Hi Joan It is very hard to find any males even my cousin John he has passed away as well he lived in England . My ggg grand mother was Jane Mulhearn she married William in letterKenny Donegal Robert my great uncle was also born there abt 1866-67 he went to live in Scotland where he married Eliza Clarke in 1890 in Govan They had John, Robert,Eliza Mckee Mary. -- regards jean ---- JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: > Hi, Jean- > > I'm not sure whether Kirsten is subscribed to the list or not and if she > isn't she won't see your reply when posted directly to the list. If you want > Kirsten to see your reply click the link in her gatewayed message and reply on > the board. > > That said--I'm in the same boat you are. My McConnell side is my mother's > mother's mother's father's side and there are NO male descendants of this > McConnell line that I'm aware of. My 2nd great-grandparents had five daughters--so > no males coming down from any of the line that immigrated from Ireland to > America. > > All I know from actual research is that my 2nd great-grandfather Charles > McConnell's death certificate (he is my immigrant ancestor) says that his > parents are: Daniel McConnell and Mary Ward and that they were all from Ireland. > Kind of hard to find the townland with common names like Daniel and Mary when > all you know is "Ireland." My only other clue is that they appear to have > been Protestant (Methodist Episcopal) from the time of their arrival in America > and referred to themselves as Scotch-Irish rather than Irish--so I assume > they were from Northern Ireland. > > Joan > ------------------------- > > I think that the DNA groups are going to be very helpful.? But there are > going to be such families as ours that only have female McConnell's left.? My > aunt who is 77 years old agreed to the DNA testing,? she was a granddaughter to > the McConnell who was born in Glasgow in 1862.? I've contacted each and every > match that comes to my e-mail and so far no close matches.? I like reading > from the McConnell rootsweb.com.? I'm in Kansas and know that my Sarah > McConnell must of left a family somewhere before she came to Kansas.? I'll just keep > searching like everybody else.? > Jean > > > > > **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL > Home. > (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001) > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MCCONNELL > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry MCCONNELL Message Board are gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MCCONNELL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message