Re:Bridging the Ancester gap from Ireland-Scotlandand the US

[boland]

Hello to all the geneology detectives,

Wiuld just like to share my relative short journey through the geneology trail.In just over a year I have been successful in tracking down five brother who left Scotland from 1866-1873. I was initially trying to trace a 50th Wedding Anniversary picture, last seen in 1931. I sent an e-mail to the local county library but gave the wrong year.Two weeks laterI received a letter from someone asking if the names written in the letter were any ancestors,and indeed it was.The librarian overheard a conversation and heard the name mentioned and asked if he knew the name.He wrote to me and consequently sent me the picture.(unbelievable)I know.Turns out a lot of my ancestors were quite religious
priests,monks and nuns.I have tracked down name places in Ireland found in a repository for a benedictine monk through that US connection.
Have also tracked down family name to 10th century through this connection,turns out direct line to brother of Brian Borugh

[marilyn morning]

Hello Boland

Welcome to TalkingScot

What an amazing sequence of events. One question, haved you stopped smiling yet?

Regards
Marilyn

[boland]

Hi
No havent stopped smiling yet,but must say that USA records are brilliant as are scottish records. Stll researching in the USA particularly Ohio and Indiana have just cracked another generation back to the 1840s.
Ireland: Boland Lynch, Reddie, McConnellMcNamee,Odonnell,McCallister
Dalyand others particularly County Clare,Sligo and Dublin
Scotland:Airdrie,Coatbridge,Chapellhall,Calderbank,Baillieston etc Bothwell Old/New Monkland and Holytown
Ayrshire: Galston Names Glen Grimleyand Falloon
USA,New York,Buffalo Indiana Vigo County Terre HauteOhio Cuyhoga Cleveland
Glasgow Lanarkshire Ibrox Names Mc Cann
and Collins

My irish end will be answered in US archives

Thanks for the welcome

Oh Mc Laughlin is also a name ive researched!!!

Boland

[marilyn morning]

Hello Again Boland

I've not started my research on the McLaughlin family as of yet, being so busy chasing down all of the Mornings and Dixons. But here's what I do have: Janet McLaughlin b. abt 1786 married John Morning abt. 1814
Children: Ann b. 14 May 1815, David b. 24 March 1817, John abt 1821, Agnes b. 24 June 1822 and Adam b. 4 April 1824, etc.

Regards
Marilyn

[boland]

Hello Marilyn

Where abouts are you researcing the name McLaughlin?

Regards Boland

[marilyn morning]

Hi Boland

Janet McLaughlin was born in Antrim, Ireland and I've been unable to find her death cert. but according to her husband, John's death cert. he was a widower when he passed on 24 March 1877. All of John & Janet's children were born in Johnstone, Renfrew, Scotland.

Regards
Marilyn