After much searching I was lucky enough to find my O'Connor family in Tipperary. Many still live there and my wife and I had the privilege of visiting the area 2 weeks ago and had a great reunion. My g.grandfather, William O'Connor left there during the famine and arrived in southern Wisconsin in 1855. What follows is the inscription on a headstone I observed during my visit. If this means anything to you, we are probably related. " erected by JERMIAH O'CONNOR Ballyvaden to the memory of his father JOHN O,CONNOR who died 5th Nov 1892 and his mother HANORA O,CONNOR died 1 Oct. 1911 also the above JEREMIAH who died 10 Sept. 1951 and his wife ALICE died 30 Oct-1977 Aged 101 Yrs. " Jeremiah is spelled two different ways........I assume the engravers error. Since there is more than one person listed I assume they were buried next to each other While in Ireland we visited the Rock of Cashel........on those grounds there is buried a John O'Connor [ not related to me that I am aware of at this point] he died in 1904. His wife is also there {Johanna -nee Griffin- ] who died August 192- .. John was 40 years old All for now........Brian Connors , Wisconsin

Hi All, Well, tomorrow I leave Sacramento for Philadelphia. I will be staying in NJ with my son until July 5th when I leave with another son for Ireland. Since this list is small and not real active, I don't have another person taking over my listowner duties. If you run into problems, I will be at: nymets11@hotmail.com I will be able to access this email address from NJ or where ever I can find a computer. So if you need to get a hold of me, write to me there. I hope all of you have a great summer. Slan go foill, Pat Connors

ocht deag An Meitheamh, De' h-Aoine(18 June, Friday), or in Scottish, ochd-deug an t-Og-mhios, Di h-Aoine In 1639 the Pacification of Berwick took place. The Covenant supporters and the forces of Charles 1 faced each other at Berwick-on-Tweed neither wishing to engage in battle. The Scots did not like the idea of fighting a Stewart King. Anywya, Charles forces withdrew from Scotland and he recognized an independent Scottish Parliament. In 1789 John Carne, Cornish folklorist, was born. In 1972 Miles Dillon, Celtic scholar from Ireland, died. Submitted by John Laughland

Hello, This message is to update you on two items regarding the RootsWeb Resource Clusters. Please accept my apologies if this email may be sketchy and or cryptic. The individual who requested that this information be posted is on vacation until the end of the week. Item 1 (Surname and County Resources): You can now add your homepage(s) to the appropriate Resource group. The URL is: http://resources.rootsweb.com/utilities/addsite.html Item 2 (Surname Resources Only): The form to submit your request for adopting parts of the Surname Resource Clusters was changed on Wednesday, 9 June 1999. The Resource Cluster team asks that people who filled out the form prior to 9 June 1999 (especially if you forgot to submit any comments) to fill out the form again. RootsWeb realizes that this is an inconvenience for some people. However, we do want to ensure that your request is not overlooked due to incomplete information. The URL for requesting surname resources: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/sponsors.html If you have any questions, feel free to email listmaster@rootsweb.com. Sincerely, Vicki Lindsay RootsWeb Listmaster listmaster@rootsweb.com

seacht deag An Meitheamh, De'ardaoin,(17 June, Thursdau), on in Cornish, seytek Metheven, De Yow In 1056 Griffydd ab LLewelyn defeated the English army near Hereford. In 1930 Hugh Robert Jones died. He was founder of the Welsh Nationalist Party. In 1963 John Cowper Powys, Welsh novelist died. Seven days until Midsummers Eve (23 June). The lightning bugs should be out by now depending on what latitude you are at. Find out where the fire marshall plans to be that night and don't forget to invite Smokey the Bear to help out with fire safety. I always keep the garden hose nearby and at the ready. And scale down if there are any winds. A twenty foot high flame is great but becomes a nuisance if it starts going sideways. Submitted by John Laughland

Sorry, I was away for a day so you are getting both days at once. cuig deag An Meitheamh , De' Mairt( 15 June, Tuesday), or in Manx, queig-jeig Mean Souree In 1887 an Anti-Tithe riot occurred in Mochdie, Wales. Fifty civilians and thrity-four police were injured as the crowd tried to prevent seizure of cattle for tithe payments. se' deag An Meitheamh, De' Ceadaoin (16 June, Wednesday), or in Welsh, un ar bymtheg Mehefin, Dydd Mercher In 1282 the English were defeated by Llywelyn II at LLandeilo. The English were attempting an invasion of Wales. In 1886 North Wales tenant farmers met to form a land league based on the Irish Land League. Land leagues were formed in response to irresponsible landlords who would charge tennants rent on the land even when crops failed and evict people under such dire circumstances. This was part of the cause of the great famine. Scots and Welsh suffered as well as the Irish tenants. In 1904 Loeiz Andouard, Breton language writer, was born. Submitted by John Laughland

Hi Everyone; I recently sent email to each of you a a link that was supposed to have lead to a single purpose web page. I did so in order to publicize a family picture. Apparently the picture got hit by a UFO and was demolished. Or then maybe I just goofed again. The picture was taken before 1920, based on the age of Rosetta who was born in 1896 who appears in the picture to be in her mid to late teens. They had told us years ago before I got intersted in family history that the men in the picture were O'CONNOR cousins from Chicago. For those who have a web page related to an O'CONNOR line I would appreciate it if you would add this Link in the hope that someone might see a resemblance to their father, grandfather, uncle etc. <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/tpoc/myhomepage/heritage.html">New O'Connors of MA and RI </A> I'm also sending it to several family members and others for their information. They can let me know if the picture appeared. OK? Thanks, Tom O'Connor

ceathair An Meitheamh, De' Luan ( 14 June, Monday), or in Scottish, ceithir-deug an t-Og-mhios, Di-Luain In 1884 John McCormack, famous Irish tenor, was born. In 1946 John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor of television, died. ( In all fairness he should have been required to live long enough to see what happened to his invention) Followup: A cousin of mine reports staying at the castle at Ballynahinch. She tells me that it is a lovely place and great for salmon fishing. Submitted by John Laughland

Hi all, I am going away (NY and Ireland) in another week and won't be back until around August 10th. I need someone from the list to babysit for it while I am away. This will not require much work. As a substitute-listowner, you get all the mail on the list, plus all those that subscribe and unsubscribe. Of course, you also get notified when mail bounces, in other words can't be delivered. After three bounces, Rootsweb automatically drops them from the list, so I do nothing about bounced posts. The other part, monitoring, I keep at a minimum. I resent owners that dictate too many rules so don't do that myself. I have four lists and so far, they have been mellow. I don't mind if they get off genealogy once in a while. I don't mind if they have disagreements. I ignore it and eventually it all goes away. I don't mind politics, either. So far, I haven't had any problems. I usually just lurk in the background and watch. That is what I would want you to do, if you baby-sit for me. I hope some one will let me know soon if they can help out. I will be unsubbing so I won't have a load of mail when I get back. Thanks in advance for your help. Pat Connors, Listowner

tri' deag An Meitheamh, De' Domhnaigh,( 13 June, Sunday), or in Breton, trizek Mezheven, Disul In 1798 the Battle of Ballynahinch, Ireland, was fought. The United Irish Army was defeated. There leader Henry Monroe was executed. The rebels in this battle were mainly Presbyterians ( remember, the anti-English movement included both Catholic and Presbyterians). The Lord Cornwallis leader of the English troops wisely granted an amnesty which defused much of the rebellion. The French tried to rekindle it, but failed. More on that on future calendar dates. Legends: In the Celtic pantheon there was a brother and sister known as Sirona and Grannos. There attribute was reputed to be healing. They were the celtic version of brother-sister healing divinities that were prevalent throughout Eurasia. Apollo and Artemis of Rome were similar. The concept here was the combining of opposites to reach wholeness, i.e. day/night, earth/sky, cold/warm, etc. Submitted by John Laughland

do'dheag An Meitheamh, De' Sathairn,(12 June, Staurday), or in Cornish, deudhek Metheven, De Sadorn In 1298 William Wallace routed the English at the Battle of Black Ironside. William could be called the father of Scottish nationalism. In 1865 William Butler Yeats, Irish author was born. Submitted by John Laughland: ImbolcNow@aol.com

I think it would be remiss of me not to warn everyone of today's new virus. It is on the national news programs. You can check out the full warning at this site: http://www.avertlabs.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/va10185.asp It looks like it gives a reply to an email you send with and attachment (ExploreZip.worm). In the body of the message it will say, "I received your email and I shall send you a reply ASAP. Till then, take a look at the attached zipped docs." Don't open the attachment. Just delete the whole message. Pat Connors, Listowner

aon deag An Meitheamh, De' h-Aoine( 11 June, Friday) or in Welsh, un ar ddeg Mehefin, Dydd Gwener In 1534, Lord Thomas "Silken" Fitzgerald, son of Gerald the 8th Earl of Kildare (Gerail Mor) entered Dublin to attempt an overthrow of the English. He had many victories but ultimately lost and was hanged in the Tower of London in 1537. The Geraldines (Fitzgeralds) then suffered mightily for three years. In 1862 Martin Ross ( Violet Florence Martin), Irish novelist in collaboration with Edith O. Somerville, was born. In 1902 James James, composer of the Welsh national anthem died. In 1990 Seosamh Mac Grianna, Irish language author, died. Submitted by John Laughland at ImbolcNow@aol.com

