Just sent you a reply, but neglected to put "COLLINS" in the subject line. Hope you haven't deleted it already, thinking it is junk mail. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Canfield via<mailto:ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com<mailto:ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC Digest, Vol 9,Issue 205 My maternal grandmother was a Collins and my paternal grandmother was a Scanlon. How coincidental is that? Get in touch with me at jbc1140@earthlink.net<mailto:jbc1140@earthlink.net> and I'll give you what I can. Jim Canfield Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 5, 2014, at 3:00 AM, ny-troy-irish-gensoc-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ny-troy-irish-gensoc-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > ** NOTE ** > When replying to a message in the digest please do two things: > 1. Change the 'Subject' to that of the message you are replying to. > 2. Delete all the messages above and below the one you are concerned with. > Thank You - List Administrator > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. COLLINS (Frances) > 2. Re: COLLINS (cimcg@onetel.com<mailto:cimcg@onetel.com>) > 3. Re: COLLINS (Frances) > 4. Fwd: A Chance to Touch History and Honor Our Veterans > (Christine Connell) > 5. Fwd: A Chance to Touch History and Honor Our Veterans > (Christopher Philippo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 08:52:02 -0400 > From: "Frances" <StefScan@msn.com<mailto:StefScan@msn.com>> > Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] COLLINS > To: "ny-troy-irish-gensoc" <NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC@rootsweb.com<mailto:NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC@rootsweb.com>> > Message-ID: <SNT152-DS196126F7A3D0FDBD4E5E23DEA70@phx.gbl<mailto:SNT152-DS196126F7A3D0FDBD4E5E23DEA70@phx.gbl>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > > I'm a new member of TIGS researching my mother's family who arrived in Troy in the late 1870's and and 1880's. > > Specifically, I'm trying to find out more about my grandfather, Thomas Collins, and his family who immigrated to Troy in the 1880's. His brother, James, arrived at about the same time, and I understand two sisters, Ellen and Catherine (married names unknown) also immigrated to Troy. > > There is a connection to the Mulcahy family (Reverend John Howard C. Mulcahy, was my mother's cousin). > > My mother indicated that the Collins were a large family. If anyone has information about them, please let me know. > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/<http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/> Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message