Hi, Does anyone know about McCain's roots? It would be interesting to know. If you ever do research your Burke line let me know. v -------------- Original message -------------- From: Marianne Arnold <mamearnold@jetbroadband.com> > Hi Mary Lee, > Actually my husband isn't Irish. I have his family way back - some to > the 1400s - and unless you count Ulster Scots, I haven't turned up a > single Irishman or woman. I, on the other hand, am about 3/4 Irish, > of the starving famine kind. > > He is descended from some of the same early New England puritans and > quakers that Sarah Palin is. Parkhurst, Leete, Rice and Frost, and > probably one of those Carters. > > I do have a Burke line, so that's a possibility for me. Given my > druthers though, I'd just as soon pass! My daughter says, "If anyone > asks, I'm adopted"! Marianne > > > On Oct 3, 2008, at 3:18 PM, maryldunn@aol.com wrote: > > > > > Hi, Marianne, > > > > Which lines are they related through? Are they Roscommon lines? > > Interesting. > > > > FYI, later yesterday I was interviewed by the Irish Times and they > > had a story in today's paper, which is on-line at http:// > > www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/ > > 2008/1003/1222959305923.html. Just google the paper's name. And > > then that led to an interview on RTE's radio program Morning > > Ireland last evening and that too is on-line at their website: rte.ie. > > > > I didn't post about them since nobody had posted to my earlier note > > so I thought there was little or no interest, which seemed strange > > with John McEneny addressing Ballykilcline, in part, at this > > month's meeting. Or that the debate itself was too distracting. I > > was going to try to attend TIGS' October meeting but a family > > member will be visiting, so I won't be there. Maybe sometime down > > the road. > > > > Indeed it was hectic yesterday! > > > > Mary Lee > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marianne Arnold > > To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 2:37 pm > > Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] A Research Surprise: Seeing > > Ireland from Alaska > > > > > > > > Dear Mary Lee, thanks for this information. I've been having all sort > > f fun with my husband's family - they are related to Sarah about six > > imes over. They are not happy campers! Marianne Arnold. > > n Oct 2, 2008, at 5:32 PM, maryldunn@aol.com wrote: > >> Fellow Researchers, > > > > I had a news essay about Sarah Palin’s roots in Ireland published in > > this week’s edition of The Irish Echo, poste > > d at www.irishecho.com > > (page 8). Working with her on-line lineage posted and updated at > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/palin.htm, > > help from Rutland researchers, and the databases I developed in > > researching Ballykilcline Rising, I learned that her immigrant Irish > > ancestor came out of the same conflicted terrain described in my book > > -- from the townland across a narrow country road from > > Ballykilcline -- > > and went to Rutland, Vermont, before going west. > > > > Mary Lee Dunn > > > > PS Thanks to Peter Patten, Barbara Grenier, and Rosemary Vandenburg > > for > > help with this research and the genealogists -- Robert Battle, Tom > > Brown, William Reitwiesner, Gary Boyd Roberts, and Michael Hurdle -- > > who contributed to the posted on-line lineage. > > > > > > > > > > ===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=== > > id you pay your 2008 Dues? > > roy Irish Genealogy Society > > ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > > ------------------------------ > > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH- > > GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com > > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of > > he 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 > > > ===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