Hi Can anyone look up a 1920 census for Easthampton, Mass. I'm looking for Anna Neary McDERMOTT, especially the year she imigrated from Ireland. Thank You Jerome J. McDermott

Irish Mom Early this year I had asked you to run your Co. Histories of Ireland. You sent me a lot, and then said you would send more later in the year. I need: Waterford, Tipperary, Tyrone, Derry, Sligo, Leix and Wexford, and then I will have them all, thanks to you. Jerome J. McDermott

Yes I agree with you. I even posted on it. One should go back again and again to see the postings. Graphics really great. Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marry Moody" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [SH] Finn Valley Donegal site Hi Gail, I just tried the site, like you said "It is a place of great resouces and lots of lovely photos. You could stay on the site all day and not see all of it. Mary Gail Maher wrote: > I just tried this website http://www.finnvalley.ie/home.html for Donegal. > Great resources and lots of lovely photos. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > ==== SHAMROCK Mailing List ==== > *** Helpful Hints for Successful > Searching > http://community.webtv.net/mpetzolt2/helpfulhints **

Hi Gail, I just tried the site, like you said "It is a place of great resouces and lots of lovely photos. You could stay on the site all day and not see all of it. Mary Gail Maher wrote: > I just tried this website http://www.finnvalley.ie/home.html for Donegal. > Great resources and lots of lovely photos. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > ==== SHAMROCK Mailing List ==== > *** Helpful Hints for Successful > Searching > http://community.webtv.net/mpetzolt2/helpfulhints **

