We've gone from me being the only member of this list, talking to
myself a bit - to ten menbers in the spacve of a few days

and - it's really nice to see the membership increasing

The thing is though that whilst I do know some of the subscribers from
another list or other lists and some know me, there's few of ye doing
much talking.

So, how about maybe ye all introoduce yourselves - me, I'm
Jane....I've got no more of a family history/genealological interest
in any of the counties that this list is for, other than my Dad is
buried in Bordwell in Laois.  From the age of ten or eleven, I lived
in Laois - I went to boarding school in Kilkenny - we used to go to
places in Tiperary or Offaly dancing on a Friday or Sat night, ten +
of us in a car, back in the days when seatbelts were not compulsory

Anyway, I'm well past that ten or eleven now, I went to university and
studied Science - back then when I was 17, I wanted to be a Dr(MD)
like my Mam,  back then, that was the last thing she wanted for me -
so thanks to her, I went off to Cork and studied Science and ended up
as azoological  taxonomist - person who describes animals - new
animals and places them in the whole scheme of things.  nice place to
set out to being a genealogist from :-)

In the meantime - whilst I was lecturing in a university, I found the
library and even though I loved what i did - discovering the library
and all the old journals, that's when an earlier love of my life began
to take over - histrory
and that was it folks.  I finished lecturing about 2001 - ok, I was
only part time, but I loved what I did - totally - but then, 2001, I
had somethng else, something I'd loved even before I loved a
scientist, oh wow was i happy out.  I began creating my From Ireland
web site, I had the smallest clue as to how to create web sites, but i
just marched on, a net friend went to a whole load of trouble to teach
me a bit of html, and that was it, I dived in at the deep end.  It's a
habit I have with everything in life - into the deep end I go,
ignorant of everythig else around me!!

My biggest problem - short attention span - I can dive into something,
and then find I don't have the answer nad then I can just disappear,
zap, I'm gone - until suddenly, sometime ages later I may find
somethng that has to do with that other something I couldn't answer,
then I come back

Anyway, there are a few subscribers to this group whose email addies I
regognise immediately and then there are a few which I don't think
I've ever seen before

Would any of you like to try and tell us a bit about who you are
loooking for or yourselves

Jane

Jane,  
I had to join this list to find out more about you!!!!  LOL.  I  didn't
realize you were so fresh out of lecturing at the university when you  started
Y-IRL and developed your From Ireland website.  I originally joined  your Y-IRL
list within 2 weeks or so of when you started it.  Now we can go  down the same
road with this list.

Jane, the emails do not come with a tag like Y-IRL.  Is it due to the  length
of the title of the new list?

For those of you who are new to Jane's list, her From Ireland website is  
wonderful - a true act of love.
When you go there be sure to click on some of the advertisers to help keep  
Janes website free (my editorial).

Maureen N

In a message dated 3/20/2008 5:00:20 PM Central Daylight Time,  

So, how  about maybe ye all introoduce yourselves - me, I'm
Jane....I've got no more  of a family history/genealological interest
in any of the counties that  this list is for, other than my Dad is
buried in Bordwell in Laois.   From the age of ten or eleven, I lived
in Laois - I went to boarding school  in Kilkenny - we used to go to
places in Tiperary or Offaly dancing on a  Friday or Sat night, ten +
of us in a car, back in the days when seatbelts  were not compulsory

Anyway, I'm well past that ten or eleven now, I  went to university and
studied Science - back then when I was 17, I wanted  to be a Dr(MD)
like my Mam,  back then, that was the last thing she  wanted for me -
so thanks to her, I went off to Cork and studied Science  and ended up
as azoological  taxonomist - person who describes animals  - new
animals and places them in the whole scheme of things.  nice  place to
set out to being a genealogist from  :-)

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Hi everyone.  My name is Susie and I live in Kansas, USA.  I grew up
in a family that "emphasized" its family history, but the problem was
it was an oral history not a documented one.  My great grandmother,
Ellen Short Jenkinson, lived to be 105 so she had an impact on my
father's family during their youth.  I grew up with Ellen "sayings"
and "doings" such as if you do a kindness it will return to you
threefold by sunset.

I love history and got a degree in it and taught history in the public
school system.  I  tried to find info on the family off and on when I
had time, but that was in the days before computers--you wrote
letters, waited and hoped they would be answered.  All my letters to
the USA archives would come back saying they couldn't find my ship the
Olive Branch, I received letters from various people, but none were
reseaching my family or just weren't interested in family research. I
got married, started a family and quit teaching for a while.  When my
kids all were in grade school, I started working part time teaching
college level history courses and in my "spare" time continued looking
for my ship and info on my family.

