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Was having trouble logging onto RC on my iPad, although no problem with the laptop.

(Have to avoid contact with others, being immuno-suppressed, so in isolation for the duration, and RC is ESSENTIAL 😁)

All sorted, thanks to the kind, prompt help of Trystan & Sarah. Gold stars to you both!
Aren’t we lucky, Rootschatters?

Any further information or hints regarding my Donegal ancestors is always appreciated.

I’ve finally found evidence that my Castledoe/Doe castle born gt grandmother, Bridget, had at least 3 siblings, and I’m now trying to work out the relationships between her, her 2 known sisters, Mary and Grace, and their husbands and children. Thanks to the Irish RC parish registers, I have been able to find more evidence of links between them.
 
1.   Grace O’DONNELL, daughter of James O’Donnell of Magheroarty (Creeslough NOT Gortahork), married Bernard CALLIG/MCCALLIG/ MCCALLOGUE (var. sp) son of Bernard Callig, of Fanmore (sic)  in Clondahorkey Chapel on 23 Jan 1870
(From the Dunfanaghy Registrar’s record Qtr 2  Vol 2 pg 99. The Clondahorkey RC PR entries are 1877-82 inclusive only)
 
2.   Bridget O’DONNELL, daughter of James O’Donnell of Magheroarty townland, married John DEVIR, son of John Devir of Magherablad, in Clondahorky chapel on 17 Feb 1878.                                               
http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000631930#page/4/mode/
(In the denunciationes column there is a remark, ditto of the entry above it. Can someone decipher/translate it, please?)

3.   Mary O’DONNELL, daughter of James O’Donnell of Magheroarty, married Francis MCBRIDE, of Creeslough, in Clondahorkey Chapel on 11 Aug 1880. http://registers.nli.ie/pages/vtls000631930_007  first entry on lhs…(another denunciations entry for translation, please).
Mary evidently died, after having  4 chn between her marriage & abt 1889…I haven’t been able to find her death record,
 
BUT,

on 1 May 1897, Mary’s widower, Francis, married Rose MCCALLOGUE (sic) of Maheraroarty, daughter of Bernard McCallogue of Fanmore.
 
(This info comes from the Creeslough page of Donegal Genealogical Resources, and has a link to the marriage entry, but it is too blurry for me to make out…yes, another dispensation(?) entry!!)
Can we assume Rose is more likely to be Grace’s sister-in-law, i.e. her husband Bernard’s sister, rather than Grace & Bernard’s daughter.

Grace, Bridget & Mary had a brother, Michael. I know nothing more about him, so far.

Thanks all in anticipation!

I've read the info from a no. of companies re available tests, but would like Roots Chatters input, please.

My elderly paternal uncle is the last of his numerous siblings. None of his brothers had biological sons.

He has kindly agreed to DNA testing, but I'm not sure which test will give us the most useful info.

Obviously YDNA will provide paternal line results, but should we also be considering a test that will provide information about his maternal line. 2 separate tests, or one combined?

I have a female cousin who would probably be very happy to help my research by taking the mitochondrial test ...her mother & my father were brother and sister...but since I will be paying for the testing, of course, (and would also like to test for my own mother's lines at some stage) I'd like to know the most sensible way of going about this!

Which company would be recommended for Australians of English, Irish & Scottish descent?

Cheers,
Ann

 

Hello, all!
Fingers crossed that I’ve scanned & loaded this correctly!
It’s a copy of an unavailable, evidently very faded original photo of William BURCHAM (1847-1936) and his wife, Jane Bagley BELL (1851-1925) who migrated to Australia in 1877.
I have another, smaller copy of the original photo. That copy is very yellow in tone, which probably indicates the condition of the original.
I don’t know if the original was sepia or black & white, but would be very happy with either as a restore, if possible.
Many thanks,
Ann

Hello, all!

Malcolm MCKINNON of Vaternish m. Euphemia MCLEOD of Talisker in Bracadale parish on 2.2. 1821.
They subsequently had 5 chn...... Euphemia (Effy/Effie) died in 1832.

Malcolm then married her relative (sister? cousin?) Meron McLeod on 18.3.1833, also in Bracadale parish.
I've attached a snip of this marr. reg. entry, hoping that you clever lot can recognise their respective
addresses at the time of  their marriage. Malcolm's looks like Satarin/Sataran, but I wonder if it's meant to be Vaternish......Meron's looks like B*rlin, but hopefully someone will set me straight....

(Malcolm & Meron, aka Morag/Marian/Sarah went on to have 5 chn. Later generations refer to them as the white McKinnons because of their fair hair. Evidently Effie & Malcolm's five, the black McKinnons, were dark brunettes 

Cheers, Ann