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From: "Jan Patton" <>
Subject: Re: [Irish Genes] Researching Irish Ancestors
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 11:52:40 -0400
References: <20040702043802.7366.qmail@web14201.mail.yahoo.com>


Thanks, Stacy.

Jan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shadoe" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 12:38 AM
Subject: [Irish Genes] Researching Irish Ancestors


>
> > I am of Irish extraction my rellies too seem to come mostly from
Ireland,
> > England, Scotland or Poland.so far none in America. The Irish line I'm
> > trying to track down is the Toomey's originally from Cork (I think) &
later
> > from County Limerick. So far I've only got as far back as1845 (pathetic
> > huh) and seem to have come to a grinding holt.. I live in Western
> > Australia in a little place called Australind 10 minutes north of
Bunbury &
> > about 200km south of Perth on the coast. I haven't met very many
people
> > yet (only started a few weeks ago) but those I have met are all very
nice
> *******
> Hello Jan, Kristy and everyone else on the list...
>
> Getting back to 1845 isn't really pathetic when it comes to Irish
research. The
> difficulties in doing Irish research is that many, many records were lost
in the
> Irish Civil War. Frequently, you will need to achieve contact with the
exact Parish
> that the family member lived in and you will need to discover whether they
were
> Roman Catholic or Church of Ireland. I have not been able to expand on the
> information that my great-grandfather gathered on his father and
grandparents who
> were from Ireland and immigrated to the US via Canada during the Potato
Famine days
> of the mid 1840's. I have found alot of information on my father's side
and my great
> grandfather's wife's side..Those are of English, Welsh, Scottish, German
and Swiss
> ancestry. Almost all of my ancestors arrived in America before the
Revolution except
> for my Sullivan and Flynn connection (my grandmother's maiden name is
Sullivan). The
> furthest back we have is Denis Sullivan married to Catherine Flynn in
Ireland. Denis
> was born in 1816 and Catherine in 1817 both in Kilmocomoge Parish, Bantry,
Co. Cork
> Ireland. They married at St. Michael's Catholic Church in the Parish of
Allihies.
>
> Here is one site that may be helpful in your search..based in Ireland
> http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/frame_800.htm
>
> Stacey
>
>
>
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