Good Luck Chris.... I need to be in Ireland in April and I'm praying for some kind of deal to show up then. :) If you are arriving in Dublin a trip to the National Library and Archieves is a must. You can meet for free with a genealogist and discuss your needs and it's amazing the insight these individuals have. Sign the guest book and take a look at the wonderful selection of family names and county information that they have there. Be sure you make a visit to the WEXFORD LIBRARY!.. If Celestine Rafferty is still there you are in luck. It's a wonderful facility and they are most helpful there. Good luck with your POOLE research. I have POOLES that married my KEHOE"s. Pam Kehoe Wisconsin >Poole's >My wife and I are traveling to Ireland at the end of February. >Thanks to the kind posting of someone from this Wexford list about Aer >Lingus' winter deals. >I hope to find some evidence that my Benjamin Jacob Poole is indeed part of >those Wexford Poole's. >Any research tips would be greatly appreciated. > >-Chris Moore > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Greg Finnegan <finnegan@fas.harvard.edu> >To: <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 5:21 PM >Subject: [WEX] Re: Mt. Nebo > > >> Re Dean Crowley's query: >> > >> >George's parents were George Patrick FINNIGAN, b. 1820 in Mountnebo, >> >Gory, County Wexford, and Cornelia DANIELL, b. 1827 in Ireland. They >> >married in Dublin in 1844. >> > >> My FINNEGAN ancestors were from Kiltullagh (SE of Athenry), Co. Galway, so >> I can't help on that score. As my Wexford ancestors were Gorey & >Garrybrit >> Methodists and Irish Palatines (POOLE, JOHNSTON, WEBSTER), I can offer a >> bit about Mt. Nebo. The natural feature of that name, 888 feet (not >> metres) high, is WNW of Gorey; on the Ordnance Survey 1:126,720 Series map >> no. 19, Carlow & Wexford, the peak is split by the vertical grid line >"10", >> and is about 1/3 of the grid north of horizontal "60". >> >> According to James G. Ryan's IRISH RECORDS: SOURCES FOR FAMILY AND LOCAL >> HISTORY (Salt Lake City (Ancestry) and Dublin (FlyLeaf), 1997), the Civil >> Parish in question is variously styled Kilnahue or Kilnehue or Lamogue, >and >> the corresponding RC Parish is Craanford/Rossminoge. Known records for >> that parish begin in 1871, however. I may well be corrected by someone >'on >> the ground' as to exact boundaries; Ryan's map isn't keyed to topography >in >> any detail. >> >> Mt. Nebo doesn't seem to be the name of any civil division. It is, >> however, fairly notorious as the name of the estate of the magistrate >> (John) Hunter Gowan and his nephew Ogle Gowan, the founder of the Orange >> Order in Canada. The map on p. 15 of Daniel Gahan's THE PEOPLE'S RISING: >> WEXFORD, 1798 (Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1995) shows "Mt. Nebo House" at >> the SE base of the mountain, in a position corresponding to symbols for >> woodland or parkland on plate II of Musgrave's IRISH REBELLION OF 1798. >My >> own Gorey POOLEs were on Abel Ram's estates, not Gowan's, but were >> intermarried with WEBSTERs and JOHNSTONs, of whom a couple (in Canada) >were >> named Ogle and one JOHNSTON male married a Hester GOWAN, so there's some >> connection there somewhere. >> >> Ryan's book, by the way, which I acquired only 2 days ago, gives >> information for which records survive for which dates on a parish by >parish >> basis; I haven't used it enough to say that the information is or isn't >> sound, but it "looks and feels" quite reliable (wry smile.) >> >> Cheers/Greg >> >> p.s.: I receive WEXFORD-L in digest form and hence may have missed any >> earlier replies to Mr. Crowley's query. >> >> >> Gregory A. Finnegan, PhD >> Associate Librarian for Public Services >> and Head of Reference >> Tozzer Library >> Harvard University >> 21 Divinity Avenue >> Cambridge MA 02138-2089 >> 617-495-2253 fax 617-496-2741 >> gregory_finnegan@harvard.edu >> >> "...have mercy on us all --Presbyterians and Pagans alike -- for we are >all >> somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending." >> MOBY-DICK, chapter 17. >> >> >> >> ==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== >> County Wexford on Rootsweb: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/wexford.html >> >> ============================== >> Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >> RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >> > >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 01:56:51 EST >From: PLeon112@aol.com >To: WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <15.791989.25b80bb3@aol.com> >Subject: Re: [WEX] Where is Canford/Cranford? >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Hi everyone... > >Can anyone tell me where Canford or Cranford is, and what is it? Is it a >townland, or parish? >My G.Gr.Grandmother, Mary Redmond came from Canford and married Walter Mootey >in Arklow, Co. Wicklow, where she worked, in 1870. Her parents were John and >Mary Redmond. She died in 1920 aged 73 (b. 1847?) >Can anyone tell me the names of the RC Churches or cemeteries in that area? >Thanks. >Searching for Redmonds, Mooteys, Weadick/Waddocks. Wayyy too many Murphy's >and O'Neills to even go there. lol > >Happy Hunting, >Peggy > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 23:10:42 -0800 >From: joseph murphy <jmurphy@cmsd.bc.ca> >To: WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000119231042.008a63a0@pop.cmsd.bc.ca> >Subject: [WEX] Civil Registration- Wexford 1865 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >I am attempting to decipher a 1865 civil marriage certificate and I need >some help. The reproduction is poor and some of the information is only >half legible. This is my first direct family link to a place in Ireland so >it is very important. Some of my questions are as follows: >The top of the page on which the 4 or 5 marriage notations are printed >lists Gorey under the heading of "Superintendent Registrar's District" yet >the individual marriage certificate lists a Registrars District(which >begins with the letter C I believe) in the Union of Gorey. Would there be a >sub-distict under Gorey? Does Union refer to poor law union? >As to the place of residence does this refer to a townland? >Finally, where could I get a list of names of Catholic churches in that >area at that time. >Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated. > >Joe Murphy > >______________________________X-Message: #4 >Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 09:15:58 EST >From: Westmilli@aol.com >To: WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <ad.4560d3.25b8729e@aol.com> >Subject: [WEX] Civil Registration >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I hope that whoever answers Joe Murphy's letter answers it on the list, >instead of just directly to his e-mail, as I would like some of these >answers, also. Milli > >______________________________X-Message: #5 >Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:30:28 -0500 >From: Tim Morrissey <temple@interpath.com> >To: WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <38877063.FBC1387F@interpath.com> >Subject: [WEX] Help >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I now believe that my great great grandparents were RICHARD BURNEY and >KATHERINE KENSLEY. >(KATHERINE's last name may be KURSLEY). RICHARD was born c 1800: >KATHERINE was born c 1808. Both from County Wexford. >God bless death certificates. >Any help appreciated. >Slainte, >Tim > >______________________________X-Message: #6 >Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 20:50:42 -0500 (EST) >From: mconnick@webtv.net (Connick) >To: WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <16738-3887BB72-2140@storefull-157.iap.bryant.webtv.net> >Subject: [WEX] RC Parish Templetown >Content-Disposition: Inline >Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > >I have just discovered my ancestor was from the Roman Catholic Parish of >Templetown. What is that area like? What was it like during the time >period of 1830 to 1850? Thanks for any info. > FAMILY RESEARCH:KEHOE,LOW,SCOTT,ELDER and more Family website - http://www.geocities.com/drk4779 Celtic Women International - http://www.celticwomen.org Walworth County Historical Society - http://www.geocities.com/walcohistory