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Meath / Missing Names in Bective Churchyard Cemetery
« on: Wednesday 30 August 23 16:43 BST (UK)  »
"A contact of mine from England recently visited the old St Mary's Cemetery at Bective Churchyard where some of her ancestors are buried.  She found the family grave but was surprised that two names did not appear on the headstone.  The missing names are Margaret Jane Crossen who died on 11 May 1954 and George Forbes who died on 5 February 1955.  I have confirmed these dates on irishgenealogy.ie.  It is of course possible that both are buried there without the names being added to the headstone.

I should be grateful for advice on where I might find either the burial records or, alternatively, newspaper death notices to confirm where they are buried.  I am in County Antrim.  Many thanks."


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Ireland / Irish Civil Registration Indexes
« on: Monday 06 April 15 17:57 BST (UK)  »
Claire Santry at

http://www.irishgenealogynews.com/

reports that the Irish Civil Registration Indexes are back online at:

http://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp

with 100-year births, 75-year marriages and 50-year deaths.

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Ireland / Website Disappearance
« on: Tuesday 10 March 15 18:43 GMT (UK)  »
I have been trying for a few days to get on to the website:

www irish-place-names com

However it seems to have disappeared to be replaced by some Word Press comments.

Does anyone know what has happened to it?

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Argyllshire / Leaving Campbeltown for County Antrim in 1895
« on: Saturday 30 August 14 12:41 BST (UK)  »
Charles Connor/O'Connor married Alice McCafferty in Waterfoot  R. C. Church, Co. Antrim on 25 November 1875.  They lived in the townland of Dromore near Cushendun, Co. Antrim until about 1883 during which time they had three daughters - Elizabeth, Margaret and Mary.
 
About 1884 they moved to Campbeltown and lived at 31 Saddell Street.  Around 1885 a fourth daughter (Alice) was born.  The 1891 census shows the family still in Saddell Street as O'Connar.
On 25 December 1894 Charles died and was buried in the old Kilkeeran Cemetery in Second Division, Lair 596 (unmarked).

Probably in 1895 the family moved back to Co. Antrim and are found in Larne in 1896.
My question is whether there is likely to be any record of them leaving Campbeltown?   Might they have been assisted either under Poor Law rules or by their church (R.C.)?  I note that Campbeltown library has local newspapers for the period.  Could they be a source for such assistance?
Grateful for any advice which would point me towards an answer.

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Midlothian / John Reilly of Portobello
« on: Thursday 22 May 14 17:35 BST (UK)  »
In 1905 John Reilly a miner of Portobello Scotland married Annie Reilly (born around 1883) of Duke Street Ballymena Co. Antrim.  John was born around 1878 and his father was also John Reilly.   To confuse matters somewhat Annie's father was John Reilly and the couple had two children - a son called John who died aged 6 in Ballymena in 1915 and a daughter called Jeannie who was born in 1910.

Annie and her husband John were still in Ballymena for the deaths of Annie's parents in 1917 and 1918.  John shows up in the Revised Valuation Books for Duke Street Ballymena in 1920 at which point he was replaced by Annie who, according to the same Books, left Duke Street in 1921. After that I have no further sign of them in Northern Ireland.

My question is what happened next.  I cannot find any further records of them in Northern Ireland.  One possible scenario is that John moved back to Scotland to be followed by Annie and Jeannie.  If this happened Portobello is the most likely destination. Family folklore has it that Jeannie was adopted in Scotland but I do not know if that is true.  I have checked the ScotlandsPeople website without success though I do not have the local knowledge to make best use of it with what are common names.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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