Happy New Year to All I read with intestesr  about missing the give and take of these lists,  That is where I looked for the "off beat" interesting things that people know but are considered off-topic by some soem lists.  I remember one very active exchange that took place when I asked about my Norwegian gtandfather and my mother having skin that tanned very dark.  Her mother was a blonde, blue-eyed Swede. My mother and her father had hazel eyes.  That led into a wonderful exchange about how Belgian people moved to Norway to work and there was intermarriage and there are many darker pigmented skinned, hazel eyed people  in Norway as a result of it.  My O'Neil grandfather, when I asked, why our name  was one 'L" and not two, replied that they took it away because someone along the line, stole a pig.  Now, I have wondered for years if he was kidding with me ( whiich he was known to have done.:}) or if people were punished with such penalties.  Still searching for that answer.:} I strongly believe genealogy is not just filling in blanks and pasting pictures, it w ouldn't include how they lived, what they did for work and play, who in the family can I thank for the red hair, favorite recipes, family y traditio ns, favorite books, music, art;  sports.  etc.:} It is amazing how much trivia is known by people who are more than willing to part with it and you never can get it from the dry dob, dod, bp, marr etc.  What folk lore do they know, or superstitions,  What are now called superstitions could have been reality in there time or times before. Just the thoughts of an octogenarian thinking.:} Barbara in MA Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 11:48:03 AM Subject: IRL-WEXFORD Digest, Vol 5, Issue 107 Today's Topics:    1. Have I been bumped?  Placenames roll call (Nancy C)    2. Re: IRL-WEXFORD Digest, Vol 5, Issue 106 (PeggyLeonard112@aol.com)    3. Re: Have I been bumped?  Placenames roll call (patrobison@aol.com)    4. Re: Have I been bumped?  Placenames roll call (Ben Palmer)    5. Surnames that I am Researching (Bob Kreitler)    6. Re: Families of Co. Wexford book (Cathy Woodburn) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:49:54 -0800 (PST) From: Nancy C <nercell@yahoo.com> Subject: [IRL-WEXFORD] Have I been bumped?  Placenames roll call To: irl-wexford@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <761110.68285.qm@web45611.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 The mailing lists today are not nearly as active as they'd been years ago, before so much information became available online.? I do miss reading about everyone's quests. ? Perhaps we can start a Placenames roll call?? Often it is more beneficial then a surname one.? We can discover new avenues available to research in a particular geographical area that?are not widely known to the entire county. Othertimes, we can make contacts with persons who have access to a particular baptismal register etc. for our area of research. ? I have nineteenth century ties?(1800-1900) to New Ross area of Wexford---- ? Townland of Cullenstown--? Civil Parish-Horetown/? RC Parish--Clongeen Townland of Ballyvergin (Ballyvirgin)--? Civil Parish-Kilgarvin/?? RC Parish--Adamstown Townland of Garradreen--Civil Parish-Coolstuff/? RC Parish--Glinn (Glynn) ? Also interested in Taghmon RC parish 1800-1810 ? Look foward to hearing from others who are interested in these areas. ? Nancy ?