on 4/3/01 8:00 PM, SHAMROCK-D-request@rootsweb.com at SHAMROCK-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ______________________________ > From: Patricia Samuelson <maryy17@yahoo.com> > Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2001 1:22 AM > To: SHAMROCK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SH] Re: O'Neils: Co. Cork > > Hi Kathy, > My heart stopped when I started to read your post. I have a John and Margaret > O'Neil who finally settled in Plattsburgh, New York. I don't know where they > left from, in Ireland. Long ago, my Aunt said something about County Cork, > but at that time I did not care. I recently asked her about it and she can't > remember (she is 80). We do know they came from County Armagh and County > Monaghan because that is inscribed on their headstones in a Plattsburgh, New > York cemetery. They are in the 1850 census but not the 1840. My Aunt told me > she thought they came to the States during the Potato Famine, so that would be > about your time frame, of 1847. The only thing, the children do not match. > Their children were Owen, John, James, Patrick, Henry and Ann. I don't have an > answer to your question. I am just thinking about trying to find when my > O'Neils arrived and where they left from. I did find a very good website with > a lot of good research help. All the information is, also, in ! > a booklet at any Family History Center. I paid one dollar for mine. > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/ireland.asp Patricia > MaryTacoma, Washington Date:Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:15:27 -0600 From:Kathy Marie > Garness <kathleen656@earthlink.net>To:SHAMROCK-L@rootsweb.comSubject:[SH] > O'Neils: Co. Cork > > > Looking for an O'Neil family that left Cork in 1847 bound for the > United States; husband John, wife Margaret, sons John, Charles and Benjamin. > Also some daughters: Biddy, Mary and another I can't remember right off. Is > there a way to determine whether they were actually from Cork or just > passing through on their way abroad? Thank you,Kathy > > > Dear Patricia; Have you checked the passenger lists posted at RootsWeb? That's the only place where I could find anyone who matched my great-grandfather's, Benjamin O'Neil's, name. Now, until I do some more searching and establish one or two secure links, such as census records, this is, at best, educated guesswork. But I'm excited that the dates I have for him and the age of the Benjamin on the Euphrasia match up! So keep looking under every stone you can! And don't forget the libraries and geneaological societies of the towns your folks are buried in! There's often a wealth of information there! I was able to get a lot of information just by placing a few phone calls to the city hall where my great grandmother was born. (But it was a small town where most everyone still knew everyone else - it wouldn't work in a larger town, I'm sure.) Kathy Marie Garness