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Galway / Re: Hopkins/Devaney of Dunmore
« on: Wednesday 23 November 05 20:17 GMT (UK)  »
Interesting nickname you have, Crabby... I assume your parents didn't hang that one on you :-)

There are several LDS films for that area and I believe all are hard to read. You probably know you can get the film #'s from the LDS site http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp.
The marriage record of James Hopkins to Margaret Walters (my G Aunt) was on one of the films I ordered from Salt Lake (# 1279206, 1279208 or 926234) but, as I mentioned before, my copy is hiding from me at this time - or as they might say in Ireland "It's escaped". I have reviewed several other films but there are quite a few we don't have at the local LDS library so I'll order more in the future.

As far as the Ancestry UK goes, I subscribe to it and find it useful but it really irritates me because it seems every time they add a bunch of records, you need to add another subscription to access it. I believe you could get a trial subscription and cancel if it doesn't meet your expectations.

Maybe we'll see you in Ireland as my wife & I are planning another visit - perhaps the first two weeks in Sept 2006.

Wally

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Galway / Re: Hopkins/Devaney of Dunmore
« on: Tuesday 22 November 05 01:57 GMT (UK)  »
My database shows Margaret Walters married James Hopkins Jan 16, 1859. I never found a birth record for Margaret but two of her brothers were born in Dunmore and two were born close by in Tuam. The marriage was in Tuam and Thomas Walters & Margaret MacCormack were the wittnesses. I coppied the actual record from the parish register but I can't seem to locate it now.
There are a lot of Hopkins in that area - especially when you look at Co Mayo just across the line. I have another  record of Richard Qualter marriage to Margaret Hopkins Sept 15, 1808 in the parish of Tuam. Wittneses were Malachy Hopkins & Richard Hughes. The Hughes surname also connects to the Walters line as well as most of the other sponsors & wittnesses I find on other records - one big happy family!!!

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Galway / Re: Hopkins/Devaney of Dunmore
« on: Monday 21 November 05 01:03 GMT (UK)  »
Well, my guess is there is a good chance this Hopkins family is connected to the James Hopkins born around 1840 who married Margaret Walters born abt 1842 in Dunmore. Walter(s), Qualter(s) & the Mc versions were recorded as the Preist or lister saw fit. James died before they had children and in 1880 Margaret moved in with her brother Thomas in Boston. I have a copy of the marriage parish record if you are interested.

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Ireland / Re: ULSTERman - Walter Julian Maheeny
« on: Monday 21 November 05 00:39 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: tigerbelle on Sunday 20 November 05 07:21 GMT (UK)
Can anyone point me in the right direction or give me some background as to where I would find any information on the birth etc of WALTER JULIAN MAHEENY Born 1817(approx)

He later changed his name to Jolien Henri Walters (for whatever reason, I dont know)

Thanks in advance for your assistance it is truely appreciated

 :D


I'm somewhat confused - Are you looking for  information on Walters or Maheeny? I've done a lot of research on Irish Walter(s) and varriations of the name. I've never run into the surname Maheeny before.

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