I ordered four certificates (birth/death) from the General Register's Office ,Dublin on October 3,1999.I spoke to them on the 'phone (very cordial) and I was told that the price would be 5.50L each and a U.S. check for $40.00 would be sufficient.As of March 8,2000, the exchange rate for the Irish punt in the U.S. was 1.319116. I ordered two books from the Public Record Office,Kew on January 28,2000. Price was 24.29L ,converted by Visa card to 1.6611774327 or $40.35. The exchange rate for the pound on March 8,2000 was 1.715527.They would take only pound sterling.or an acceptable credit card. There is a currency converter at htt://www.xe.net/ucc/convert.cgi. Credit card rates always seem to be slightly higher than existing rates.If you challenge them expect a specious argument. Incidentally, the book titles are:Records of Merchant Shipping and Seamen,by Kelvin Smith,Christopher T Watts and Michael J Watts; Naval Records for Genealogists,by N A M Rodger.

I'm not sure this posted the first time, so here goes again! You can find the address at www.ferns.ie. Edel ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Coakley <bjc1620@hotmail.com> To: <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 12:34 PM Subject: [WEX] Catholic Church Records > Hi Listers, > > A number of years ago, my Aunt visited Ireland and found a baptism record > for my gg grandfather James SENNOTT at the Church of the Assumption in > Wexford from Aug 1817. Unfortunately, she did not transcribe the record. I > would like to contact the church because my sister and I are planning a trip > to Ireland next year and we would like to see if there are other records > available. > > Thanks > Barbara Coakley > Dallas, TX > bjc1620@hotmail.com > > Researching: > SENNOTT, MCCLAUGHLIN, BURNS - Wexford, MA, IL > COAKLEY - Cork > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ______________________________

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Hi. I am looking for information on Thomas COOPER, b.1778 in Wexford, Ireland and Anne LOFTUS-COOPER, b.1801 in Ross, Ireland. They came to N.S. Canada in the 1820's and had a large family, which I have a great deal of information: Sons - Thomas, Robert Dixon, John, Paul and Daughters - EllenElizabeth, Anne, Hannah, Mary. I want to find out more about Thomas & Anne and don't know where to start. Can anyone help or offer any suggestions?

According to Rev. C.N. Sinnett's Sinnett Genealogy - 1910 - Michael Sinnett would have come from Wexford to Harpswell, Maine circa 1750. Did Michael have brothers & sisters? Who were his parents? Does anybody know or have any other info? Thanks.

I am interested in obtaining any information about Sarah Dinn. I have no definite information except she may be the daughter of Richard Dinn and Catherine Hamilton. It is possible she was born in New Ross,Co. Wexford,Ireland ca. 1790's and married Charles Quigley ca. 1819/20 in New Ross,Co. Wexford. She could have been baptized and married in the Church of St. Mary/s,New Ross. She and her husband Charles Quigley emigrated to Saint John,New Brunswick,Canada ca. 1820. They had five children: William b. ca. 1821 Ireland, David b. ca. 1824 poss.Saint John, Jane, b. 1827 ,Saint John, Elizabeth b. after 1827, Boston, and Sarah b. after 1827 in Boston. Thank you, Regards, Shirley Kirk

I am interested in obtaining information about Catherine Hamilton who was born poss. in New Ross,Co. Wexford,Ireland. She married Richard Dinn on 10 Feb 1782 in the parish of Cushinstown. Witnessed by Timothy Murphy and Michael Conolly. Catherine Hamilton died 11 May 1827 in New Ross, Co. Wexford,Ireland. The information about her death was found in the parish records of St. Mary's Church,New Ross Parish, Diocese of Ferns, Co. Wexford. Any information regarding the above would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Shirley Kirk Nova Scotia, Canada