I have recently returned from Ireland and just resubbed. I found some new information to add to my genealogy files on Ireland and am posting the info here, in hopes it will look familiar to some. My mother and I visited the city of Kilkenny. The Kilkenny County Library Headquarters, 6 John’s Quay, Kilkenny, has a local history collection, consisting of microfilmed newspapers, books on Kilkenny city and county, local history files, etc. The library has a brochure outlining much of their materials, including names and dates of the local newspapers they have on microfilm. The email address is [email protected] The website is http://www.kilkennylibrary.ie/. The lady who assisted me there was very helpful. I had the death date of Archbishop John Jacob O’REILLY, who was the nephew of my great-great grandmother. He was born in 1846 in St. John’s Parish, Kilkenny city, Kilkenny. He was the Archbishop of Adalaide, South Australia from about 1896 until his death in 1915 in Adalaide. He visited Kilkenny in 1905. It was his family I was searching for. We stopped by the catholic church, the Church of Saint John the Evangelist, John's Street and Dublin Road, which was built in 1908. We found out there was an old cemetery just down the street from the church. We had spent the first week of our trip in Dublin. I knew there was an old Catholic cemetery in Kilkenny city and that some cemeteries had been transcribed years ago, with the records being held at the National Library in Dublin or in the nearby Genealogical Office, which apparently is associated with the library. I enquired about these records and after a wild goose chase, finally was told that the records did exist but were being indexed and thus were not available to the public. These records would have helped greatly in allowing me to find my relatives. Please be advised to double-check those resources that you find in the Irish genealogy research books. That is where I learned of the cemetery transcriptions. Just because a book says a record exists, does not mean it is available to the public all the time. While walking down the street in Kilkenny, between the church and the cemetery, called St. John‘s Churchyard, I noticed a building, which was a row of houses. The sign on the building said "St. John’s Place." In the information that I received from the Archdiocese of Adelaide, South Australia, there were some letters from the Archbishop’s mother, written in the early 1900s. The address on these letters was 1 St. John’s Place! I had found the home of the widowed Anne GALLAGHER O’REILLY in her later years. I could see that some of the houses were private homes, one a Bed & Breakfast and a frame shop. On one side of the row of houses, was a stone wall and on the other side of the wall was the house where the priest lived. The church was on the other side of the priest’s home. St. John’s was the church Anne attended and probably where her funeral was held. There was a path or driveway that went from the street around to the back of the row of houses, but since it was private property, I did not venture forth. We entered the frame shop and talked to the owner, who was delighted to hear of our family connection to the building and the town. Always talk to the locals. You never know what you may learn. A year or two ago, I had posted on one of the genealogy message boards, about Archbishop O’Reilly and months later, received a response from a man in England, who turned out to be a cousin. We were able to obtain information on the Archbishop from the Archdiocese of Adelaide, South Australia, but no death dates for his parents. The English cousin has a cottage in Ireland and we were able to make arrangements to meet during our visit. On Sunday, August 4, Tony, his wife, and son, met my mother and I at St. John’s Church. we went to the old cemetery, down by the church. We started reading the stones, many of which were difficult to read. Tony yelled for us to come over to where he was standing. We all walked over and lo and behold was the grave of Tony’s ancestors and the parents of the Archbishop, Michael O’ REILLY and Anne GALLAGHER O’REILLY. Following is the inscription on the tombstone: Sacred to the memory of Michael OReilly late of the 60th Rifles and Sergeant Major of Pensioners Kilkenny District for 18 years who departed this life on the 8th January 1863 aged 60 years This tablet is erected by Magor J. G. Rogers as a mark of esteem for a brave soldier and an upright man Also his wife Anne who died Feb - 25th 1921 aged 95 years Requiescat in pace Tony’s son found another stone, that of the family of one of Michael and Anne’ s daughters, Kate. The stone is engraved on three sides. The inscription reads thus: Of your charity pray for the repose of the soul of Teresa the beloved wife of John Sherin who died June 21st 1870 aged 56 years The above John Sherin died June 13th 1879 aged 65 years Also his daughter Maria E. Coyne who died Jan 26th 1885 aged 35 years and his son John P. Sherin died July 25th 1908 aged 55 years Also Rev. Michael Sherin Rector Naremburn N.S.W. son of the above John P. Sherin who died 30th March 1922 aged 42 years May they rest in peace. Amen Also in memory of Rosaleen M. Sherin who died Oct-29th 1918 aged 32 years also Kate Sherin wife of John P. Sherin who died December 10th 1934 aged 81 years Also Cornelius J. Sherin son of John P. Sherin and husband of Rosaleen Maud Sherin who died April 12th 1960 Requiem Aeternam Dona Eis Domine >From the above and from other information I have received: Teresa, 1814-1870, married John Sherin, 1814-1879. They had a daughter, Maria E., 1850-1885, who married a Coyne. Maria’s brother must have been John P. Sherin, 1853-1908. John P.’s son was Rev. Michael Sherin, 1880-1922. Another son of John P. was Cornelius J., died 1960, who was married to Rosaleen Maud Sherin, 1886-1918. Kate O’Reilly Sherin, 1853-1934, was the wife of the above John P. The week we were in Dublin, I found the baptism and marriage records for the family of Michael O’Reilly and Anne Gallagher. Since I knew they lived in St. John’s Parish, Kilkenny city, I was able to locate the microfilm and the entries quickly. I will post the information in brief here. 1846 -- marriage of Michael and Anne. Pat GALAHER, probably Anne’s father, was a witness. The townland is given as Bamask? for the marriage and the baptisms of some of the children. John Jacob 1846 -- Mary DORAN, Anne’s sister, was a sponsor. William 1848 -- Ellen GALLAGHER, Anne’s sister, was a sponsor. Mary 1849 -- Sponsors were William DORAN, Mary’s husband and Kate GALLAGHER, Anne’s sister. Kate 1853 Anne 1854 -- Eliza GALLAGHER, Anne’s sister and my great-great grandmother, was a sponsor. Lawrence 1857 Teresa Ellen 1859 Elisabeth 1862 -- Eliza BYRNE, possibly the same Eliza as above, was a sponsor. My Eliza married a Byrne/Burns in 1858. Bridget 1863 -- This one is questionable. The mother given is not Anne Gallagher, tho the priest could have made a mistake. Also, the birth is less than nine months after Elisabeth, but again, the priest could have made a mistake. John became Archbishop of Adelaide. William is the ancestor of Tony from England. Mary must have married someone and had children, as she is mentioned in one of Anne’s letters. This Mary had a son John who lived in Rockwile? Kate married John SHERIN. Their children: Molly/Mary? became a nun with the Sisters of Charity, Little Bray, County Wicklow. She lived at Mount St. Anne’ s, Milltown, County Dublin. Justin was a dentist, emigrated to Australia and died in the 1960s. Michael and John were priests in Australia. Therese, 1884-1950, has a descendent in Australia whom I am corresponding with. Cornelius married and is buried in Kilkenny. Margaret, Peter, and Anne - no information. Anne, Michael and Anne’s daughter, apparantly died young, as she is mentioned in one of her mother’s letters. Lawrence moved to Castlebar? Teresa Ellen lived in St. John’s Parish. I do not know if she married. Any of this sound familiar? Debbie

