OK, It spans the border between the 2 counties but most of it is in Co. Tipperary and only a little in Co. Waterford. See the first line in Lewis Janet On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 9:46 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.google.com/search?q=Kilsheelan%2C+Waterford%2C+Ireland&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a > > and here is a description I found and maybe you can help me make sense of > it. > http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis-topographical-dictionary-article/Kilsheelan/Waterford > > thank you, > > jim > > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Jim give me the URL on the map you are pulling up please. >> >> Janet >> >> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 9:41 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> wrote: >> > interesting.  so the diocese of waterford must overlap the civil >> boundaries >> > of the county.  How come when I type in Kilsheelan, Waterford, Ireland >> > Google maps comes up with Kilsheelan, Co. Waterford, Ireland?  This is >> > confusing to me. >> > >> > Jim >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Jim, Although Kilsheelan appears in the Waterford & Lismore records, >> >> it is not in Co. Waterford, but in Co. Tipperary. >> >> As to departure ports, it might have been Waterford City, but more >> >> likely Cobh [Cove], Co. Cork, or New Ross, Co. Wexford...or any other >> >> port in Ireland, but those are the most likely. >> >> >> >> Janet >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:59 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Hello all, >> >> > >> >> > I just used waterford.rootsireland.ie and was finally able to link my >> >> family >> >> > to a specific place in Ireland!!!!  My educated guess was right. >>  Thank >> >> you >> >> > for all your help! >> >> > >> >> > Now that I have the baptismal record for the first child of James & >> Mary >> >> > (Dee) Gorman from Kilsheelan, Co. Waterford.  I want to discover 2 >> more >> >> > facts: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >   1. Where and when were they married.  I imagine it was a year or so >> >> >   before the birth of son William in June of 1853.  The marriage >> record >> >> are >> >> >   not up yet for Waterford though :(.  Any suggestions? >> >> >   2. How were they able to  come over to Pawtucket, RI from Waterford. >> >> >   Anyone know of passenger lists from Waterford County?  They made the >> >> voyage >> >> >   between june 1853 and aug 1855 (the birth of their second son.  So I >> >> have a >> >> >   narrow time frame. >> >> > >> >> > Thanks, >> >> > >> >> > Jim Gorman >> >> > Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. >> >> > >> >> >> >> Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. >> >> >> >> Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at >> >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------- >> >> The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption.  Check >> it >> >> out at:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ >> >> If you would like to take this site over, contact: >> >> Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. >> > >> > Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford >> > >> > ------------------------------------- >> > The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption.  Check it >> out at:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ >> > If you would like to take this site over, contact: >> Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. >> >> Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford >> >> ------------------------------------- >> The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption.  Check it >> out at:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ >> If you would like to take this site over, contact: >> Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. > > Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford > > ------------------------------------- > The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption.  Check it out at:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ > If you would like to take this site over, contact:  Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

thank you that is what i thought it was saying. interesting fact. we have a village nearby in Massachusetts that is 1/2 in town and 1/2 in the other. thank you, jim On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, It spans the border between the 2 counties but most of it is in > Co. Tipperary and only a little in Co. Waterford. > > See the first line in Lewis > > Janet > > > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 9:46 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> wrote: > > > http://www.google.com/search?q=Kilsheelan%2C+Waterford%2C+Ireland&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a > > > > and here is a description I found and maybe you can help me make sense of > > it. > > > http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis-topographical-dictionary-article/Kilsheelan/Waterford > > > > thank you, > > > > jim > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Jim give me the URL on the map you are pulling up please. > >> > >> Janet > >> > >> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 9:41 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > interesting. so the diocese of waterford must overlap the civil > >> boundaries > >> > of the county. How come when I type in Kilsheelan, Waterford, Ireland > >> > Google maps comes up with Kilsheelan, Co. Waterford, Ireland? This is > >> > confusing to me. > >> > > >> > Jim > >> > > >> > > >> > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> Jim, Although Kilsheelan appears in the Waterford & Lismore records, > >> >> it is not in Co. Waterford, but in Co. Tipperary. > >> >> As to departure ports, it might have been Waterford City, but more > >> >> likely Cobh [Cove], Co. Cork, or New Ross, Co. Wexford...or any other > >> >> port in Ireland, but those are the most likely. > >> >> > >> >> Janet > >> >> > >> >> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:59 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> >> > Hello all, > >> >> > > >> >> > I just used waterford.rootsireland.ie and was finally able to link > my > >> >> family > >> >> > to a specific place in Ireland!!!! My educated guess was right. > >> Thank > >> >> you > >> >> > for all your help! > >> >> > > >> >> > Now that I have the baptismal record for the first child of James & > >> Mary > >> >> > (Dee) Gorman from Kilsheelan, Co. Waterford. I want to discover 2 > >> more > >> >> > facts: > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > 1. Where and when were they married. I imagine it was a year or > so > >> >> > before the birth of son William in June of 1853. The marriage > >> record > >> >> are > >> >> > not up yet for Waterford though :(. Any suggestions? > >> >> > 2. How were they able to come over to Pawtucket, RI from > Waterford. > >> >> > Anyone know of passenger lists from Waterford County? They made > the > >> >> voyage > >> >> > between june 1853 and aug 1855 (the birth of their second son. > So I > >> >> have a > >> >> > narrow time frame. > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks, > >> >> > > >> >> > Jim Gorman > >> >> > Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when > replying. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. > >> >> > >> >> Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at > >> >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford > >> >> > >> >> ------------------------------------- > >> >> The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption. > Check > >> it > >> >> out at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ > >> >> If you would like to take this site over, contact: > >> >> Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com > >> >> ------------------------------- > >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> >> WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > >> >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> >> > >> > Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. > >> > > >> > Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at > >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------- > >> > The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption. Check > it > >> out at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ > >> > If you would like to take this site over, contact: > >> Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > >> > >> Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. > >> > >> Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at > >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford > >> > >> ------------------------------------- > >> The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption. Check > it > >> out at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ > >> If you would like to take this site over, contact: > >> Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. > > > > Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford > > > > ------------------------------------- > > The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption. Check it > out at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ > > If you would like to take this site over, contact: > Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. > > Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford > > ------------------------------------- > The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption. Check it > out at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ > If you would like to take this site over, contact: > Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Jim, It will probably be helpful if you also join the CoTipperary list as well: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/IRL/CoTipperary.html And you probably should search the archives on that list. Janet On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 10:29 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> wrote: > thank you that is what i thought it was saying.  interesting fact.  we have > a village nearby in Massachusetts that is 1/2 in town and 1/2 in the other. > > thank you, > > jim