Greetings As I've located the County Down villages of my ancestors, I wish to travel to Ireland to visit these places--probably next year. It will be my first trip to Ireland. Where should I begin checking to learn the best time of year for such a trip, when are the air fares the best, what suggestions would one give for lodging, car rental (can a tourist rent a car without an international driver's licence?), etc.? Because this will be a genealogical trip, I hope my question to this list is not inappropriate. I appreciate any assistance. Thank you, Carol

In response to the many people who were also interested in Gravestone Inscriptions in Northern Ireland, William Naughton put me on to a great site.....Ulster Historical Foundation Bookshop..might just be what the Dr. ordered for those of living around the world who are trying to do research in Northern Ireland. http://www.uhf.org.uk/bookshof.htm#cat3 Linda Whitford Yellowknife, NT ICQ: 7345013 E-Mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ssimicro.com/~xlindag/ "Beautiful young people are works of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art!!"

http://www.teldir.com A useful site - telephone directories worldwide. I used the German sites UK sites, put in the surname (not a common one I might add) of my ancestor and where he was born. Up came a list of people with that surname living in the area today as well as their address and phone number. Probably not so useful with very common surnames. http://www.multimap.com a great site for finding places associated with your family in the United Kingdom - a beta version for world maps is available but not as good as http://www.expediamaps.com is for countries outside the UK. http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/trades.html a list of occupations from earlier times with a brief explanation http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/ a list of medical terms and their explanations - great for explaining the medical terms listed on death certificates

Is there a Burial Index for County Down that would like all the burials and provide the name of the Cemetery where one could get more information? I am looking for burials for the surname CORRY. Thanks and have a great weekend. Linda Whitford Yellowknife, NT ICQ: 7345013 E-Mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ssimicro.com/~xlindag/ "Beautiful young people are works of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art!!"

Is there a good place to go to look for information about the following if you're in the USA? Cemetary Information Marriage Information (Indices?) Birth I'm looking for any information on BLAKELY/BLAKENEY/BLEAKNEY or other spelling variations. Especially prior to 1767. I'm thinking that the family originates in Co Down or Co Limerick. Because of my husband's disability, we're on a limited fixed income and cannot afford costly searches that don't even guarantee a result. If there are places online that I can search, I'll gladly do it if someone can point me in the right direction. Also, if there are any kind people out there with access to information who may do lookups, I'll appreciate the help. Thanks in advance! Debbie (BLAKELY) Cox Idaho, USA

Seeking information re William McClure born abt 1875 and died 19/4/26 in Balleymoney, Co Antrim. He married Martha Jane Chestnut in Dec 1901. Any help would be much appreciated. Anne

----- Original Message ----- From: Charles.Clark <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 6 August 1999 10:34 Subject: Re: Lochris in Mishue; Mt. Charles Inver, Drumhome > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > 2. What is Mt. Charles Inver, Drumhome, and where is it? > > Not sure about the Inver or Drumhome bits, but there is a Mountcharles, > or Mount Charles, four miles west of Donegal town, on the road towards > Killybegs. Just to add to what Charlie has Written, INVER is located at the head of Inver Bay, between Mount Charles and Killybegs, Can't help with the rest sorry. Dave Moorhead

[email protected] wrote: > > HELP! I have two ancestors who arrived in the United States from Northern > Ireland aboard the "Catherine" from the Port of Killybegs in June 1804: > ARTHUR FAWCETT from Lochris in Mishue and CATHERINE FAWCETT from Mt. Charles > Inver, Drumhome. I have the following questions: > 1. What is Lochris in Mishue and where is it? Can't help on this one > 2. What is Mt. Charles Inver, Drumhome, and where is it? Not sure about the Inver or Drumhome bits, but there is a Mountcharles, or Mount Charles, four miles west of Donegal town, on the road towards Killybegs. > 3. Does anyone have any information regarding the FAWCETT family in Northern > Ireland? Should note that although Donegal, including Killybegs and Mountcharles, is in Ulster, it is not in Northern Ireland. The island of Ireland is divided into four provinces, Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connaught. Ulster consists of nine counties, including Donegal, of which only six (not including Donegal) were partitioned into the separate statelet of Northern Ireland in 1922. Donegal is consequently in the Republic of Ireland > 4. Where is the Port of Killybegs? On the north side of Donegal Bay, county Donegal, some 17 miles west of Donegal town, which is at the head of the bay. Charlie

HELP! I have two ancestors who arrived in the United States from Northern Ireland aboard the "Catherine" from the Port of Killybegs in June 1804: ARTHUR FAWCETT from Lochris in Mishue and CATHERINE FAWCETT from Mt. Charles Inver, Drumhome. I have the following questions: 1. What is Lochris in Mishue and where is it? 2. What is Mt. Charles Inver, Drumhome, and where is it? 3. Does anyone have any information regarding the FAWCETT family in Northern Ireland? 4. Where is the Port of Killybegs? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. THANK YOU. Valerie Hoff [email protected]

This information was originally posted on FERMANAGH-L. Thought it may help someone on this List. Please note the following correction: WcQuoid (Nutfield) should be McQuoid (Nutfield) Regards, Jim Swindell -----Original Message----- From: JIM SWINDELL <[email protected]> To: FERMANAGH-L <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 1:02 AM Subject: Store ledger >Hi Everyone , >In the 1800's my grandfather,Francis Swindle,had a General Store in >Maguiresbridge.I've recently obtained his ledger of "Book Trade" for the >period from June 4,1886, to September 19,1887. The following names, and in >some instances comments which follow a name, appear in the ledger. >Anne Fagan (servant girl) >Martha Boyd (hotel girl) >John Trottor (Drumgoon) >Ellen Murphy >Alexander Noble (Killycramph) >Jane Rea >Mrs. Crorkin >Humphrey Boyd >Patrick Breslin >Michael Lynch >Thomas Graham >Montague Dinnie >Robert Hamilton >Anne Murphy >Anne Hall >Charles Cassidy >Minnie Wilson (Kingstown) >Thomas Brussell >Harry Carrothers >Margret McSorley >Eliza McSorley >William Graham >James Glass >John McGloughlin >Revd. Woodhouse >Thomas Steele >Robert McCruddin >Hugh Maguire >John Cannowin >William Law >Mrs. Nelson >Mary Maguire >Mrs.Tracey >Thomas Trottor >William Britton >Francis Hall >John Sandles >William Little >Anne Halpin >John Ferris >William Robinson >William McGerr >Jane Taylor >Hamilton Dickie >Philip McGlarney >Andrew Armstrong >Ellen McCahery >A.W.Berry (Lisnaskea) >William McCulough >John Fagan >Kate Gunn >James Clarke >Margret Noble >Robert Armstrong >John Wallace >John Forster >Kate Carey >James Bogue >Joseph Shannon >John Maguire >John Short >Francis Watkins (Derrybrusk) >Sally Seery >Mrs. McIntyre >C.Douglas >Robbie Hamilton >Thomas Connally >Mary Anne Daley >Wm. Britton >Martin Hogan >Mrs. Knight >John Fitzpatrick >John Thompson >Wm.Granleese >Maggie Fagan >Mrs. Watson ,senior >Wm.S.Reid (R.I.Constabulary) >____McIntyre (R.I.C.) >Daniel Maguire (Broghderg) >Mrs.Shaw >John Wallace (per son James) >Arthur Graham >Mrs.A.Irwin >Bridget Finlay (Hotel girl) >Hugh Maguire (Deerryheely) >Kate Callaghan >Kate Carey >Mrs.Warrel >Revd. A. Watson >Miss McCullough >Patrick McAdams >Mrs.Thompson (Killycloughey) >Wm.G. Henderson >John Gormly >Miss Bell >George Little (Stranafaley) >Stewart Creighton >Ellen McCahrey >Miss McCallough >___ WcQuoid (Nutfield) >Kate Longan >Michael McGerr >Hugh McAnisky >Francis Martin >Mrs.Cocker >Patrick Tracey (per Mrs. T.) >Mary Robinson >James Nolan (per Mrs.) >Owen Hawill >John McManus >Gillanders (commons) >Henry Somers > >Hope this helps someone. >Regards to All, >Jim Swindell > > >

> And does anyone know of a County Monaghan list? Yes. It is alittle awkward to subscribe but I believe you send your email to [email protected] and put subscribe monagahan in the message box -- no other words. Carol Hepburn

