Delvin Roman Catholic Parish has birth, marriage and death records from 1783. They do not appear to be available from the LDS Library catalog but could be ordered from the Westmeath Heritage Center, for a price. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathleen R Barber/RLB <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 12:05 AM Subject: Re: [Irl-Westmeath] New list admin > Hi Milissa, My name is Kathy and I do so appreciate you taking over the > list. I am researching my Irish ancestor my g grandfather Patrick Ronan > who was from County WEstmeath he was a stone mason. He died in CT. on > September 9th 1887 at the age of 63 years old. PatrickRonan was probably > born about 1824., He married a Katherine Rafferty who was also from > Ireland. I found a Patrick Ronan on the the 1796 Flaxgrowers list which > could have been Patrick Ronan's father- my gg grandfather. He was listed as > being in Devlin Parish, County Westmeath. I am trying to find any Ronans > that may be a relative . I have more information that I would be happy to > share on the Ronan family from Patrick my g grandfather on down once he was > in CT. for anyone else who might be researching the Ronan family. If you > have any suggestions on how or where to research in Ireland on the Ronan's > I would really appreciate it.I'm not sur if I should write to the parish of > Devlin or to try to write where? for birth or death certificates. I would > truly appreciate any help or suggestions you could offer. Kathy > >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 > > > > > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >