Help with Bridget Donohoe near Miltown

[jamesm113]

Wait, I think I found them. These are the books you are talking about? https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/revision-books.html

If so: https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/141209 page 2, but in the Family History library in Utah only.

[Wexflyer]

Wait, I think I found them. These are the books you are talking about? https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/revision-books.html

If so: https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/141209 page 2, but in the Family History library in Utah only.

Yes, those are the ones.
They were peviously available on microfilm at LDS Family History Centers (FHC) - how I used them.
A few years ago they were available online at LDS FHC - is that no longer so?
Also Dublin of course.

[jamesm113]

Looks like they are only on microfilm now - not online.

Utah is very far away from me, but an order of magnitude closer than Dublin.

Perhaps one day

[aghadowey]

Looks like they are only on microfilm now - not online.
Utah is very far away from me, but an order of magnitude closer than Dublin.

It looks like you haven't read through the entire page-
"All microfilms have been digitized and microfiche is currently being digitized." and "You may need to be in a FamilySearch Center or the FamilySearch Library to access digital images from microfilms and microfiche. Some may also require that you log in to your FamilySearch account."

I would contact your nearest LDS library and clarify this but it may be that you can view them not too far from where you live.

[jamesm113]

I'm seeing the reel icon - see attachment. Unfortunately, in my experience, that means the Family History Library in Salt Lake city only. When there's triangle ! icon (see other attachment), that means it can be viewed in the Family search center.

That said, my local family search center is closed all of August, and normally only open Wednesday afternoons. I'll try to make it in next time it's open.

In the meantime, are there any other ideas on how to track down Bridget?

[Wexflyer]

If this were a civil case, I would have to say that the balance of probability is that she emigrated to the US.

The other line of attack would be to try and find family graves in Ireland, and see if there is a memorial mentioning her. Could take a look on FindAGrave, etc, or visit local graveyards in person (many not transcribed).

[jamesm113]

The other line of attack would be to try and find family graves in Ireland, and see if there is a memorial mentioning her. Could take a look on FindAGrave, etc, or visit local graveyards in person (many not transcribed).

I actually did visit the graveyard last year and posted a dozens of photos to FindAGrave. Many of the older tombstones were covered in lichen and unreadable. There weren't many Donohoes - while I found other relatives, I only found 3 Donohoes.

I did find that May 1901 ship arrival record for a Bridget McGuire, widow, age 52, from Cavan. Unfortunately it doesn't list a more specific area. Co Cavan is small enough that I could probably attempt to rule out all other Bridget Maguire/McGuires of that age range, but it will be very tedious... I also don't know who that 23 year old Bridget Maguire would be.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TH-LSRN-9?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AJFK7-T6P&action=view&cc=1368704&lang=en&groupId=

Also, a detention: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TH-LSRP-L?view=fullText&keywords=Bridget%2CMcGuire%20Bridget&lang=en&groupId=

[Wexflyer]

I did find that May 1901 ship arrival record for a Bridget McGuire, widow, age 52, from Cavan. Unfortunately it doesn't list a more specific area. Co Cavan is small enough that I could probably attempt to rule out all other Bridget Maguire/McGuires of that age range, but it will be very tedious... I also don't know who that 23 year old Bridget Maguire would be.

And she is a widow, so I think the odds are pretty high that she is yours. But as with much of Irish genealogy, not completely certain. One just has to learn to live with that.

[jamesm113]

I wasn't able to pull the revision books in the Family History Center today - only on film in Salt Lake.

I'm also not so sure that 1901 ship arrival is the right Bridget. She was traveling with a daughter Bridget (b 1878) and was released from detention to a daughter Rose (b May 1877). The daughter names do not line up remotely with her known daughters (Mary Anne b 1873, Ellen b 1874, Catherine b 1880)

I found a widowed Bridget McGuire in the 1910 Census at the same address (but different household) in Manhattan as her son James. She is living with two boarders. Interesting enough, she listed she had 8 children, 6 living. I know she had 8 children in Ireland, with one dying before 1910. Her age doesn't quite line up, but it's a census record...

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RJY-XVK?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM5ZD-8L1&cc=1727033&lang=en&groupId=&action=view