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Offline mick p

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« on: Friday 18 March 11 04:12 GMT (UK) »
desperately seeking info on michael/mary[maher] callaghan  , born somewhere in county cork approx 1795 , married approx 1820 and migrated to south australia in 1846 aboard "hooghly"  ,along with children -edward,james,john,michael,patrick and mary [butler]with her husband thomas and 2 children .approx 1854 they settled in bendigo , victoria . i am michael and mary's ggg grandson . naturally , i'm having heaps of trouble beceause there are just sooooo many callaghans!! anything most welcome . thanks , mick purdon. ???
callaghan , purdon.

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Re: callaghan
« Reply #1 on: Friday 18 March 11 08:07 GMT (UK) »
Callaghan is a very common Co. Cork surname and you would need to know where in the county your family came from to start any search. Few parishes have records for the 1700s.

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Re: callaghan
« Reply #2 on: Monday 21 March 11 02:15 GMT (UK) »
dear shane ,thanks for your reply and tips . unfortunately ,  although i have plenty of info on a lot of my callaghans in australia ,i cant find anything on where in co cork they come from . maybe i could try mallow heritage centre to see if they could dig something up . cheers , mick purdon.
callaghan , purdon.

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« Reply #3 on: Monday 21 March 11 07:46 GMT (UK) »
Mallow heritage only handle part of the the north east of Co. Cork. Parish records for some areas south west county Cork and the city are available (free) on www.irishgenealogy.ie


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Re: callaghan
« Reply #4 on: Monday 21 March 11 08:29 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: shanew147 on Monday 21 March 11 07:46 GMT (UK)
Mallow heritage only handle part of the the north east of Co. Cork. Parish records for some areas south west county Cork and the city are available (free) on www.irishgenealogy.ie



   thanks , shane . i'll try that  and maybe mallow as well. cheers , mick p.
callaghan , purdon.
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