Adrienne, I have quite a few Shaw records that I keep by county in my word processor. Can send you the ones for Roscommon, Sligo & Galway (none for Clare) if you wish. (Abt 100 names or so). Let me know. Joe Shaw ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrienne O'Connor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 8:37 AM Subject: [SHAW] Irish Shaws > Great! I have read this column and contributed for two years and rarely > see a reference to Irish Shaws! Now that I am leaving for Ireland this > afternoon with no more information in my possession, this dialog starts. > The two sides of my family are Shaws. I know that my maternal > gggrandfather was James Shaw from Connaught and his family was Catholic > (other names includes, John, Patrick and Robert. He married a Margaret > Leydon from Roscommon in Huddersfield UK. My father's paternal > grandfather was a William Shaw. Other names in his family include > Charles and Peter. We know that they were also Catholic, but we have no > idea where in Ireland they came from. Has anyone come across many > Catholic Shaws from Ireland in your research? I am aware that religions > were changed quite easily at times, but my paternal Shaws seemed to be > very, very Catholic. > Adrienne > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness > http://www.raogk.org/ >

Joe, Do you have any Shaws in County Antrim in the early 1700's? We believe our family came from that area around 1740. We know of John Shaw and potentially a William and Patrick who may have had William as father. Larry Shaw