I am a novice at genealogy, and I am trying to find my "Looney" lineage. I have traced back to John Looney. My did was Bill Looney from Pike Co. Ky. The line goes back as follows: Miles P. Looney & Mary Bowling, Jacob & Elizabeth Owens, John & Emerita Rowe, Joseph B. & Ruthie Shortridge, John & E;izabeth Walker, Capt. John Looney & Esther Renfro, Robert Looney & Margaret Rhea, Robert & Elizabeth Llewellyn, and finally John Looney. If anyone has any information they would share with me, I would truly areciate it. Thanks. Barbara Murphy

Barbara, The line you have quoted seems to be a little mixed up. Capt. John Looney was not married to Ester Renfro and the John Looney that married Elizabeth Walker was not a son of Capt. John Looney. I have a very basic start for you. First, go to the Looney Family Manuscripts of Leroy Tilton which are posted to my web site: http://home.flash.net/~johnsonl/ Then go to part 5 which is the John Looney branch. You will find Elizabeth Walker in it. Tilton and others did this work back in the 1960s and they did it the old hard way, by interviewing relations and looking up actual documents. It is not always 100% accurate, but you will find the data hard to beat. Next, use a search engine to search the internet for word combinations like "Looney" and "Shortridge". This will give you a list of web pages that contain both surnames. Use other word or name combinations and you will find all sorts of family relations. One word of caution, be careful what you believe. Make sure the person posting the information can identify where the information came from. Be careful about simply believing what others have posted, there are some out there that would simply make up family relationships just to link to a famous family or person. Others are just too quick to jump at conclusions. Here is the link to a good search engine: http://www.google.com/ Happy hunting. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Murphy" <murphyb1@earthlink.net> To: <LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [LOONEY-L] Moses Looney > I am a novice at genealogy, and I am trying to find my "Looney" lineage. I have traced back to John Looney. My did was Bill Looney from Pike Co. Ky. The line goes back as follows: Miles P. Looney & Mary Bowling, Jacob & Elizabeth Owens, John & Emerita Rowe, Joseph B. & Ruthie Shortridge, John & E;izabeth Walker, Capt. John Looney & Esther Renfro, Robert Looney & Margaret Rhea, Robert & Elizabeth Llewellyn, and finally John Looney. > If anyone has any information they would share with me, I would truly areciate it. Thanks. > Barbara Murphy > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > Do the Manx LOONEY/LLEWNIEs connect to the Irish LOONEY/O'LOONEYs? > Did the name originate in County Cork in 148 AD with the marriage of > Con of a Hundred Battles (High King of Ireland in 158 AD) to the > daughter of Olollar Ollium, King of Munster? Does it have TWO origins? >

I descend thru Joseph from Mary Polly. I have a picture of Joseph's tombstone and a photocopy of a picture of his home. John was the third child of Joseph and Ruthie Shortridge. He and Ruthie never married. John was probably born in 1827, since he is listed in the 1860 census, aged 33 years of age. He died about 1890, in Pike Co, Ky where he lived. He married 3 wives from this county, the first occurring 11/30/1848 to Mary Ann Childress, the daughter of Flem Childress. the second occurring 10/06/1853 to Emertie Rowe who is believed to be a daughter of Jacob Rowe; and the thrid occurring 5/15/1872 to Elizabeth Bentley Jackson, the daughter of Fenjamin and Anna Ramey (Bentley) Jackson. There were 2 children by the first marriage, nine by the second marriage and four by the third marriage. Mary Lee Murray marylee@elkhart.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Murphy" <murphyb1@earthlink.net> To: <LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [LOONEY-L] Moses Looney I am a novice at genealogy, and I am trying to find my "Looney" lineage. I have traced back to John Looney. My did was Bill Looney from Pike Co. Ky. The line goes back as follows: Miles P. Looney & Mary Bowling, Jacob & Elizabeth Owens, John & Emerita Rowe, Joseph B. & Ruthie Shortridge, John & E;izabeth Walker, Capt. John Looney & Esther Renfro, Robert Looney & Margaret Rhea, Robert & Elizabeth Llewellyn, and finally John Looney. If anyone has any information they would share with me, I would truly areciate it. Thanks. Barbara Murphy ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== Do the Manx LOONEY/LLEWNIEs connect to the Irish LOONEY/O'LOONEYs? Did the name originate in County Cork in 148 AD with the marriage of Con of a Hundred Battles (High King of Ireland in 158 AD) to the daughter of Olollar Ollium, King of Munster? Does it have TWO origins?