Thanks Sean will bear that in mind -have found so many branches on trees by looking at witnesses name every snippet helps Must say this info is a major breakthrough and we ( I am working on the tree with my husbands cousin from Sunderland ) are hoping we can get back even further now Cheers Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Rooney" <[email protected]> To: "Pat & Derek Phillips" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 5:48 PM Subject: RE: [IRL-MONAGHAN] McCullagh & McPhillips Surnames Hi Pat, the marriage witness is more likely to have been a brother of Catherine's and his wife. Sean www.rooneys-of-roslea.com -----Original Message----- From: Pat & Derek Phillips [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 29 March 2010 02:16 To: [email protected] Subject: [IRL-MONAGHAN] McCullagh & McPhillips Surnames Hello listers I am new to this site as I have only recently been able to trace the marriage of John McPhillips Native of Killanny married Catherine McCullah on 17th September 1840. Witnesses were John McCullagh & Catherine McCullagh. ( possibly Cathereines parents ?) This information has kindly been passed on by the Priest at St Josephs and we have as yet to get an actual copy of the document John and Catherine around 1840-41 emigrated to Sunderland in the North East of England - I have a family tree that I will happily share with anyone who thinks it might be in thier line I also wondered if there was a previous church to St Josephs as on checking a website I think it said it was built about 1860's and the marriage was well before that I live in Australia so hands on research is hard -can anyone offer any advice or information please Also following the entry for John was a William McCullagh married Annie Daly on 19th February 1843. Witnesses were Peter & Brigid Collins Cheers Pat Phillips . This email has been scanned for potential computer viruses using Messagelabs technology.