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Hi everyone,

My great-great grandmother was born in Sligo, I believe. Her name was Mary, and her father's name as listed on her death cert. in Pennsylvania was John Kilhullen. She also had a sister Kathryn. My main question is about the name Kilhullen. I've looked around and I only seem to find the name Kilhullen in the U.S. I read a post by someone on another site saying that Kilhullen is a change in spelling of the name Kilcullen that happened after arrival in the U.S. Can anyone help me out on this? Should I be looking for records of Kilcullens in Ireland instead? There don't seem to be any Ireland records with the name Kilhullen that I can find.

Thanks for any help you can give.

Hi everyone,

I ordered a death record and I am not able to decipher the writing in the "Mother's Name" field. I'm hoping someone here can give me a hand. Every possibility I think of is incredibly odd and doesn't sound like any kind of name I've heard of, or even like it would be a name. I've attached a picture of the relevant part of the document; hopefully the photo is of high enough quality. The photocopy I received isn't the highest quality in the first place, so that doesn't really help matters. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, I'm looking for a Manchester marriage record for Reuben Bradbury (b. 1838) and Susannah Nicholls (b. 1836) both born in Manchester. The BMD index has it as Volume: 8d Page: 439 in 1859. Looking mainly for Susannah's parents. Reuben was the son of James and Elizabeth.

Thank you for any help you can give.

Frank

Hi, I'm looking for info on my g-g-grandmother, Mary McGinnis, who was born in county Silgo abt 1868. However, I have found conflicting sources listing her maiden name as Collins and Kilhullen as well as McGinnis, so I'm not sure what she would be found under in a birth record. I've also had conflicting info on her father's name, either Patrick McGinnis or John Collins/Kilhullen. Her mother was Jane Linny according to her death record. The name Patrick McGinnis is found in her obituary as well as siblings' marriage records, and John Collins is found on her own marriage record, as well as her own name being listed as Collins. John Kilhullen is found on her death record. As you can imagine this is pretty confusing. I do know these records are all of the same person, though. She immigrated to Carbondale, PA around 1876 and married John F. Peterson, and all of these records list him as the spouse and are located in the Carbondale area. So if anyone could find any records of her in Ireland that could point one way or the other, or any other info, that would be a huge help.

Thanks very much.

Frank