deich An Meitheamh, Daerdaoin ( 10 June, Thursday), or in Manx, jeih Mean Souree, Jerdain In 1549 the Prayer Book Rebellion led by Henry Arundell broke out in Cornwall against the religious edicts of King Henry VIII of England. Manx Gaelic is similiar to Irish in pronunciation but not necessarily in spelling. Take the word for "ten". In Irsih it is spelled "deich" and pronounced "Jeh". In Manx it is spelled "jeih" and pronounced "jeh". In Irish and Scottish the letter "d" depending on what vowels it is combined with, gets a "j" sound. Other times it gets a "d" sound. Submitted by John Laughlin at ImbolcNow@aol.com

naoi An Meatheamh, De' Ceadaoin ( 9 June, Wednesday), or in Scottish, naoi an t-Og-mhios In 597 Colum Cille, Irish monk and bard, who is honored in all the celtic lands, died. You probably are more familiar with the name Saint Columba. He was a cousin of Niall of the Nine Hostages. He was born in 521 at Gartan in Donegal. He is one of the twelve apostles of Eirann. Colum Cille was banished from his beloved Ireland being blamed for the great battle of Cuildremne in Sligo. He settled in Iona where his kinsman King Conel was. From there he took the Gospel to the Picts, the Brits and the Saxons. In 1981 William MacTaggart, Scottish landscape painter, died. This has nothing to do with celtica, but are there any Mel Torme fans out there? I had a chance to see him before his stroke and missed it. I am not a groupie type but his death has given me some sadness. His version of Little Man You've Had a Busy Day will touch anyone with a deep memory of their little ones. Mel had five children and you can tell in his singing how much he loved them. Sorry to get sentimental, but some people are worth it, I think mel was one of those people. Submitted by John Laughland

