Hi Phil, not sure if this is of any use. ? On the 20th May1899. A 21 year old Jane Gunn of Newtownbutler, sailed from Liverpool to New York to visit her brother James Gunn. Sean ----- 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]>. This email has been scanned for potential computer viruses using Messagelabs technology.