I would appreciate hearing from anyone with any information on my Roscommon ancestry. Hugh Hannelly, son of James Hannelly (Shepherd) & Mary Carty was born in Co Roscommon c1804. Hugh is listed as a shepherd on ships' indents. Catherine Waldron, daughter of John Waldron (farmer) & Rose Griffin was born in Co Galway c1811. Hugh & Catherine were married at Glinsk c1832. I know of two children born to Hugh & Catherine in Ireland, James, who was baptised at Kilbride on 8 October 1838 and a girl, name and dob unknown, who supposedly died on the voyage to Australia. I believe there to be another boy born in Ireland who presumably died at an early age, but this is unproven. Hugh & Catherine immigrated to Australia on the ship "Gilbert Henderson" in 1841, leaving the children in Ireland. I have records indicating that James was in Australia at the time of his father's death in 1863 but deceased at the time of his mother's death in 1893. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Joyce -------------------------------------------------------- Joyce Tomasi E-Mail: [email protected] In the Snowy Mountains of NSW Australia Researching: Ireland: Doherty/Fitzgerald/Hannelly/Sloane/Sullivan/Waldron Essex: Philpot/Prior Liverpool: Roberts Oxfordshire: Coleman/Mitchell Germany: Mehl/Weber Italy: Tomasi/Semenza/Boffelli/Natini/Pasquinelli/Dall'Occhio ----------------------------------------------------------