According to the new book 'Irish Church Records" by James G. Ryan, the Collinstown church records are available at the "Representative Church Body Library" at Braemor Park Rathgar, Dublin 14, Ireland. Bapt.1838-1963. Marr.1838-1963. Deaths 1837-1960. Nancy Hessel wrote: > There is a Barbavilla House just south of Collinstown and N.W.of Drumcree a > fraction.In 1814 there was a Ralph Smyth Esq. in Castletown-Delvin , living in > Barbavilla. Ths Smyth family owned many estates in the area. Castlepollard is in > the parish of Rathgraff, Kullican is partly in the parish of Rathwire,and barony > of Delvin, but chiefly in Farbill.But today some records of the parish can be > found in Castlepollard. The early Prosd. records burned, but the Catholic > records are at the church in Castlepollard.[ Never been filmed by the > Mormans].Have fun. > > Keith Creevey wrote: > > > G'Day Maree, > > Meath and Westmeath are separate counties but border one another. Killucan > > is in Co Westmeath about 10 km from it's border with Meath. > > > > Collinstown is also in Co. Westmeath and is about 30 km north of > > Killucan.If you are about to do some serious research into your Irish > > forebears then I recommend you beg borrow or steal a copy of "Tracing Your > > Irish Ancestors" by John Grenham. I think it is out of print now,but should > > be available from a library. > > > > It was published in Ireland by Gill and Macmillan of Goldenbridge,Dublin. > > It's ISBN number is 0 7171 1898 3.Good luck. > > Keith Creevey > > Toowoomba Qld; > > Australia > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "maree phelan" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 4:45 PM > > Subject: Unidentified subject! > > > > > hi , to everyone out there interested in ancestors in > > > co westmeath. > > > can anyone tell me is there a difference between co > > > westmeath and co meath .> > > > i am trying to find if any ancestors came from > > > killucan or collinstown , how far apart are these > > > towns ,that is if they are both in co westmeath. > > > > > > and does anyone know of a barbadilla house ,in > > > collinstown . > > > > > > i know my ancestor thomas cheever/s got mar in > > > killucan to rebecca coffey , her family is diffintely > > > in killucan . > > > > > > what parishes would these towns come under ?? > > > > > > can anyone help ,!!?? > > > > > > thanks maree > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > _ > > > http://messenger.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Messenger > > > - Voice chat, mail alerts, stock quotes and favourite news and lots more! > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library