Dear Patricia, Hi. I saw your reply to Lisa Lawrence about the birth records. I was wondering who you write to. You mentioned the PRO in Dublin. What exactly is the PRO? I'm new to all of this. My interest is in the parishes of Erigle and Donagh. Thanks very much, William Jones -----Original Message----- From: PKostelnik <PKostelnik@ij.net> To: IRL-MONAGHAN-L@rootsweb.com <IRL-MONAGHAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: August 10, 2000 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [MONAGHAN~] John CONNOLLY, Carrickmacross >Lisa, > >This should be relatively easy for you to follow up. I advise you to write >to the PRO in Dublin and ask for a photocopy of the birth record of your >Elizabeth Connolly, giving her birth year and the placename of >Carrickmacross and including the name of her father, John Connolly. > >When it arrives, the photocopy will list: > >1. Exact date of birth >2. Place of birth: townland, Parish, Registry District >3. Name of Father and maiden name of her mother >4. Occupation of her father > >Once you have that, it should be easy to trace the family back in time. >Also, you might want to write to the Carrickmacross Parish Church of >Ireland, as I see their records begin in 1796 for births and 1798 for >marriage and death. >Good luck to you. > >Patricia > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Brad Chapman and Lisa Lawrence <avalon@northweb.com> >To: <IRL-MONAGHAN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 12:02 PM >Subject: [MONAGHAN~] John CONNOLLY, Carrickmacross > > >> Hi, >> >> I am seeking information about John Connolly (sadly vague as it is). I >> don't know very much about him. I don't even know his wife's name at this >> point. >> >> His daughter, Elizabeth Connolly left Carrickmacross and went to Canada in >> the same year that the Titanic went down. In fact, she was to go on the >> Titanic but something happened to detain her and she was forced to take >> another ship. She was born in 1889 in Carrickmacross, and died in 1973 in >> Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. I know that during her married life that she >> belonged to a Protestant Church in Canada. >> >> We also believe that she had an older brother who also left, but went to >> the United States. However, we have no trail on him either. >> >> According to my mother, Elizabeth Connolly Monk never had any further >> contact with her family after she arrived in Canada. She rarely mentioned >> any of it. However, it could be that she was just busy with her family >and >> that she had a limited education. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> Lisa >> >> >> ==== IRL-MONAGHAN Mailing List ==== >> 1-Send your replies back to the list--you may be helping someone else with >the information. >> > > >==== IRL-MONAGHAN Mailing List ==== >1-Send your replies back to the list--you may be helping someone else with the information. > >