Then computers entered the picture and I found a couple of cousins who
were not only related, but also into family history.  They too had
been looking for our family and the elusive Olive Branch.  My
grandfather was born in Brooklyn NY in 1852 so at least we had
something to key on.  Long story short, after about twenty-five yrs of
searching off and on, I found the resources of the LDS local family
history center. I finally found the family in Brooklyn in the 1850
census under the name of "Jenks" not Jenkinson.  Because they were in
Brooklyn, I made the mistake of assuming that they came into NY.  So I
started ordering film and doing a line by line search for them on NY
passenger records film by film.  No luck.  It became a big thing when
I went to the LDS--maybe today "my ship would come in".  After doing
this for almost 2 yrs, I had managed to look at every film from 1848
to 1852 line by line.  Found lot of interesting things, but not my
family. Needless to say, I was discouraged.  Then one day, one of the
gals at the LDS said, a lot of the Irish went to Boston--why don't you
try there?  I laughed and said, but they are in Brooklyn in 1850.
Finally as a last resort, I tried Boston--guess what, the first roll
of film I ordered, starting in Jan 1850 I found them--listed under the
name of Heikens on the passenger list.  There was no doubt that this
was them, because of family lore  there was a daughter Jane who died
on the crossing, the first names all matched and the ages were close
enough to what I had.  Can't even begin to tell you how I felt after
30 years except to tell you that I cried and laughed at the same time!

The point to this long oration is NEVER GIVE UP THE SEARCH!!!!  They
are there and you can find them if you just have faith.  Here's the
real unbelievable thing, we had been planning a trip to Boston as a
college graduation gift for my daughter who wanted to go there.  I
found the passage record about a month before we were to leave.  So
when we got to Boston, I got to retrace their steps from the Boston
harbor as best I could, took the MTA ferry and landed at the "old"
harbor and walked to the old customs house,(155 yrs later).  The hours
I spent over the years were worth it--can't tell you how it felt.

Now I am trying to prove the rest of the family lore about John
Jenkinson being a tax collector/rent collector, paying for those who
couldn't pay during the famine and finding both he and Ellens
parents.  I know I will find this, it's just a matter of when.

Susie

Susie

Dear Jane and All,

Just to introduce myself, it was my sister who started this genealogy lark
when she got my Mum before she died and after Mum had a stroke to write down
all the information she could remember on a roll of wallpaper. I have been
researching this for about 5 years now.
My grandmother on my Mother's side and my GGrandfather on my Father's side
were English who came to Ireland in the late 1800's and settled here. Granny
married TWO  Irishmen. The first a Ryan from Dublin or Tipperary, and
secondly Dwyer from Laois. I cannot find out too much about the Dwyers. Back
as far as the 1860's when there were 3 sons born to Michael Dwyer. One
stayed on the farm in Farnans, the second emigrated to Canada, and my
grandfather moved to Dublin. Robert, who stayed on the farm, was in regular
contact with my mother and his grandchildren kept in touch. Arthur, who went
to Canada, lost contact with the family.

About 2 years ago I was messing around in Ancestry on the Dwyer message
board and found a post that had been posted about 2 -3 years previously
about a William Arthur Dwyer, who came from Farnans County, Leinster. That
was definitely mine and when I e-mailed  Moira, she was delighted and
excited to hear from me.

Anyway to cut a long story short, Moira and her husband came to Ireland last
October. All of the second cousins met and we took a trip down to the old
house, where we were welcomed royally. It was a lovely day which we all
enjoyed very much.

About myself,  my husband and I ran our own Nursery for nearly 20 years
growing Alpines and Rockery plants. we gave it up in 2000 and I am now
working in a local supermarket full time. As I work Saturdays, it can be
quite hard to find time time do research, even though I only live 20 miles
north of Dublin, on the East Coast.

Most of my ancestors are Church of Ireland, although the Ryans, or some of
them are not. It was a mixed marriage and some were CoI and some RC. You
don't want to know how many John Ryans there are!!

I cannot find any of them in the GRO records in the time they were supposed
to be born. Don't know where to look now.

However you never know what might happen.