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Hello List If you can't decipher the words on a difficult to read document - birth, marriage or death certificate, Wills, etc, you could contact Chris Elliot via his free "Genhelp" website http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/yewtree/genehelp/index.htm By sending a scan of the document, it becomes available for viewing by other listers and you can get their help with the words you can't read. I am not involved with the website in any way other than I am a very satisfied customer. I submitted my scan of a certificate with unreadable addresses and received 46 replies from listers on the Middlesex and London lists and with their help, I now know where my great great grandparents lived at the time of their marriage and the church where they were married. Hope this helps some of you Brenda Barrowford, Lancashire, England Pendle and Burnley Branch, Lancashire FHHS http://www.lfhhs-pendleandburnley.org.uk Researching BENN - BOOCOCK - HUSTLER - JOWETT - SUGDEN in Bradford/Pudsey/Wibsey/Horton, Yorkshire BOOTHMAN - CASE - ELLISS or ELLIS - NEALE in Doncaster, Yorkshire INMAN in Silsden, Yorkshire BANKS - BARNES - DURKIN - HERBERT - HUSTLER - QUINN Burnley/Cliviger/Habergham Eaves, Lancashire BARNES - in Rawtenstall/Haslingden, Lancashire BARNES - INMAN in Colne, Lancashire HERBERT (Co Mayo) - QUINN (Co Mayo?//Galway?),- DURKIN (Co Mayo??) Ireland BEECHAM - CASE - KNOTT, London - Bethnal Green/Stepney/Mile End NEALE - ELLIMAN in Farnborough, and Fenny Compton, Warwickshire CASE - St.Ives (Huntingdonshire) Howard CASE, - Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. 1893 - 1914 George & Grace CASE - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 1870's John SUNDERLAND - New Bedford, Massachusetts after 1905 Thomas HUSTLER - possibly Australia after 1907

Yes, MURPHY is a very common name. I have it on both sides of the family! My paternal grandmother was BRIDGET MURPHY, born in Farran Fore. When I went to Ireland, I checked at the Central Registration Office in Killarney to see if I could get a birth certificate for my grandmother. I was thrilled when they found a Bridget Murphy so I brought my prized possession back to the family. Was I ever disappointed when my cousin told me the person for whom I had gotten the certificate wasn't my grandmother. Having grown up in my grandmother's house in NYC, she knew more about her than I did. She told me that my maternal greatgrandparents were Denis Murphy & ___ Sullivan. Since the certificate I have is not my grandmother's, I would be happy to pass it along to anyone who is looking for a BRIDGET MURPHY born in March of 1874 in Balinvarnig, Molahiffe to Patrick Murphy (labourer) and Mary Brick. The reference is listed as Molahiffe, Bk 5 #35...if that helps anyone doing a search. The certificate is hand written and since I don't know the area, I can only hope I copied it correctly. E-mail me at [email protected] If you think it belongs to you. Regards, Eileen Tierney, cnd

