thanks for the suggestion. i will do that. did the average irishman move around much within a county? jim On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > 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 >

James, the average Irishman in the 1800's got around [if not actually moved around] far more than one might think. Often land leases were only for one year and the farmer had to find a new and often better place to lease for the next year. The farmers also attended cattle marts all over the area. Janet On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 11:27 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks for the suggestion.  i will do that. > > did the average irishman move around much within a county? > > jim > > > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> 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 >