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hi I am very new to this and am not sure what to do. I am trying to grow the macklin family twig into a tree. i believe my partner and his younger brother are related to macklins in bandon county cork. my partners name is john macklin, ( we live in victoria, australia ) and his brother (liverpool)  who actually met the macklins in bandon, name is tom. please if you have any information on the family, such as when they left ireland etc i would greatly appreciate it i have got back to the about the 1850, in uk records
thanks.