I saw the following list of sites on another Mailing List. Many you all may be familiar with, but some should be helpful additions to your Genealogy links. If some of these don't work, please don't write me because I won't be able to help you, since all I did was copy and paste. Of course, if you send it to the list someone other than me may be more knowledgeable about the link. Happy hunting. Pat, Listowner GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: http://www.calle.com/world/index.html (Global Gazatteer - Foreign) http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html (United State Geological Service - finds exact location of place names, cemeteries, churches, streams, etc. Excellent !!) http://www.indo.com/distance/(Distance between two locations. Enter geographic coordinates or placenames) http://www.mit.edu/geo/ (finds county for known place and state) http://www.ahip.getty.edu/tgn_browser/ (geographic thesaurus) http://www1.proximus.com/lycos/ (Lycos road map) http://www.mapquest.com/ (Mapquest) http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html (geographic name locator) http://www.expediamaps.com/PlaceFinder.asp (Microsoft worldwide info) http://members.aol.com/oldmapsne/ (Historical Ink; old maps, NY&NE) http://www.outfitters.com/genealogy/land/twprange.html (township and range system) http://www.multimap.com/ (United Kingdom) http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm (US Atlas, 1895) http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/ (Yale geographic name locator) http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/terra_findaspot_coordinate.htm (One meter resolution aerial and satellite photography of the USA and select foreign locations. Enter geographic coordinates only) http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/terra_findaspot.htm (One meter resolution aerial and satellite photography of the USA and select foreign locations. Select location from a map or enter a place name) GENERAL REFERENCE SITE - ALL IN ONE http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html . Atlas & Maps . Beginner's Guides . Bios & Who's Who . Databases . Dictionaries . Electronic Texts . Encyclopedias . Genealogy . Government . Grammar & Style . History . Internet Resources . Law . Libraries . Miscellaneous . Phone Book . Population . Postal . Science . Thesaurus . Time & Date . Weights & Measures . World Religions . WWW Virtual Library VITAL RECORDS: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm (center for health stats) http://www.medaccess.com/address/vital_toc.htm (where to write) http://www.inlink.com/~nomi/vitalrec/ (Naomi's list) http://www.census-online.com/links/index.html#top (online census materials) http://www.doitnow.com/~moravia/census.html (alternate, census online) http://members.tripod.com/~rosters/ (searchable south) CHECK AND CLEAN VIRUSES FROM YOU COMPUTER - free ! http://housecall.antivirus.com/explorer.html (Trend Microsystems) Excellent - highly recommended on-line service - no charge) GIANT GENEALOGY SITES: http://www.hamrick.com/names/ U.S. Surname Distribution from the U.S. census during various period in history http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html (barrel of links) http://www.CyndisList.com (Cyndi's List) http://www.wwnet.com/~krugman1/fgc/ (Ford Genealogy Club) http://www.genforum.com/ (genealogy discussions) http://www.polaris.net/~legend/genalogy.htm (genealogy gateway) http://posom.com/hl/ (genealogy helplist) http://www.citynet.net/mostwanted/ (genealogy's most wanted) http://emcee.com/ (genealogy online) http://genealogy.tbox.com/ (genealogy tool box) http://www.gensource.com/ifoundit/ (genealogy search engine) http://www.genhomepage.com/societies.html (genealogical societies) http://www.lds.org/Family_Hostory/How_Do_I_Begin.html (Mormon FHCs) http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ (National Genealogical Society) http://www.nehgs.org/ (New England Historic Genealogical Society) http://www.rand.org/personal/Genea/ (Rand genealogy club) http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/ (Roots Web Searches) http://www.bc1.com/users/sgl/html/usa.htm (searchable genealogy links) http://genealogy.travellor.com/genealogy/ (Travellor southern families) http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/research/dbd.html (UofKS sourcelist) http://www.usgenweb.com/ (US Genealogy web) http://www.usigs.org/index.htm (US Internet Genealogical Society) ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.vital-mo (genealogical and historical societies of Missouri; to change states, delete "mo" and substitute the postal abbreviation of the state of your choice) CHURCH HISTORY: http://www.ncccusa.org/ (National Council of Churches) http://www.ats.edu/members/denom.htm (theological seminaries) http://www.rrlc.org/guide/arc02.shtml (American Baptist) http://www.cob-net.org/ (Church of the Brethren) http://www.catholic.net/ (Roman Catholic Church) http://www.cin.org/ (Catholic information network) http://www.catholic.org/colweb/direct.html (Catholics web directory) http://www.disciples.org/historc.htm (Disciples of Christ) http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/ (Episcopal Church, USA) http://www.elca.org/ (Evangelical Lutheran) http://www.fum.org/ (Friends United/Quaker) http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/index.htm (Quaker genealogy) http://www.mercer.edu/mainlib/SpColl.html (Georgia Baptist) http://www.depauw.edu/lib/services/Desc/dept.htm#archives (Indiana UMC) http://www.lcms.org/ (Lutheran, Missouri Synod) http://www.jewell.edu/academia/currylibrary/partee/partee.html (MO Baptist) http://cmc2.cmc.edu/arc.html (Missouri United Methodist) http://cc.owu.edu/~librweb/spuma.htm (Ohio United Methodist) http://www.libertynet.org/~pacscl/phs/index.html (Presbyterian) http://www.rca.org/ (Reformed Church in America) http://carolus.furman.edu/library/welcome/specpage.htm (SC Baptist) http://www.ucc.org/ (United Church of Christ) http://www.gcah.org/center.htm (United Methodist archives) http://www.gcah.org/Conference/umcdirectory.htm (UMC state archives) ETHNIC RESEARCH: http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/searchable.html (searchable Canada) http://www.genealogy.com/gene/www/emig/emigr.html (emigration from Germany) http://genealogy.org/~palam/#iareg (Palatines to America) http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~tbrass/AMST/Amst.html (Dutch in New Amsterdam) http://www.familyworkings.com/genealogy1.htm (German Genealogy) http://www.kst.dit.ie/nat-arch/index.html (Irelands national archives) http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/index.html (Irish Genealogical Society) http://gentreegenealogy.com (Irish Genealogy) http://www.anywhere.co.uk/news.html (Scots birth, death, marriage indices) http://www.scotclans.com/ (Scot Clans) http://www.tartans.com/genalogy.htm (Scots genealogy) http://www.origins.net/GRO/ (Scotland General Register Office) http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/story/story.htm (tartans & clans) http://www.tartans.com/ (tartans) http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/ (UK genealogy) ARCHIVES FOR MILITARY HISTORY & WARS: http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/ (Canada war timeline) http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~hoemann/unit1.html (Civil War fighting units) http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm (CW Dakota State) http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ (Civil War, U of KY) http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/civlink.htm (Civil War, LSU) http://www.usgenweb.com/military/index.htm (military history for genealogy) http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ (Military History Institute) http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/millib/index.html (military libraries) http://www.toast.net/~beau/gs1812.htm (Society of the War of 1812) SOURCES FOR BOOKS: http://www.clark.net/pub/rmharris/netdlrs.html (antiquarian books) http://www.appletons.com/homepage.html (Appleton's) http://www.glbco.com/ (Blair's) http://www.esva.net/ghotes/biblio/bkdealer.htm#dealer (dealers and publishers) http://www.hearthstonebooks.com/ (Hearthstone) http://www.higginsonbooks.com/genbooks.htm (Higginson genealogy) http://www.hopefarm.com/genealog.htm (Hope Farm, NY books) http://www.midcoast.com/~picton/ (Picton Press) http://server.mediasoft.net/Scott/C/ (Willow Bend) http://www.yogs.com/ (Ye Olde Gen Shop, Indianapolis) LOOKUP SERVICES: http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/#States (books we own) http://www.mindspring.com/~wcrews/BooksPlus.html (mostly southern Books) http://www.longstreet.net/census.html (census lookups) http://www.cswnet.com/~mgoad/dar.html (DAR patriot index) http://www.concentric.net/~Mikerice/hl/usa/index.shtml (genealogy helplist) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2154/springin.htm (surname springboard)