I am delighted to say that I have located in NYC some long lost cousins who have the same grgrandmother as I... Nora Murphy. There is much information which neither of us has, but I did learn from them that Nora Murphy came from a large family in Ballyhooly. One of her brothers died as a young boy - drowned in the whirlpool of the Blackwater River. At least two brothers went to Australia to look for gold. They found it, came back to Ireland (Ballyhooly), bought farms and married. My grandaunt told stories of them having very long beards. We don't know the year of Nora's birth nor when she married John Archdeacon. It seems that the oldest of their four daughters was born in 1877. I know for a fact that my grandmother, Nellie (Mary Ellen) Archdeacon, the youngest of the 4, was born in 1885. John Archdeacon left Ireland for NYC to find work (shipbuilding/carpentry???) In time, when his wife NORA MURPHY ARCHDEACON didn't hear from him, she feared he was ill so she set off with the youngest and oldest girls to find him in NY. (as the story goes, their letters and maybe their ships, passed each other). Nora was ill during the trip and a short time after landing, died in NY leaving the 2 children she brought with her orphans in a strange city. Meanwhile, back in Ireland, the two other girls, Katie and Mamie Archdeacon went to live with and were well cared for by Nora's brother James and sister ___ in Balleyhooley. My recently-found cousins are granddaughters of one of the girls (Mamie) who came over sometime between 1896-1898. In 1908 she married Michael Hade in NYC. She died in 1967. The girls remember Mamie telling them they had lots of MURPHY relatives in Ballyhooly. Does anyone have any info on any MURPHY family members from the Ballyhooley area? Do you know the name of any Catholic Church in that area? We can only estimate NORA's DoB to be sometime between 1850-1857. That would have made her about 20-27 when her oldest girl was born. We know nothing more about JOHN ARCHDEACON other than even the two girls in Ireland never saw/heard from him until the 4 girls were married and living in NYC. At that point in time they heard from him that he was living in England and 'down on his luck'. The girls were trying to raise the money for his passage to NY where they could rent an apartment for him. Unfortunately, he died - in England - before they were able to send him any money. If anyone has any leads for us - small as they may be - we would be grateful if you would direct them to me ... Eileen Tierney,cnd at [email protected] Thank you!

I would appreciate any information on Anastasia Thompson, born about 1879-1880,daughter of PatrickThompson, born Nov 24, 1838 and Johanna Wells born abt 1845 " both in Carrick-on-Suir. They were married, Jan 19, 1867 in Carrick-on-Suir. Anastasia Thompson was listed in the 1901 Census as single, age 22, Occupation; SCHOLAR. Where in Carrick-on-Suir would a single woman, be attending some school ? Her father and brothers are listed as Boatman. She later married John Maher and had two known sons, Thomas and John Maher. Any information on Anastasia, her mother, Husband or children would be greatly appreciated. Michael Harkins

I wish to obtain the teaching record of an ancestor, Leighton, George who taught school at Coolamber(Male) at Ballaghgowla Street, Edgesworthstown, Co. Longford c. 1850-1864. George was the son of Joseph Alexander Leighton and Mary Jenkins of Clonbroney Parish, Ballinascraw Townland, Co. Longford and was born c1833. George with his sister Anne emmigrated to Peel County, Province of Ontario Canada in 1864. Thank you, Bill

Read Maua's tips on genealogy. FIANNA has a good study guide to Irish genealogy offering more than 500 pages to help you find your Irish roots. http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ URLs to transcribed records http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/transcript/index.html URLs to transcribed records http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/transcript/index.html Select the county you want. I have posted the RC parish records with FHLC# so you can do-it-yourself at the local Family History Centers because the FHL has acquired the microfilms of the RC records of Ireland (if available). There are Family History Centers scattered throughout the world, located in the LDS meeting-houses. The FHCs are generally listed in the local phonebook under Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with its own phone number. Ellen "Anne Pountain" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello Everyone >I am new to the list and being of Irish descent I am looking for my Sloper >family last known living in Shinrone 1890. >Can you advise me on how to obtain information on where they lived and did >my Great Aunt and Uncle marry in Shinrone. >Regards >Ann > > > >==== SHAMROCK Mailing List ==== >** To contact the listowner send a >message to [email protected] ** > > __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with [email protected]! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

