anybody have info? thx "Let us remember, that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' It is a very serious consideration, which should deeply impress our minds, that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers in the event." -Samuel Adams. In a message dated 7/11/2008 6:25:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lantana@npgcable.com writes: I know of someone on TIGS who has contact in Rasharkin, Antrim with knowledge of a McCracken family looking for what happened to one of theirs who emigrated to America and have no trace., namely John McCracken who married Ann Powers. The info he shared with me is that John had two sisters, Sarah Jane, born abt 1839 and Mary Ann born abt 1848; their parents William McCracken and Eliza Wilson. I have located a John McCracken on the 1900 census in Watervliet but wife is Minnie, not Annie. Their daughter Lillian E. was born in 1899. Any connection? Lois in AZ Rich Nichols wrote: >This group has no idea how much all of us who belong appreciate the dedication that goes into providing us with help, lookups, advice, ideas, bits of history, etc. You are a wonderful bunch of leprechauns who always seems to direct us to that "pot o gold" in our own research or just additional general knowledge. > >With the administrator's kind indulgence - I know that my McCracken's from County Antrim originally came from Scotland (but when I don't know). My Wynne's from County Sligo arrived in Sligo from England in the mid-1700's from a "disenchanted with the King" - Wynne family member. My Clayton's from County Cork left Ireland for England in the early 1800's and may have originally been English as well. There are other's in my Irish lines who may also be of English, Scottish or Welsh heritage but only time and more research will tell. As a child, I was always home for the St Paddy's Day Parade on 5th Avenue in New York. My father has no Irish heritage and my mom just always said we had a "wee bit of Irish" in her background. How wrong she was: Wynne (her maiden name), Conlon, Flanagan, Geoghegan (Gahagan), O'Melia, Kennedy, Clayton, McCracken, Hoey, McCabe, Cunningham, Maginnis and Connolly. If this be a wee bit then I want to see whole enchilada! > >Boy, how I wish my Clayton's had lived in Troy for a longer period of time and then maybe I would have learned more about that family. > >An Irish Blessing to all of you give so much and expect so little in return. > >Rich in Greer >===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== >Did you pay your 2008 Dues? >Troy Irish Genealogy Society >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Did you pay your 2008 Dues? Troy Irish Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112)