Hello Susan I'm sure I've done this wrong but please feel free to edit and re-direct it to the warm family of Rhinesiders who inhabit the IRL-PALATINE-L Archives townland. The generosity and industry of your correspondents is very, very touching (Barb Milburn, Kathy Labatt, Clifford Dubery, the amazing Liz Haren , for example ... and many others - indeed all). I hit your site yesterday, then sought out the index and today printed and read almost everything published since April 2000. I have been researching my links in some depth since early this year, but the knowledge I've gained from your people is astonishing. Right - basically my message is this: I will gladly share all the information I have collected concerning the Piper, Bovenizer, Ball and Ruttle families of the Killeheen/Ballingurane/Adare/Croom persuasion and would welcome any assistance in bridging some of the lacunae in my own pool of Irish Palatines. I have a few Irish birth/marriage/death certificates, some photographs and assorted images (rendered as JPEG profile pages in Word 2000 format - fat and costly to despatch, though), even Army service records (one dating back to 1887), assorted tree clusters (A4 page size) and my own transcriptions of the Rathkeale Holy Trinity Church registers from about 1742 - heavily Piper-oriented, I admit. But what I also have are some keen memories of my father's own experiences in Killiheen; he worked the land of his Grandfather and was at school in Rathkeale with pupils bearing many of the names we all now know by heart (Shier, Modlar, Sparling, Teskey, et al.). I don't promise the earth, but if I can help, I will do so gladly. It would be good to see names on the site that differ from Sw*tz*r sometimes. There is a paucity of Pipers, for a start. (But our lot were there at the gates of the Southwell estate as well). This is not a complaint, of course - I wouldn't dare. I'm just a mendicant like the rest - but I can dream. Please let me join your club. Could I perhaps start by sending you the Rathkeale registers, for example? (I think it's about 9 pages: A4, 12-point Times, in 3 columns, including original typos and maybe one or two of my own....). Perhaps it's old hat to many of your seasoned veterans, but it could be a revelation to some - possibly many. Ah, yes - the important bit. My Great grandfather was Richard Piper (b. abt. 1834) who married Catherine Ball of Adare (b. abt.1838). They had 9 children, of whom 2 daughters died young. My GF was Arthur Robert, the youngest (b. 1877) and so it goes on ... Is anyone still listening? One Very Important postscript - I use my main email address Cybernym...etc. for business only. The address for replies from this site is given below (except replies from Susan Willig, of course). Very best regards to you, your colleagues and the wider community of aspirant Palatines. Terry PYPER (N.B. spelling changed in about 1914 by Arthur Robert, probably to sidestep Germanic overtones as he hit the trenches in the Somme). __________ PLEASE POST ANCESTRY MAIL TO: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]"> [email protected]</A>

Welcome to the IP list, Terry! You did just fine.. posted to the list and everyone has received your wonderful message. This is a terrific group of folks, as you have discovered in reading the messages in the IP archives. By now you have received your own post back so you see how the process works. Every subscriber is in receipt of your message, and no doubt some are turning handsprings at the prospect of your willingness to share what to many of us will be new IP information. Yes, by all means, please do share the data you have! The .jpg images you describe sound wonderful, and surely some will be happy to receive them from you. Please let us know what surnames are associated with those images so that the appropriate folks can respond to you. NOTE: attachments are not allowed via the list. There is too great a risk of viruses being transmitted, etc., so the Roots Web server strips any special formatting and/or stationery in addition to any and all attachments. So, please let us know what you are willing to share and then those can be sent to individuals privately. Also.. the Rathkeale registers sound wonderful! If you can do a copy/paste, Terry, then the text of those can be inserted into a series of email posts. (Again, no attachments, please.) Just paste a segment of information into an email and apply a relevant Subject line such as "Rathkeale Registers, Part I". Please note the complete source information in each post. <snip> <<It would be good to see names on the site that differ from Sw*tz*r sometimes. >> Yep, there are plenty of Switzers! <grin> Although I have a few of those, too, here's a different IP surname for you, Terry: EMPEY. If you ever run across that one, please holler! <bg> Again, Terry, a hearty welcome to the IP list. You'll find this a warm and supportive group of folks. All the best, Susan SL Willig [email protected] List Admin: Sullivan Co., NH, Addison Co., VT, IRL-Palatine, Empey-l, Garfield-l GenConnect boards: IRL-Palatine, Empey-l, Garfield-l, VTADDISO