Hi Listers, A number of years ago, my Aunt visited Ireland and found a baptism record for my gg grandfather James SENNOTT at the Church of the Assumption in Wexford from Aug 1817. Unfortunately, she did not transcribe the record. I would like to contact the church because my sister and I are planning a trip to Ireland next year and we would like to see if there are other records available. Thanks Barbara Coakley Dallas, TX bjc1620@hotmail.com Researching: SENNOTT, MCCLAUGHLIN, BURNS - Wexford, MA, IL COAKLEY - Cork ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

I have a list from the GRO here and on it they list the following: 5. Payment : ChequesPostal orders etc should be made payable to THE REGISTRAR GENERAL All fees quoted above are in irish Pounds/Punts (IR£ or IEP) and Euro 6; Foreign Applications - Fees are payable in Iish Pound currency, Draft I.E.P. or Euro made payable to the Registrar general. We also accepyt Sterling cheques, postal orders, US$ cheques Republic of ireland Applications: Fees are payable in irish currency, Irish Cheque, Postal order, Money Order or Euro made payable to the Registrar general and in case anyone decides to ask: Birth cert: £5..50 (6.98 Euro) Extra copies: £4 or 5.08 Euro All other certs except short form birth cert same prices This looks like they will accept US$ cheques made out to the sum of 5.50. A photocopy of an entry will cost £1.50 or 1.90 Euro. one thing to remember is this - our banks don't seem to charge such high conversoin rates as those figures I've seen quoted as here.....I can't remember the exact figures... I get the impression from this Ruesch figure here that it is standard......doesn't matter how many pounds/punts you want to buy - the rate is this? The banks here charge commission...so - the smaller the amount being exchanged the smaller the commisision charged and vice versa. It may be 10%.....and maybe the GRO has this taken into account when requests are being made of them, plus - they have to put stamps on envelopes.... All these items I'm thinking of as I type..... Maybe some others can comment on hidden charges that may be there - Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter & Elizabeth Pidgeon" <peter_pidgeon@bigpond.com> To: <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 10 March 2000 06:27 Subject: Re: [WEX] Irish Pound Draft Fee > Milli, > > Open yourself an Irish Cheque account with the Bank of Ireland. You can do > Punts or Euros. Then you only pay a fee for whenever you top it up and the > cheques only cost 22p. > > Regards, > > Peter Pidgeon > > Leafy Eltham, Victoria, Australia > Please visit our web site at > www.users.bigpond.com/peter_pidgeon/ > Research Names: > http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/research/pid01.html > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Westmilli@aol.com> > To: <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 5:22 AM > Subject: [WEX] Irish Pound Draft Fee > > > > FYI: The fee for exchanging US dollars into pound drafts has gone up from > > $3.00 to $15.00 this year at Ruesch International! I found this out today. > > Since that;s the only way to send for B/M/D certificates at the General > > Registry Office in Dublin It's going to be very costly. My husband seems > to > > think that they would take Dollars if you knew the current exchange rate, > but > > I've been told that this was the way to go, and I've done it for a few > years. > > Anybody know any different? Milli > > > > ______________________________ > >

Jane, The exchange rate quoted by Ruesch on Thursday, March 9 was $1.38 for a pound. (a lot less than the last few years). Therefore the amount of a US check would be $7.59, not 5.50 as I think you meant. Yes, Ruesch's rate of $15.00 is the same for one as for multiples in the same request, which is why it was dumb of me to send for one. But I thought I had a strong lead, and you know how impatient we family seekers are. Thanks for letting me know that the cost of certs has gone from 5 pounds to 5.50. It's been a year since I last sent for any. Also, I did not know that extra copies are only 4 pounds each and that the short form, or entries are 1.50 pounds. Things must have changed. Just as when I was told by Myra, the Prodigy, and now Rootsweb expert a few years ago that you had to send pound notes. So I don't know about hidden charges. I'm just glad to get all this help from all of you on the list. Milli

