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Laois (Queens) / Re: Duff - any records please
« on: Friday 20 August 10 01:13 BST (UK) »
Susan, Thank you SO MUCH for this data on the Duffs. This is wonderful information, and I appreciate the time and effort you put into it. Michael & Anna Duff were my great-grandparents. Catherine Duff was my grandmother. If anyone is interested, Anna & Michael had 3 children in the US (Philadelphia) - William, James, and another Mary, who died in infancy. Then they went back to Ireland around 1885-86, where the rest of the children were born. Somewhere on Ancestry.com, I found something that indicated they came to the US in 1876, but I think that's probably wrong. The more likely scenario is that they married in Feb, 1880, and immediately went to America. Their names are on the 1880 US Census, living in Philadelphia, and their first child was born there, abt 1882.
I'll be in Ireland in November, and plan to take a day trip to Laois. Will the parish of Raheen allow me to review the sacramental records myself? Will there be death and burial records, or records that might tell us who Michael and Anna's parents were? Do you have any other advice for me re what I can/should do while visiting Laois?
I'll be in Ireland in November, and plan to take a day trip to Laois. Will the parish of Raheen allow me to review the sacramental records myself? Will there be death and burial records, or records that might tell us who Michael and Anna's parents were? Do you have any other advice for me re what I can/should do while visiting Laois?