found no other children than, >>> Ellen 1850 >>> Hugh 1859-61 >>> Francis 1866. >>> >>> Any words of wisdom out there? Thanks,Tom Cassidy >> >> ================================= >> >> Message Boards: >> http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-MONAGHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ================================= > > Message Boards: > http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-MONAGHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >