Don't worry about me Pat....... there's more sources than just on line.   Slán, Kevin.   --- On Mon, 22/11/10, Pat Connors <nymets22@gmail.com> wrote: From: Pat Connors <nymets22@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] McArdle Brooklyn To: ny-irish@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, 22 November, 2010, 17:04 Have you tried the County Clare Library website? http://www.clarelibrary.ie/ It is totally free and has all of County Clare's Griffith Valuation and Tithe Applotments plus much more.  Now there is a project to transcribe all the County Clare's RC records which is also in coordination with the library.  Some parishes are done and online.   I am sure you can find more online than you think.  You can't expect Kevin to do the research you need, especially when he would have to use the same resources that are found at the library, which you can research for free online. Kevin, I really don't have any records from County Clare.  I know what  you > mean about the McMahon name being common...thought the O'Keefe  might help > but that's probably very common also.  It took me 20 years  to find out he > was from Clare. (He seemed to change his birth year a  lot.)  The NY > Emigrants Savings Bank Records indicate he arrived in  1864 on the ship > Antartic. > Haven't been able to locate the  Antartic manifest on-line to see if other > family member were with him or  not.  Guess it's like finding a needle in a > haystack...thanks, Mary  Ann > > > -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website.  Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry:  http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have been to Ireland a number of times, Kevin, and while there are more sources in your country than what is online, they aren't all together. What is needed by Mary Ann is access to all the RC records and without knowing the area, it is hard to know which parish to look into. Her people emigrated in 1864, the year when civil registration started in your country. So, again Mary Ann needs RC records to piece her family together. I suggested she use the County Clare library so she could use the GV and the Tithe Applotments to find where in County Clare her surnames are found. After that research, maybe she can limit her search to fewer RC parishes. However, McMahon and O'Keefe are fairly common names. In fact, according to MacLysaght, McMahon is the most common surname in County Clare. Also, some RC parish records for County Clare are online at: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/don_tran/bmd/index_bmd.htm Note the following parishes have been fully transcribed: Feakle, Tubber, plus much more parishes have partial transcriptions. By searching these records, if Mary Ann doesn't find her family, she can eliminate some RC parishes and her search gets narrower. Where are you in Ireland, Kevin? You have a wonderful and beautiful place to live. I am jealous. Don't worry about me Pat....... there's more sources than just on line. > > -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com