ocht An Meitheamh, De' Mairt,( 8 June, Tuesday), or in Breton, eizh Mezheven, Dimeurzh In 1287 the Revolt of Rhys ap Meredudd, Wales began. In 1333 Edward III of England ordered the seizure of the Isle of Mann from the Scots. More on Midsummers Eve courtesy of a niece of mine. This feast also is known as St. John's Eve, the 24th being the feast of St. John the Baptist. Bonfires are part of this celebration. In Medieval times the people used the fires to ward of evil spirits and some jumped through them for good luck. Others would roam from fire to fire in garland -bedecked bands. Many people stayed up all night. Of course being in a rather northern clime the sun rose early. Next to Halloween this was the second most important night for the wee people. To see the wee people one was supposed to gather fern seed and at the stroke of midnight, rub it in your eyelids. But just to be save one should carry a little rue in one's pocket ( I know where there is a patch if it up on the Blue Ridge Mountain in West Virginia). Decorating the front door with birch, fennel, St. Johns wort, orpin or lilies was a custom also.( I have some wild St. John's wort in the garden). In Irish legend Midsummer was the when the first battle between the Fir Bolgs and the Tuatha De Danaan. The thing I like about these old semi forgotten events is that Hallmark doesn't sell cards for them and the folks down at the Mall don't have any sales to commemorate them. What a relief!! As for me I just like to stand by the dying embers of the bonfire with a cold beer looking up the summer constellations.

seacht An Meitheamh, De' Luan ( 7 June, Monday), or in Cornish seyth Metheven, De Lun In 1329 Robert the Bruce of Scotland died. Robert thought himself to be a leper. He thought the finger of God was upon him for his murder of Red Comyn. This dread was kept a secret, because under Church rules of the tome one could be proclaimed dead and one's wife could remarry, nor could he have held public office. However, it is probable that he merely had dermatitus. He was 55 year old when he died at Cardross with his trusted friends around him. Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, was appointed to look after Dacid , Bruce's 5 yeaold son. He entrusted to Angus Og, the Lord of the lsles with the true Stone of Destiny and keep inthe Hebrides until it was safe to return it to Scone. He ordered the Good Sit James Douglas the cut the heart out of his bidy when he died and to take in on crusades against the Infidel. Bruce had vowed to God that if zgod gave him his kingdom he would go on a crusade. These facts are taken from The Story of Scotland by Nigel Tranter. Pronouncing guide:

se' An Meitheamh, De' Domhnaigh (6 June, Sunday), or in Welsh, chwech Mehefin, Dydd Sul In 1873 William Siims, a founder and secretary of the Unitd Irishman was born. The United Irishman apparently was a coalition of the factions in Irish history -- in todays terms , the Protestants and the Cotholics-- trying to get more even handed treatment of all Irish by the English. It's a lot more complicated than that. More later. In 1821 F. an Uhel, Breton writer and ethnologist was born. If you like novels and are interested in the Ireland of 1916, a cousin of mine recommends, 1916 by Morgan LLewelyn.

I saw this on another list: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Trail/8145/ -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pat (Patraigin) Connors, California Siochain Leat (peace be with you) Researching: Connors/O'Connor, McEntee, Campbell, Flynn/O'Flynn, Smith, Phillips, Carter, Boyle, O'Rourke, Healey, Cullinan, Hoare, Todd, Owen, Booth, Gallagher, Fahey, Ryan http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/n/Pat-Connors/ mailto:nymets@pcweb.net Volunteer of Random Genealogical Kindness at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~