Some of those Looneys in Australia may be of the same line as Rachel and John Looney who according to "A History of Kirk Maughold" by Constance and William Radcliffe, emigrated from the IOM to Australia. He went there in 1841 and she in 1843. Karen At 08:57 AM 2/17/00 EST, you wrote: >Dear List, >Here is a searchable website that was sent to me via the root discussion list. >It contains a database of Birth, deaths and Marriages in Tasmania, Australia >and contains 11 Looney names. One of which shows the birth of a James Looney, >1818, born in Ireland. >Interesting to look at and may be a lead for someone's family. I do remember >seeing an article in the past about convicts being sent to Australia from >area's of the Isle of Man, etc. I can try to find the article again, as I >remember it too contained Looney names. >http://www.tased.edu.au/archives/ > >Pam Looney > > >==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== >See our HomePages at > http://Members.AOL.Com/jsully7 (Descendants of Robert Lunney) or > http://www.Flash.Net/~johnsonl (Includes Leroy W. Tilton's work) or > http://Welcome.to/TheLooneyFamily (Elsie Stroud's Works) or > http://www.mindspring.com/~mozark (Native American Looneys - John) > >