Hello Everyone I am new to the list and being of Irish descent I am looking for my Sloper family last known living in Shinrone 1890. Can you advise me on how to obtain information on where they lived and did my Great Aunt and Uncle marry in Shinrone. Regards Ann

Just letting the list know that www.ulsterancestry.com have added more Free pages of Irish genealogical Lists (Ships lists, census, etc.)There are some very good Links as well. All useful stuff! Good hunting Margaret _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

Just thought you'd be interested to know that my 'brickwall' has tumbled slightly - someone near Kew kindly looked at the 1901 census whilst on-line this week there, and found that my great-grandmother Susan Harrison, nee McCusker's birthplace is given as Dublin, Ireland! On the 1881 and 1891 censuses, her birthplace was stated as 'Ireland'! Just wanted to share my excitement!! Joy (Dean) (near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England)

Good day all:) It's been a while:( Life on the farm can be quite a challenge for a former city slicker:) Anyway there are always new folks coming online, and new info being discovered so I thought I'd update my request for my "deadend" kin! My gggrandfather Michael TOBIN married a Mary Ellen Callaghan ca 1855? In NY City area. They had at least one child my ggrandfather James Buchanan TOBIN. That's about al I can confirm. Am desperately seeking info on their parents, siblings for they are the key ancestors needed to positively connect to Ireland. Love to hear from ANY Tobin researchers online, as well as any input on the above:) Slainte' Frank

Good day:) Just saw the post on << Laois (Callagan>> <<.Michael Callaghan b. about 1834 came to Canada around 1838 with his father Patrick Callaghan>> Hmm I'm searching (so far with no luck) for info on Mary Ellen Callaghan who married my gggrandfather Michael Tobin ca 1855? in NY City area? I'm wondering perhaps if your Patrick Callaghan had any daughters named Mary?Any of your kin move down to NY area? Thanks. Slainte'' Frank

I am trying to find out if my 5th g-grandfather came to America directly from Ireland or was he born here. This is what I have. My ggggg-grandfather was a Patrick O'Brien, died in Buckingham in 1794, M: Juda Adcock. His son Glenn O'Brien, B: 1787 D: 1832, His son Frank Allen aka Francis Kirkpatrick O'Brien M: Judith A. Forbes abt 1842. He was born 1-20-1807 and died 6-5-1896. His son John Harrison O'Brien born 1845 and died 1931. His daughter Lula Moorman O'Brien who married Peter Henry Chernault in 1892. They were my g-grandparents. Patrick O'Brien was granted 400 acres in Buckingham Co, VA on 8-20-1747. On a Buckingham Deed dated 12-15-1755, he owned 2150 acres of land. His other sons were Patrick, Jr., Mark and William. Patrick and Matthias O'Brian are listed a Va Tithables in Buckingham in 1773. It is the only place that I have seen the name Matthias and believe that he is somehow connected to my Patrick but have found nothing to indicate that. If any of this sounds familiar or you would like to share information, please contact me. Thank you. Fran Harris Hill, Richmond, VA. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes

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Searching for Ford-O'Connell information - both immigrated to the US, Pittsburgh PA in 1894 or 1884 (writing in census unclear) John Thomas Ford, b 1868 (est), Limerick, Ireland. Married Anna J. O'Connell, b 1868 (est), Limerick, Ireland. Sisters of Anna: Catherine, Minnie, Bridget Anna had cousin, Lawrence O'Connell, RC priest. That's all I have! HELP!!! US Baptismal records of first born show sponsors of Patrick (O)Connell and Bridget (O)Connell which would lead one to believe they were related.