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Thank you so much for your prompt reply.

I understand your confusion.

My grandmother Esther Ferns married two brothers. James Duffy  (1879) married Esther (1875) in 1900. When he died  (1913) leaving her 7 months pregnant with four children, my grandfather John (1887) stepped in to help. They traveled over to the USA and married in 1914 in NYC.

I was able to find birth and baptism records showing my GG James and GG Mary having five children including my grandfather and his brother James mentioned above. That ties up nicely.

In researching at the Derry Cemetery, I found another James and Mary Duffy. He appears to have been born in 1827 and she in1825. Age wise and the fact that they are buried in a family plot suggests they are the parents of My GG James Duffy. I wish I could find records to show when they were married and who were their children.
Rootsireland.ie provided me with the fact that James was born in Donegal and died on May 5, 1891 at the age of 64. His address was listed as Nailors row. Any suggestions? Thank you.

Kathy Duffy Weiss

Hi Aghadowey, you have helped me this past year in finding my ancestors. I thank you so much. Now I have another request. My husband and I are coming to Ireland July,2016. We will be taking a cruise that begins in Dublin and ends in England. On July 18th, we will be docked in Belfast from 7 am till 8pm. How feasable would it be , time wise, to get to see my family plots in Derry and St Eugene's Catherdral where so many were married, baptized and buried? It would be great to stop in for additional genealogy help as well. Do you know of a reliable person that we can hire? At what cost? What is the most reasonable means of transportation? Also, do you think it would be wiser to come stay in Derry a day or two ahead of the cruise and then travel on to Dublin to begin it? I have so many questions and a limited budget.
Any advice you can give me is greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much Aghadowery! I am so close but I need more guidance.

I got all the way to the page that lists Skinners Alley and gives a link for different years. I chose 1884 - 1893. It took me to a list of Val12B/32/11A thru Val12B/32/11ZB.

I randomly picked Val12B/32/11B and found Londonderry, Skinners Alley. Page 160. What do I do with that info and will I find Skinners Alley in each of the other listings?

By the way, that particular book did not have page 160 in it.

Very interesting. I went on GRONI. Annie Duffy does not come up with a birthdate. bUT she does come up with a death cert. No parents listed but when I viewed the enhanced it showed James Duffy as father of deceased. Poor thing was 5 years old had the measles 8 days and bronchitis 3 days.

Hi Anne,

I think so too. I am working on getting the death certificate for James now. I had found James, Patrick, Mary Eliza and John.

I missed Annie. I go on rootsireland. How did you find her?