Re: CURLEW; monaghan,IRL; 1855 In the original Message <[email protected]> John Curlew wrote: > I have received copies of the REGISTERS of BIRTH for children of my > GGGGrandparent Samuel & Sarah Thompson CURLEW. > In the register it indicates their marriage as > December 12, 1857 in what appears to be Castleblaney, Ireland > and > November 24, 1855 in what appears to be Aushnamullin, Ireland - this one is > very difficult to read. > > Questions - > Does anyone recognize these names or have better suggestions? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John, your ancestors came from County Monaghan. While the spelling is not exact, Monaghan is the only county which has close approximations of BOTH places. County Fermanagh has a Aghnamullen also, but no place spelled nearly like Castleblaney: Placename County Civil Parish Poor Law Union Aghnamullen Monaghan Aghnamullen Cootehill Castleblayney Monaghan Muckno Castleblayney Town Good luck, Tony Riordan [email protected] __________________________________________________________ Post surnames to The RIORDAN FAMILY GENEALOGY PAGE: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/6886/gene1.html THE RIORDAN GENEALOGY EXCHANGE - No questions, Just Answers! Over 945 Riordan / Reardon records and growing fast. Link to Search Data: http://www.flashbase.com/search/Riordan Link to Post Data: http://www.flashbase.com/forms/Riordan "Tony Riordan" <[email protected]>