THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTIONS. THAT IS ONE REASON I PUT IN A EMAIL ABOUT OCCUPATIONS OF MANY OF MY ANCESTORS ..BEING POLICE OR FIREFIGHTERS….MY YOUNGEST SON BECOMING A DISTRICT CHIEF NEXT FRIDAY…. MAKING 3-4 CHIEFS IN FIRE SERVICE SINCE 1833. IT ALSO SHOWS THE "SOCIAL STANDING " OF THE FAMILIES. CERTAINLY NO ONE IN A HIGH SOCIETY POSITION. ALTHO ONE GR. GRAND AUNT MARRIED SOMEONE WHO GOT INTO POLITICS IN NYC. On Apr 23, 2014, at 3:28 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > I'm sharing a few excerpts from "The Irish Roots Guide" by Tony McCarthy. > > When I visited County Kildare, the local parish priest gave me a copy. It is an invaluable, > down to earth guide to finding your Irish ancestors. [I have no personal interest or gain by sharing this book.] > > Page 5 > > l) Look at your ancestors in terms of their "social position." > > "...a person's class had a great bearing on weather or not > he figured in particular types of records." > > 2) If your ancestors were Roman Catholics, look in Church of Ireland records anyway. > It is possible that your ancestors changed religions to survive/eat as an act of desperation. > > "Few will consult a Church of Ireland register in search of a Catholic baptismal entry (although > in some Donegal and the midlands registers, many such entries are to be found). Searching the > Registry of Deeds for a small tenant farmer's lease is almost as fruitless an occupation as > searching nineteenth-century newspapers for a cottier's death notice." > > I'm offering this information to researchers, not to debate, but to open your search boundaries. > > Sometimes you just have to think outside of the box. > Barb > > ====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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message