Hi Marilyn, It just means that they have a record for the marriage. If you have something like the Family Tree Maker program, you would enter a similar thing into your own records to say where you got your information from, just for your own reference (well I do anyway). slan Cyril Newsome Loch Garman. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Shanahan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [WEX] Doyle > Thank you Cyril for explaining the similarities between Wexford and Wexford > town. > One question: The following is the marriage record from County Wexford and > the Heritage and Genealogy Society > Husband Surname DOYLE > Husband Firstname JOHN > Wife Surname REDMOND > Wife Firstname BRIDGET > Source year 1833 > Source M > Centre Co. Wexford Heritage and Genealogy Society > What does the Source "M" stand for: > Maybe that would help me. > Marilyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cyril Newsome" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:51 PM > Subject: Re: [WEX] Doyle > > > > Now if you work on the basis of the naming pattern and he follows his > > father > > as a John Doyle, there are 136 John Doyle's as head of household listed in > > Griffiths' Valuation of Wexford between 1848 - 1864. > > > > I could give you every one of the Heads of household in Griffiths', but > > unless we can identify an area you could be looking forever and it could > > cost you a fortune in getting someone to do a lookup for you. > > > > Now you say "The only other fact I know about John and Bridget Doyle is > > that > > they were married in Wexford in 1833". > > > > To us here in Co.Wexford, we would take this to mean that they were > > actually > > married in the vicinity of Wexford Town! > > > > If this was the case? The odds are shortened, to there being only 15 John > > Doyle's as HOH in Wexford Town area for this same period (given we had the > > same conditions of the naming pattern as above) and subject also to the > > fact > > his father was alive and kicking at the time of Griffiths' being taken. > > > > The margin of error otherwise is too great to make wild guesses and > > greatly > > affects any research expenses. > > > > I'm sure Tina that you also meant either Monagear or Monagreany? > > > > slan > > Cyril Newsome > > Loch Garman. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Marilyn Shanahan" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 5:47 PM > > Subject: Re: [WEX] Doyle > > > > > >> Hi Tina: > >> Thanks for the information...now I at least have an area to research > >> from. > >> The only other fact I know about John and Bridget Doyle is that they were > >> married in Wexford in 1833. Maybe that will be of some help in tracing > >> them, or other children they may have had. I only know about > >> ggrandmother > >> Margaret, as she married ggrandfather James Shanahan (also county > >> unknown) > >> in Chicago, Ill. Since she died young, her children were raised by her > >> sister, Mary who also lived in Chicago. This is the only piece of > >> information that I have right now. But thanking you, and hopefully we > >> can > >> find a connection somewhere down the line. > >> Good luck. > >> Marilyn > >> Chicago, Ill > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 7:00 AM > >> Subject: Re: [WEX] Doyle > >> > >> > >> > Hi Marilyn, > >> > I have found several DOYLE/REDMOND couples with children registered in > > the > >> > Wexford region - one at the same Townland as mine! - Monagrena - and > > one > >> > at a > >> > possible nearby Townland - Harrow .Other Townlands mentioned are ' > >> > Carrigeen; > >> > Clone and Tobergal; all of them appear to be in the same region as my > >> > Townlands - my main one is Ballytracey. However none of the births had > >> > a > >> > Bridget > >> > Redmond as mother, neither can I find Margaret or Mary's births for the > >> > years you > >> > gave. However, that doesn't mean they are not correct, it's just that > > they > >> > are > >> > not on this particular list I have, which I think is of R.C. > > registations > >> > in > >> > the area. > >> > I am not sure where I this list came from as it was emailed to me a > > couple > >> > of > >> > years ago by a friend, though I think it may be something to do with > >> > Griffiths Valuations. > >> > Tina > >> > > >> > > >> > ==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== > >> > The Wexford Surnames List can be found at > >> > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/wexford.html > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> ==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== > >> This list is for the discussion of Genealogy and History, primarily > > regarding the Wexford area in Ireland. Discussion of migration patterns, > > immigration,heraldry, historical sketches, census data, wills, family > > Bibles, vital records, web sites, etc. involving this area is > > encouraged......... > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== > > This list is for the discussion of Genealogy and History, primarily > > regarding the Wexford area in Ireland. Discussion of migration patterns, > > immigration,heraldry, historical sketches, census data, wills, family > > Bibles, vital records, web sites, etc. involving this area is > > encouraged......... > > > > > > ==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== > The Wexford Surnames List can be found at > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/wexford.html > > >