Hello to all, I'm new to the list and am searching for Crawfords. One of my 3x great-grandfathers, William Crawford, came from Kilmacow (only a few miles from Waterford City, in Kilkenny). He enlisted in the British Army in 1815. His regiment (the 68th) was sent to Canada in 1818, and when it returned to Ireland in 1829 he and his family remained in Quebec. William's father may have been John Crawford, who came to an unhappy end in the 'serious incident' of 1793 in Wexford. William's wife was Elizabeth Birch/Byrch, who may have been baptised in Clonmel, South Tipperary, in 1796. I have thoroughly researched this couple on this side of the pond. One or the other brought a peat stove made in Waterford to Canada (Elizabeth and children, William and Henry, followed the 68th to Quebec in 1819). I'm now looking now for 'leads' in Ireland. Since I'm planning a research trip there in September, I would welcome suggestions as to helpful spots to visit in the area of Waterford City. Wanda Crawford Victoria, BC, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Crawford" <reojan@gmail.com> To: <cotipperary@rootsweb.com>; <waterford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:15 AM Subject: [WATERFORD] Let's try a rollcall > I've let the list get quiet while Rootsweb got its house back in order > again, but it is TOO darn quiet. Let's try a rollcall and see what > happens. Tell us who you are looking for now, your brickwall, your > latest success, your questions, or whatever else my be on your mind, > genealogically speaking only. [If you are getting more mail than you > would like, write me directly and I can put you on "no mail" for a > while and you can read the mail from the archives.] > > A huge sports complex and casino has been approved for No. Tipp in Two > Mile Borris, although the State law has to be changed first to allow > casino betting. There will be a monster size hotel there as well. This > should be interesting. > > The Queen has been here and President Obama has been here; both visits > were exciting, and we seem to have a small revival of the "troubles" > in No. Ireland at the moment, which I hope is just a symptom of the > economic downturn and nothing else. > > Janet > 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 >