Hi Kate, Thanks for the kind offer to check names in the book you bought in Wexford. I would like the name "Connick" to be checked. thanks for your time, John Le Garignon Adhérent 1828 Société de généalogie de l'Outaouais Adhérent 3757 CG22 Gatineau (Québec) Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-WEXFORD] Trip to Wexford looking for KEWAN/KERVAN/KIRWAN/KERWIN ancesters.AS WELL > > Dear Peter and Terry, > > > > I am only just starting my research on my KERWAN etc. family in Ireland, > but?at least now have an idea?what is available.?I wrote copious notes > whilst I was in Wexford, but as it was constantly raining on my notebook, > I will have to try and make some sense out of them. This first visit was a > bit disorganised as I had no idea what I would find in Ireland and how to > go about finding it. We had such a wonderful time, everyone was genuinely > friendly, we only scratched on the surface of family research. Wexford > library has so many archives, but one has to book the microfiche reader in > advance, so making any?headway is a very slow process.?It takes a while to > decipher each entry until one gets used to the style of writing and I > could only have access for two hours whilst I was there.?I am lucky my GG > Grandfather Daniel KERWAN was in the RIC before emigrating to South > Africa, at least I have his service record which is a good start, even > though his service record was under KERVAN w! > hich made him difficult to find at the beginning. I was even luckier to > have someone who was just?visiting?Wexford library retrieve?his records > for me.? > > I wasn't going to admit it on the list, but I did go to Yola where I met > John Horton who offered his services. I remain open minded at the moment, > but will tell you honestly if the whole experience?has been?worthwhile or > not. If anything comes of his research I am happy to copy it to anyone who > wants it. > > I bought a beautiful?book called 'Houses of Wexford' by David Rowe and > Eithne Scallan, this book lists 1000 houses in Wexford built before the > 20th centuary. Family names of owners, lessees and others associated with > the property are listed and the townland and parish given. If anyone would > like me to check their family name in the book, please let me know.? > > There was someone on the Rootsweb KIRWAN etc list who said he was going to > write a book about the KIRWANS of Wexford. I will contact him and see > where he is on that project and let you know. > > Kate > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 6.44pm > Subject: Re: [IRL-WEXFORD] Trip to Wexford looking for > KEWAN/KERVAN/KIRWAN/KERWIN ancesters.AS WELL > > > > > Hi Terry, > > I am also researching the KIRWAN/KIRVAN from Wexford . My gt gf was John > Kirwan born 1844 in Wexford, he married Elizabeth O Connell born 1845 in > Ireland and moved to Liverpool and had children Thomas1866,Catherine 1869, > Elizabeth, 1875, Edward1878, Mary1879,Anne1882 and John 1885. According to > the marriage certificate of John & Elizabeth the farther of John was > Edward > Kirwan of Wexford proberble birth date abt 1820. Unfortunaly no > information > about place of birth. > > Any information Please > > Peter Cousins > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get a FREE AOL Email account with 2GB of storage. Plus, share and store > photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from your > favourite artists. Find out more at > http://info.aol.co.uk/joinnow/?ncid=548. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >