Best of luck to the new administrator. I am fairly new to this subscription list - so please forgive me for not knowing how this works. Can I post a question about my Mayo ancestors in the hope that someone may have some knowledge of where I could go to find information? If that is so - here goes: Both my maternal grandparents were born in Buckagh, Newport (Tawnamartola) County Mayo My grandmother was Mary Ann Murray, born August, 1886, to John Murray and Mary Sheridan. John Murray's parents were Martin Murray and Margaret Keane. I have been unable to find any information about Martin or Margaret or if they had additional children other than John. Mary's parents were Dominick Sheridan and Bridget Geraghty - Again, I can find no information about them to see if Mary had any siblings. My grandfather was Patrick Brice, born January 1888, to Richard Brice and Mary Chambers. I do have information about Mary Chambers but no information as to whether Richard had siblings. Any suggestions as to any sites that could possibly help? I have tried Ancestry.com, as well as the Newport Historical society and the 1901 and 1911 census. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Nancy ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Welcome to the list, Nancy. Yes, on a mailing list, one can post a question and hopefully someone on the list will know the answer to your question and post it to the list. Your maternal grandparents, Mary Ann Murray were born the 1886, after civil registration in Ireland. Since you already have her parents' name and her place of birth, I suggest two avenues of research to find more siblings...either religious records or civil registration births. Neither are on Ancestry.com. Same for other grandparents. To find what available RC records for County Mayo, check out this website: http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/mayorc.htm You will find many have been filmed by the Family History Library and you can search them very reasonably at your local Family History Center. Or you can order paid research at the Mayo North Family History Research Centre at: http://www.irish-roots.net/mayo-north.asp Many of the Civil Records have also been filmed by the FHL so you may be able to do your own research using their films. You can check for available years and film numbers at: http://www.familysearch.org Or, you can order a search from the Ireland General Register Office at: http://www.groireland.ie/ Feel free to ask questions as they arise. There are many knowledgeable people on this list who are always helpful. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Pat, Welcome. I know you will do well as you have on other lists. By the way, how come the change from 11 to 22? Not being a Mets fan, I would not know who was 11 or 22. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Connors <nymets22@gmail.com> Date: Saturday, July 7, 2007 17:03 Subject: Re: [MAYO] ADMIN - new administrator To: mayo@rootsweb.com > Welcome to the list, Nancy. Yes, on a mailing list, one > can post a question > and hopefully someone on the list will know the answer to your > question and > post it to the list. > > Your maternal grandparents, Mary Ann Murray were born the 1886, > after civil > registration in Ireland. Since you already have her > parents' name and her > place of birth, I suggest two avenues of research to find more > siblings...either religious records or civil registration > births. Neither > are on Ancestry.com. Same for other grandparents. > > > To find what available RC records for County Mayo, check out > this website: > http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/mayorc.htm > > You will find many have been filmed by the Family History > Library and you > can search them very reasonably at your local Family History > Center. Or you > can order paid research at the Mayo North Family History > Research Centre at: > http://www.irish-roots.net/mayo-north.asp > > Many of the Civil Records have also been filmed by the FHL so > you may be > able to do your own research using their films. You can > check for available > years and film numbers at: > http://www.familysearch.org > > Or, you can order a search from the Ireland General Register > Office at: > http://www.groireland.ie/ > > > Feel free to ask questions as they arise. There are many > knowledgeablepeople on this list who are always helpful. > > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > ====MAYO Mailing List==== > Add your name in the County Mayo Surname Registry at: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.net/Mayo/Do you have a County Mayo > website you would like to see in this space? Send an email > to Mayo-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAYO- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >