Hi and welcome to Melissa and greetings for the New Year to all. I have just returned from holidays by the sea at St.Leonards Victoria, nice and restful. My Grandparents Thomas Connell and Mary Wallace both came to Australia from neighbouring towns in Westmeath - his parents were Patrick Connell and Catherine Maher hers were Peter Wallace and Mary Donoghue both fathers were listed as Farmers on my gp's marriage cert. I also know that the Wallace family address in Ireland was Coolnahay,Slanemore,Mullingar,County Westmeath and that Mary's sister Elizabeth Wallace died there on 5.12.1961. Hoping against hope that someone out there might help me. Good Luck all Judith >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Irl-Westmeath] New list admin >Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 15:21:25 EST > > >Greetings and salutations, all.... > > I actually took over this list a couple of days ago, but things at >home >prevented me from doing much more than make sure the list was running. Now >that the worst of it's over, I can finally make my introductions.... > > My name is Melissa Strobel. I was born in Pennsylvania to an Irish >and >Scots family, with a bit of Native American and German thrown in for >variety. > I am a living historian...which might be more commonly known as a >re-enactor. I primarily deal with the American Civil War period, though >I've been known to jump around time periods from time to time. I am also >interested in food and cooking from a variety of diferent time periods. I >am also heavily into genealogy, which is why I became the list-admin to as >many lists as I have. The other interests are too numerous to mention, >though...:) > Hmm...what else...well, I'm a graduate from Penn State, with dual >degrees >in American/European History and Sociology, married with two beautiful >little >girls (who also come re-enacting with me), and for the winter months I >become >a hardcore historian/archivist for various and sundry projects on top of >tracing the family histories of not just my side of the family, but my >husband's and my friends as well. > > There's my introductions...this list is relatively small, so if you'd >like, why don't you tell me who you all are, so I have a handle on the >group >I've got here? Might break the ice a bit, and get some information >exchange >going again. > > Melissa Strobel > list-admin > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.