I am looking for CARTY/HALL searchers from the Wexford area. John CARTY b. 1852 married Margaret STAFFORD b. 1862 in Ballycullane Wexford. Children John Andrew, Bridget and Kate. They lived in Dunmain in the 1901 census. Family lore said the moved to Chicago and disappeared. Neighbor family Mary STAFFORD widow with James STAFFORD 10, Johanna 9, Maryanne 8, Bridget MURPHY 19, niece, Michael HALL lodger 70, Lawrence HALL servant 26 and James O'BRIEN servant. I believe these are all family, trying to link them together. Joan rolfes@erols.com STAFFORD/CARTY/CURTIS/CAIN All Wexford

Good morning: I have just joined the Wexford list for the primary purpose of finding the Irish parents/family/ancestors of SHALLOW who immigrated to Newfoundland ca. 1820 -1830 and settled in the Fermeuse/ Renews area. It is believed that they came from Wexford or Waterford Counties. I am also tracing SLOAN (believed of Co. Down), CUMMINGS, BULGER, and GLEASON, all of Ireland. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thank you. Robert Peck, 22 Wildwood Circle, Portland, ME 04103

Milli, Open yourself an Irish Cheque account with the Bank of Ireland. You can do Punts or Euros. Then you only pay a fee for whenever you top it up and the cheques only cost 22p. Regards, Peter Pidgeon Leafy Eltham, Victoria, Australia Please visit our web site at www.users.bigpond.com/peter_pidgeon/ Research Names: http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/research/pid01.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <Westmilli@aol.com> To: <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 5:22 AM Subject: [WEX] Irish Pound Draft Fee > FYI: The fee for exchanging US dollars into pound drafts has gone up from > $3.00 to $15.00 this year at Ruesch International! I found this out today. > Since that;s the only way to send for B/M/D certificates at the General > Registry Office in Dublin It's going to be very costly. My husband seems to > think that they would take Dollars if you knew the current exchange rate, but > I've been told that this was the way to go, and I've done it for a few years. > Anybody know any different? Milli > > ______________________________

Thank you so much, Peter and Jeanne. Honestly, it seems as though the more I'm into this the less I know. I did not know about that site. Thank you again. Milli

FYI: The fee for exchanging US dollars into pound drafts has gone up from $3.00 to $15.00 this year at Ruesch International! I found this out today. Since that;s the only way to send for B/M/D certificates at the General Registry Office in Dublin It's going to be very costly. My husband seems to think that they would take Dollars if you knew the current exchange rate, but I've been told that this was the way to go, and I've done it for a few years. Anybody know any different? Milli

Will the person from Butte MT USA who contacted this list a couple of weeks ago please respond to me personally. Thanks. Slainte, Tim

Hi everyone, My husband's ancestors, George HAYES and Margaret HAYES (nee LAWLOR), are believed to have lived in the Coolrainey area (near Curracloe) in Co. WEX. They were Roman Catholics. Time period is around the mid-1800's. Can anyone please advise which RC Parish they may have attended, and the name of any burial grounds where they may have been laid to rest? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Brenda, New Zealand

> I was interested in your listings for Wexford regarding the OROURKE, ROARKE > name. > I have learned that my Grgrgrandmother BRIDGET O'ROURKE/ROARKE was born in > Tasmania, Australia in 1834. Her parents DANIEL and CATHERINE ROARKE (nee > DUNN) arrived in Van Diemans Land (Tasmania now) on board the ship > Strathfieldsaye on 24th Jan 1833. DANIEL was listed as a House Smith and > aged 24. They had two children with them JAMES 3 and MARGARET 2. > They settled in The Huon Valley (DANIEL was a Sawyer) and had BRIDGET 1834, > DANIEL 1836, CHRISTINA 1839, charles 1841, DANIEL 1842. > CATHERINE died in 1842 in childbirth aged 33 > DANIEL married again MARY ANN WILLETS (nee DEVEREUX) MARY was the sister of > CHRISTINA ROARKE's future husband PHILIP DEVEREUX. (I have mentioned this > asI realise this was also a Wexford name. > I hope this is of some interest. I am hoping to find the location of BRIDGET > O'ROURKE/ROARKE family in Ireland. > Sincerely, Helen Harris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many thanks, Helen, for the information which you so kindly sent to me. I don't see a connection there at this time, but I am at so many brick walls at the present, who knows?. I wish you well in your own search. Regards Philip http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/r/o/Philip-J-Orourke/ Also researching: BANFIELD..................................... of Kerry>Cork KEANE........................................... of West Cork DALTON........................................ of Carrick-on-Suir>Kerry COUGHLAN................................... of West Cork O'ROURKE/ROURKE/RORKE..... of Wexford FURLONG...................................... of Wexford O'BRIEN /BRYAN.......................... of Limerick>Kilkenny BRENNAN...................................... of Kilkenny MEEHAN........................................ of Kerry TAFFE............................................. of Kerry FARRELL........................................ of Kilkenny

