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Hi Folks,
my ggrandfathers birth cert has the name of his father included but omits the name of his mother.
the original imaged copy of the birth cert has a name pencilled onto it. That name was found and agrees with the birth cert. GGF #1 was born in one parish [the home of his mothers family] and recorded in an adjacent parish the location of his father GGF #2. GGF#2 s own mothers father resided in the parish GGF #1 was born in. Looks as though he was born on his grandfathers farm.
The motherGGM #2 later joined GGF #2 at his location and there they stayed.
Question: why would the mothers name be omitted from the birth cert? Or is it possible another female was actually the mother and refused to be named? All answers very welcome. Thankyou

Hi .. need some help here...
while trolling thru uncounted random phrases & pages re my subject, I happened on a snippet from the Wexford Independent dated 11 Dec 1844.
A grand jury had deliberated and rendered a verdict presumably that day.
Verdict was 'acquitted by reason of insanity' and court decided prisoner would be held pending further action.
The charge was murder.
While scribbling the above for myself I didn't take note of the webpage or search term or where found on page. And despite a heap of effort can't raise it again.
What I would really like to know is: the name of the victim - location of residence - name of the acquitted and his eventual disposition.
I have a guy who simply disappeared leaving wife and 4 kids. He had a real good job with excellent perks. There's no BMD of him to be found - as if the slate was wiped clean.
I have another guy same surname died Carlow Insane Asylum buried 23 Dec 1844 - suicide  - with no known birthplace provable - no known family seen - no known burial spot found
Only known sign of guy #1 having lived is his name on a child's birth cert.
Only known sign of guy # 2 is note in burial register.
I have to think that they are one and same since guy # 1 spouse's birth date is 1810 [est] and guy #2 was born 1810 according to burial cert.
Don't know if my guy #2 was the one but some of the Govt Returns for Wexford show one suicide noted in 1844 statistics from Carlow Asylum so seems likely he was the one indicated.
Thanx a bunch for reading and if you can help please do
Rodc

Hi,
If my 3rdgreatgrandfather's brother of the paternal line, married a widow with 4 children,then they had a daughter she would be a 1/2 sister to the original 4 kids.
If the original 4 kids assumed the surname of the new stepdad [this is before formal adoptions began] and one of the 4 generated a line of descendents being designated as line A & line B ... what would be the relationship to my line of the 3rd greatgrandson of line A and the 4th greatgrandson of line B?
Fiction or idiocy or both?
DNA testing done by the 3rdgreatgrandson of line A has been positively identified as belonging to a completely different surname group: i.e. the genetic evidence does not match the genealogical evidence but conflicts with it.
If the 4th greatgrandson of line B had spent about 40 years compiling a family tree having in excess of 4000 names, would that tree be considered valid because of the inherited assumed surname despite the dna evidence, or would it be seen as fantised fiction and absolute foolishness?
Serious questions deserve some diverse opinions ... all are welcome
TIA
Rodc

Hi,
Could I get a lookup please?
I'm seeking a male believed died between mid 1844 & mid 1847 forename unknown surname Chandler, could be in Ballymurn RC Wexford graveyard or Cantwells Memorial to the Dead.
I found plenty of the surname in Wexford Town and area ie Growtown,  so am assuming that general location would have been his original residence.
My guess is he would have been aged between 30 to 40 at time of death.
Thankyou kindly
Rodc

Hi,
Is there a commonly available service by which a photo of a person shown as he ages about 15 -18 -35/45 -65 years
can be compared with some certainty to a photo of an unknown person who appears to be in his mid 40's
my eye says the photos depict one and the same guy but it would be more acceptable if an independent source could prove or disprove the contention.
thanks
rodc