The Republic of Ireland is just slightly larger than the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. We have five main McGrath families in the province descended from Irish forefathers - mainly from Waterford, Cork and Tipperary counties. All five families are thoroughly researched from the time the original descendant arrived here over 200 years ago until present day. The same cannot be said of our Irish roots. My Family: Three brothers - Michael McGrath b. abt. 1800, John McGrath b. abt. 1803 and James McGrath b. abt. 1808 arrived in Rocky Bay, Cape Breton (a British Colony at the time but now a part of Nova Scotia) circa 1820. James McGrath is my great, great grandfather. He and his brother Michael fathered 26 children in Canada. Today many of their descendants live in Nova Scotia, Massachusetts and California. Family history has them originating from County Waterford. Some even say Clashmore Parish near Youghal. My conundrum is the depth of research conducted on this side of the ocean should be emulated on the other side in Ireland; therefore, a McGrath family in Waterford County must be doing the same research for their family. Yet after twelve years I still have not been able to find that family. If you are living in or from Waterford County and have a McGrath ancestor that immigrated to Nova Scotia then I may be able to help you - Can you help me? John McGrath Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Researching McGrath, Hearn, Kehoe, Keating, Doyle and Kavanaugh > 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 >