Hi all! I am just starting my research and I don't have a whole lot to go on. My g grandparents came from County Wexford I think some time in the late 1800's or early 1900's. Their names were EDWARD WILLIAM and CATHERINE FURLONG. They emigrated to Jersey City, New Jersey. Edward's parents were STEPHEN and ALICE FURLONG from County Wexford. Catherine's maiden name was McCARTHY and was from County Cork. I am interested in any info on Stephen and Alice. I don't know if they had any other children and I don't have any dates. Also, I know nothing of Catherine's family. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Happy Saint Patrick's Day to everyone, Layla Beach

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C6ECF3F1CA92DB5ACBB4C2F6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------C6ECF3F1CA92DB5ACBB4C2F6 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from out5.prserv.net [32.97.166.35] by in1.prserv.net id 952123123.130978-1 ; Fri, 03 Mar 2000 22:38:43 +0000 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <mailer-daemon@prserv.net> Subject: Returned mail: delivery problems encountered Message-Id: <20000303223838243025s600@prserv.net> Date: 3 Mar 2000 22:38:38 +0000 To: <sleuth4@attglobal.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary="_38c03eef.11786.1+prserv.net=_" --_38c03eef.11786.1+prserv.net=_ Content-Type: text/plain A message (from <sleuth4@attglobal.net>) was received at 3 Mar 2000 22:38:34 +0000. The following addresses had delivery problems: <WEXFORD-L-@rootsweb.com> Permanent Failure: unknown reasons Delivery last attempted at Fri, 3 Mar 2000 22:38:37 -0000 --_38c03eef.11786.1+prserv.net=_ Content-Type: message/delivery-status Reporting-MTA: dns; prserv.net Arrival-Date: 3 Mar 2000 22:38:34 +0000 Final-Recipient: rfc822; <WEXFORD-L-@rootsweb.com> Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 550 <WEXFORD-L-@rootsweb.com>... User unknown Diagnostic-Code: smtp; Permanent Failure: unknown reasons Last-Attempt-Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 22:38:37 -0000 --_38c03eef.11786.1+prserv.net=_ Content-Type: message/rfc822 Received: from attglobal.net ([32.100.217.246]) by prserv.net (out5) with SMTP id <2000030322383424300go8cpe>; Fri, 3 Mar 2000 22:38:34 +0000 Message-ID: <38C06946.6AA323C4@attglobal.net> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 17:39:18 -0800 From: Betty Jackan <sleuth4@attglobal.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en]C-DIAL (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: WEXFORD-L-@rootsweb.com Subject: MARTIN ROSSITER - 1836 - County Wexford Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My great-great grandfather was Martin (Mark) ROSSITER. He was born about 1836 in County Wexford, died 1898 in Ogle County, IL (USA), and married Johanna (Judy) BARRON (BARNES) 1859 in Ogle County, IL. The birth date was taken from the 1860 Census and the place of birth as passed down in the family. I don't know when he came to the US. Mark and Judy had 6 children: 1) Catherine, 2) John, 3) William, 4) James, 5) George, 6) Margaret. This is all the information I have. Betty Jackan --_38c03eef.11786.1+prserv.net=_-- --------------C6ECF3F1CA92DB5ACBB4C2F6--