Hi Tony, While I can't help you with any information, maybe you could help me? Can you tell me who to write to , to recieve copies of registers of births for my ggrandparents? I know that they were born in Counties Meath & Carlow, but that's as far as I have been unable to get. Thankyou, Jill Researching names: Carolan, Dowdall & Murphy ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony Riordan <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 3:33 PM Subject: Re: CURLEW; monaghan,IRL; 1855 > 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]> > > ______________________________ "craigc01" <[email protected]>