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From: "Nancy Keith" <>
Subject: Re: [MI-GENEALOGY] Irish Eyes Were Smiling
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:39:59 -0400
References: <277540fb0904270845h767a866dq399a027884278d45@mail.gmail.com><001001c9c788$49d4eae0$7ea2b741@nancy><277540fb0904272021o53ccf565ocd35974e63caee3e@mail.gmail.com>


You certainly are welcome, and I hope they can help you.

Actually, between Rootsweb and Yahoo, there are quite a few discussion lists
out there. Their websites show not only what focused-interest groups are
available but also what already has been posted, shown in their various
archives. Very interesting browsing, there.

Nancy

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Long" <>
To: <>
Cc: "mary rathbun" <>; "Karolyn Sandoval"
<>
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MI-GENEALOGY] Irish Eyes Were Smiling


> To Nancy Keith,
> I most certainly shall take your suggestion and apply to those
> Canadian websites for any assistance in trying to find even a little
> bit more data concerning both my paternal and maternal Great, Great,
> Greats …to the nth degree. I'll be forever in your debt! Thank you.
> John E Long
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Nancy Keith <> wrote:
>>
>> I would suggest that you join the York (Ontario) list and post your query
>> there. That's another list full of helpful people.
>>
>> http://www.rootsweb.com
>>
>> Subscribing. To join CAN-ONT-YORK-L, [individual emails] send mail to
>> with the single word subscribe in the
>> message subject and body.
>> To join CAN-ONT-YORK-D, [digest mode] do the same thing with
>> .
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> Nancy
>> in Michigan, where the sun has disappeared and the cold, rain, and winds
>> are
>> coming through.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Long" <>
>> To: <>
>> Cc: "Barbara Greene" <>; "mary rathbun"
>> <>
>> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:45 AM
>> Subject: [MI-GENEALOGY] Irish Eyes Were Smiling
>>
>>
>>>I have a picture of a very sweet looking old lady… my Great
>>> Grandmother. For umpteen years …I was told she was Canadian. Having no
>>> reason to doubt the veracity of this …I accepted it as fact. Her name?
>>> Agnes Armet. And she was said to be of English descent.
>>>
>>> One day …not so many moons ago …a wonderful researcher from amongst
>>> our group… found her death record for me. I was so fortunate to get a
>>> copy of such record. But, surprisingly enough, she wasn’t English.
>>> Sure… and me Great Granny be from “the ole sod.” She escaped from
>>> Ireland… sought refuge in Canada… met an Englishman by name of George
>>> Long…who had also fled to Canada… but, from England. They wedded. And
>>> eventually… here I am… don’t you see.
>>>
>>> What I would like to find …is more info on my Celtic GG Grandparents:
>>> James Armet and Jane Scott. Does anyone have a way to get back into
>>> Ireland to find anything on them? I have no reason to believe they
>>> came across the pond with Agnes …but they could have… don't you
>>> know………
>>>
>>> Agnes’s D/C states:
>>> Name: Long, Agnes; Sex: Female
>>> Date of Birth: circa 1828; Place of Birth: Ireland
>>> Date of Death: Dec 6 1911; Age at Death 83 years
>>> Place of Death of Residence: 2062 St Clair Av, Toronto, York Co,
>>> Ontario,
>>> Canada
>>> Occupation: Housekeeper; Marital Status: Widowed
>>> Full Name of Father: James Armet; Birthplace of Father: Ireland
>>> Maiden name of Mother: Jane Scott; Birthplace of Mother: Ireland
>>>
>>> Thank You,
>>> John E Long
>>>
>>
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