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    1. [NIR-DOWN] ] Irish Immigration to Lancashire, England
    2. Nan Brennan
    3. Many thanks! Great website. Begin forwarded message: > From: "ray4711" <ray4711@yahoo.co.uk> > Date: January 9, 2011 5:01:12 AM CST > To: CountyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [CountyDownGenealogy] Irish Immigration to Lancashire, > England > Reply-To: CountyDownGenealogy@yahoogroups.com > > A great many of my Irish forebears came to Lancashire in the 1840's, > finding their birth town is a massive ongoing problem as the England > 10 year Censuses from 1841 onwards simply state - 'I' or at best, > 'Ireland' in the Where Born column. Slowly but steadily our freely > available web site for 'Lancashire On Line Parish Clerks' at http://lan-opc.org.uk/ > is providing more detailed records. One of the latest > transcriptions to go on line is a transcription of over 2000 names > at the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery of Wardley, Salford. Whilst > transcribing these names last year I was pleased to see that some of > the inscriptions carried references to the birth town in Ireland. > Regrettably, although many of my ancestors spent time in Salford, > none chose to be buried at St. Mary's - I hope that others may be > more successful in their search > > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New > Topic > Messages in this topic (1) > RECENT ACTIVITY: New Members 6 > Visit Your Group > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > > __,_._,___

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