I've been party from time to time to the recent email exchanges of the above addressees, and decided to seek your counsel. This email is coming from the San Francisco area. My maternal Irish ancestors, both McAvineys and Gunns, were originally from both Monaghan and Fermanagh, and specifically Clones and Newtownbutler. On my last visit to Ireland, I took some wonderful pictures inside the small cemetery on Galloon Island near Newtownbutler. A dozen McAviney tombstone names were quite visable, some dating back before the 1800s. I also made note of some of my ancestors' tombstones in the Clones Sacred Heart Cemetery. I have a published obituary news account of those who attended the large funeral of my Clones' ancestor, James McAviney, in the year 1900, which I'll be pleased to share with anyone who may be interested. The purpose of this email is to make contact with anyone who might like to have a snail mail copy of the above Clones list, and who may have any suggestions on how I may update my searching in Clones and/or Newtownbutler. Does anyone know if records are now available of Sacred Heart Church deceased parishioners from the 1800s? When I visited Sacred Heart Church years ago, I was told such records were not available to the public. I assume LDS never obtained them either. Has that changed? I apologize for the rambling aspects of this email, but I'd appreciate any suggestions anyone can give me on the above. Phil McDonnell < [email protected]>.

Hello, I see that Ciaran has answered regarding Sacred Heart records, and I have no advice regarding Newtownbutler searches. I don't know if Sacred Heart records are available at LDS. I would be interested in any information you might have on Gunns from Clones and from the general Newtownbutler area. The Gunns I'm researching lived both in Clones and in the townlands of Cloncorr and Kilridd in Fermanagh. James ----- Original Message ----- From: "P. A. McDonnell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 4:21 PM Subject: [IRL-MONAGHAN] Interloper > I've been party from time to time to the recent email exchanges of the > above addressees, and decided to seek your counsel. > > This email is coming from the San Francisco area. My maternal Irish > ancestors, both McAvineys and Gunns, were originally from both Monaghan > and Fermanagh, and specifically Clones and Newtownbutler. > > On my last visit to Ireland, I took some wonderful pictures inside the > small cemetery on Galloon Island near Newtownbutler. A dozen McAviney > tombstone names were quite visable, some dating back before the 1800s. I > also made note of some of my ancestors' tombstones in the Clones Sacred > Heart Cemetery. > > I have a published obituary news account of those who attended the large > funeral of my Clones' ancestor, James McAviney, in the year 1900, which > I'll be pleased to share with anyone who may be interested. > > The purpose of this email is to make contact with anyone who might like to > have a snail mail copy of the above Clones list, and who may have any > suggestions on how I may update my searching in Clones and/or > Newtownbutler. > > Does anyone know if records are now available of Sacred Heart Church > deceased parishioners from the 1800s? When I visited Sacred Heart Church > years ago, I was told such records were not available to the public. I > assume LDS never obtained them either. Has that changed? > > I apologize for the rambling aspects of this email, but I'd appreciate any > suggestions anyone can give me on the above. > > Phil McDonnell < [email protected]>.