Irish Ancestry

[Mobo]

 

Good suggestion Mary !

 

[fionnghal]

hi, thanks for all that.  i am on a few mailing lists in other areas for other twigs and they are excellent, but hte one i was on for Ireland, although intrresting,  there was never sight of a Mclinden, McSeveny or indeed any of my other names :-(  they're dead shy my lot! :-/

maybe hte list was too general .. Co Down area. 

the idea of hte Irish Obits, Tombstones and Cemeteries one sounds interesting. .  i must try and find that.   thanks a million :-)

le durachd
fionngal

[MaryA]

This is the page for you to choose as many mailing lists as interest you, there's quite a variety of subjects, and if your ancestors were shy I suggest you aren't, from what I've seen on the Wexford list, if you mention a surname and that you might be looking for say - a marriage - somebody might come up with a transcription of some with that name.

http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/
Ooops it helps to add the link!

Good luck

[fionnghal]

o right, thankyou very much ...  and for hte url.  i'd done a search and found a whole list of 'cemetery' type lists i never knew existed, maily for across the pond, but some looked likely candidates
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_cemetery.html

but these Irish ones look interesting too.  i'll have a good brouse in hte morning.   right now, night has caught up on me  and i'm having a hard job typing between yawns

mile taing [1,000 thanks]   
le durachd
fionnghal

[Mobo]

 

A photo of Kilkenny City

 

[katherinem]

Anyhow, here's a little tip - it's more than likely your Irish were Catholic, so you could look at the PR'S of their local church, and if you can't, a polite letter to the Parish Priest and a small donation to the church will always produce a response. 

Checking the PR'S is worthwhile as Catholic baptisms show the names of both godparents which were usually an aunt or uncle, and this enables you to find them on the Census.  Likewise, witnesses at Marriage were usually a brother or sister (although sometimes neighbours were used). And again these can lead you to interesting finds on Census Returns.


If anyone needs help, just ask ...........

 

I have just read the above and this could be the way I could maybe start breaking down my brick wall!!

But please forgive my ignorance, what are PR's?

Thanks,

Kath

[MarieC]

Hi Kath,

PRs are Parish Records!

MarieC

[katherinem]

Hi Marie,

Thanks for that, I think my one brain cell must be resting as it is Sunday.  How obvious, and how stupid am I!!!!!

Kath

[MarieC]

Don't worry about it, Kath!!!  We've all done it with acronyms.  I certainly have, a number of times!!

Marie