Geraldine

On 20/03/2008, JaneL <lyonsja...@iol.ie> wrote:

Hi,

I'm Marie and I've been finding out about my family history for around
9 years. I got started on this when my mum was suffering from
Alzheimer's. She could not remember any day to day activities -
howver, her long term memory was really good and she loved to talk
about her early childhood days. I knew nothing about my family beyond
my grandparents - but when I started to drive my mum around her old
childhood haunts, I got really interested!
My family have lived in Scotland for about 120 - 150 years, and I have
been able to find out lots about them in Scotland. However, all my
family lines go back to Ireland and I have started to find out more
about their history there. My father's family were in County Laois
from at least 1820- Muldowney - and I have been over to look at parish
records and visit areas they lived in.
I intend to visit again at the end of April - and have loads of places
and information to check out. There are other family names in Laois -
Brennan, Nash, Daly to name a few!
I have found the info on Jane's site invaluable - and I look forward
to finding out more!
Marie

On Mar 20, 9:59 pm, JaneL <lyonsja...@iol.ie> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

My name is Barbara from Oklahoma. I have spent time back and forth
from Oklahoma and California over the years. I was in California when
I learned my mother had Alzheimers so I moved back to care for her
and
after her passing Dad's health went downhill so I stayed on to care
for
him.

I was in business for 20 years then moved to California after my
divorce.
I have retired and it seems that caregiving does not such good things
to
one's immune system so am not in the best of health myself but glad
to have the genealogy to keep me occupied.  I work 2 days a week at
a job that lets me go to the movies so am glad to have that bit of
work
to do as I am a real movie buff.  I have three grown children (spread
all
over the country - LA, TX and NY), 3 grandchildren and FOUR great
grandchildren!!!  I had custody of two of the great grandchildren for
the
last year until recently but I see them often. I do miss them even
though
they were certainly a handful. :-) They are just one and two now and
were
VERY premature babies. One born at 26 weeks 2 lbs and the little one
born
10 mos later at 24 weeks and 1 1/2 lbs.  They've been through a lot
but are
doing well now.  They are delightful!

I too, inherited my love of genealogy from my mother and picked up
the
torch after she died.  She, of course, had to do everything the hard
way
while I have the benefit of the Internet.

I became fascinated with mother's letters and work she had done to
date
on family and began to try to solve a couple of mysteries she had
been
stuck on and became addicted myself!

I love History and was fascinated with several lines of family.  If
one's
immigrants arrived in America between 1620 and 1700 it's possible to
have
many very interesting threads with the most fascinating histories and
stories.
I became fixated on the DELAUNEs because my immigrant on my
father's side was from Ireland but family lore said we were
originally
french. Therefore I became acquainted with my French Huguenot
relatives
who fled to England for their lives in 1572 and then one mysterious
DELAUNE
who ended up in Ireland (who is the missing link as far as
documentation
goes). There's also the obligatory Cherokee Princess that I have to
locate
which I think is legend as it seems everyone in Oklahoma has to have
a
Cherokee Princess in their line somewhere!  :-)

Anyway, I'm glad to have found this site and Jane, you are amazing
with
all of the knowledge you have and I have found the cermetaries
interesting
also though my timeframe of 1662-1710 is difficult to find the
information
I need but I discover a nugget now and then.

Barbara (Barbs)
OKC, OK, USA
bden...@cox.net

On Mar 20, 4:59 pm, JaneL <lyonsja...@iol.ie> wrote:

Hello Jane and everyone,

I've just this minute joined your list but have been visiting "From
Ireland" and recommending it to others for years.

I live in Melbourne Australia where I was born a long time ago, but
have four Irish families in my background, all from the Carlow,Laois,
Kildare area. The names are Germaine, Fishbourne, Meredith and Hyland.
I've been to Ireland four times and have written a book about the
Germaines and another about my Scottish (Cruikshank) forebears. I
found lots of live Germaines and a couple of Fishbournes still around
and usually stay with them when I come to Ireland.

I'm an Arts graduate, trained originally as a librarian, but have
worked since then in a range of jobs, the last one managing some local
government services. Since retiring in 1995 I've written a Masters
thesis (not on family history) and done lots of family history. I plan
to live long enough to write about my Fishbourne family and to find
out more about my Hylands!

I've had a lot of joy out of the Registry of Deeds and locally, at the
LDS library where I volunteer, am regarded as something of an expert
(???) on this topic. I keep telling people Irish family history isn't
as hard as you think, just dive in and give it a go (especially if
your name isn't Kelly or Murphy).

Finally, Is there a place for photos on this site? I have some which
could be of interest, I'll have a look for them.

Thank you Jane for starting this site, I look forward to watching it
grow.

Kitty

In a message dated 4/26/2008 6:00:58 PM Central Daylight Time,  

Finall