I am looking for any information on my 3X great uncle, STephen LOWE, who is supposed to have settled at Trellis Pass north of the county or city of Leinster, im the early to mid l9th century, and his probably son, Henry Lowe, who was listed by his first cousin, HEnry Nathaniel Lowe of Enniskillen, in an ad in his Fermanagh Directory which he published around 1880, as a keeper of a grocery store and public house in Clones, County Monaghan. I understand this latter place is twenty miles from Enniskillen in County Fermanagh. They were probably Anglican (Church of Ireland). And does anyone know of a County Monaghan list? Yours Dora Smith

I just discovered that my greatgrandfather Robert Irwin's first wife was Anna Jane Talbot. Is that a commom Irish name? Any Talbots out there? Robin

Specifics have yielded no results. Would like to connect with anyone else researching the surname CORRY. Linda Whitford Yellowknife, NT ICQ: 7345013 E-Mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ssimicro.com/~xlindag/ "Beautiful young people are works of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art!!"

I have an ancestor who came from the townland of Comaghy in Mucknoe Parish, CO. Monaghan, but I can't find it on my Discovery Series Map#28 which shows this area. Can someone locate it and send me a description relating to the following(which DO show on my map) Mullyash Mountain, McKelvey's Grove, Tattinlieve, Loughbrattogue, Drumacrib). Thanks, Joan

Additional information on the request just sent on Rodger (Roger) Martin. My father came to the U.S. in 1912 but we cannot find a port that he left from or a ship name. He had brothers: John & Andrew and sisters: Mary and Elizabeth. There may have been others. Again you may e-mail me directly. gini

I am seeking any information I can get regarding my father: Rodger (Roger) Martin born in County Antrim. Born November 15, @1888. His parents were: Roger John Martin and Mary Elizabeth McCandless-Martin. I was told to send to: General Register office, Joyce House 8-11 Lombard street East Dublin 2 Ireland for Registry of birth, page 66, volume l, for the year 1888. I did send punts (pounds) but have never received an answer. Can someone help me locate my deceased father and maybe his family. You may e-mail me directly. Gini in California, U.S.A. Just another Irish Lass.

Hi Folks, Just wanted to let you know that Frederick R. Ramont, [email protected], will be taking over for me as listowner for this list. Fred works with me on the IrelandGenWeb and will be managing the Northern Ireland website in my place. He has deep Irish roots and is very knowledgeable in irish research! If you need help unsubscribing, please let Fred know. I am sure he will send out an email once he gets settled in. I will be available -- as a subscriber -- and also am reachable through the IrelandGenWeb project at http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwgw. Cheers! Carol Hepburn IrelandGenWeb Coordinator

Hi, I'm looking for anyone who knows anything about the Bullers in Ireland both North and Republic. My Bullers were last in County Armagh about 1900 and then all five brothers went to Scotland to work in the mines near Bothwell, Lanarkshire. I can't find any trace of the family in Armagh and wondered if the name was more popular in another part of Ireland. I know the name appears of the "Adventurers for Ireland" list in the seventeenth century, and that a top equestrian today is Alfie Buller. Other than that nobody seems to be looking or researching them. Help! Cheers, Elizabeth

Hi Andrew, >I recently received a tip from someone who stated that the surname >McAbistin is sometimes translated into English as Austin. Has anyone >heard of this name? Does it appear in any of the Irish surname books? When people tell you these things, you need to ask them their source. If they live in Ulster and say that's what people right here say, that's important. However they also may be identifying a local history that may be true (but unprovable) for folk of that surname in that townland -- and not for anywhere else on the planet. Ireland has a huge wealth of genealogical information -- but in order to be able to determine how likely some info is to be true or even helpful to you you must know the source. Austin and McAbistin are not among the 500 commonest names, so they are not in Bell "Book of Ulster Surnames". I checked Brian Mitchell "Surnames of Derry". This is an EVERY NAME book of all the names in the 1989 Foyle Community Directory: 1,860 unique names. Austin is there. He tells us there were 10 families and that the surname is English and Scots and has been in Ireland since the 14th century. No McAbistin. No name in Ireland that I can find like McAbistin, but I don't have every book, so search on. With a rare name like this, when you find it in a locale, you can be pretty sure you've found your relations (unless half of Tipperary has this name <grin>... nope, half of Tipperary is surnamed Ryan!). Linda Merle