Thanks Marie. I appreciate your opinion. Lorraine On 04/07/2007 3:41 PM, "Marie Ippolito" <marieippolito@marieippolito.com> wrote: > Cavan or Carlow would be my first thoughts. Also Cork??? Good luck. > > Marie > > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: [ROSCOMMON] Help with town name, please > > Hello Listers, > I have birthplace listed as County Conton, Ireland. It is quite clearly > written. > > I have checked online for counties and towns with that name to no avail. > > Given that the recorder may not have be able to understand the accent, can > anyone suggest what it might be? > > Lorraine (Australia) > > > > >

I also had good luck trying Catholic Church Baptism and Marriage Records. If the birth place was for a marriage, try locating a birth record for one of the kids. Maybe you'll get lucky and find the correct spelling or even a town! That happened to me in County Roscommon with my ancestors. Marie Marie Ippolito, First Vice President, F. C. Tucker "Top Ten" Agent 2005 & 2006 "Charting A Course For Success" Mobile: 317-409-4562 Fax: 317-826-8097 Internet: www.MarieIppolito.com -----Original Message----- From: roscommon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:roscommon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lorraine Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 2:05 AM To: roscommon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROSCOMMON] Help with town name, please Thanks Marie. I appreciate your opinion. Lorraine On 04/07/2007 3:41 PM, "Marie Ippolito" <marieippolito@marieippolito.com> wrote: > Cavan or Carlow would be my first thoughts. Also Cork??? Good luck. > > Marie > > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: [ROSCOMMON] Help with town name, please > > Hello Listers, > I have birthplace listed as County Conton, Ireland. It is quite clearly > written. > > I have checked online for counties and towns with that name to no avail. > > Given that the recorder may not have be able to understand the accent, can > anyone suggest what it might be? > > Lorraine (Australia) > > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROSCOMMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Marie, This query does not specifically relate to family history. It does relate to the history of the area in which I live and the work I'm doing on cemeteries in our area. So you can see why I won't be following this last piece of advice, good though it is for other circumstances. Sincere thanks for your input. Lorraine On 04/07/2007 4:08 PM, "Marie Ippolito" <marieippolito@marieippolito.com> wrote: > I also had good luck trying Catholic Church Baptism and Marriage Records. > If the birth place was for a marriage, try locating a birth record for one