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Offline orkrad

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Moville ancestors?
« on: Tuesday 19 May 09 03:07 BST (UK) »
Hi there everyone

Am trying to trace my GATTENS/GATENS ancestors.  I am searching for the birthplace of James GATTENS/GATENS and Marjory MCAULEY/MCAULY whose banns of marriage were published in 1852 in Port-Glasgow  Renfrewshire Scotland . They were Roman Catholic .James was probably born around 1830 and Marjory about 1831.
Marjory's parents were James MCAULEY and Mary Ann HORN?
There is a family story that they may have come from Moville in County Donegal.

Can anyone help?

Thanks    Orkrad.

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Re: Moville ancestors?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 19 May 09 08:02 BST (UK) »
Here's a fantastic booklet about searching for ancestors in Donegal which might help you to understand what resources are and aren't available:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/genbooklet.pdf
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!

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Re: Moville ancestors?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 19 May 09 11:10 BST (UK) »
Rutherglen;Baird/Adair/Ferguson/Reid
Strathaven;Shearer , Orr
Beith;Steel 
Glasgow;Donnelly,McSorley,Burns
County Tyrone;McSorley
Eaglesham;Paton
 All;McAlonan and variants 
Sligo;Burns 
2nd. bat Seaforth Highlanders 1914-16.
2nd. bat. KOSB 1914-18.
1/8th. Bat. Cameronians 1914-15
5th. Bat. Cameronians 1914-17
1st. Bat. Scots Guards 1914-15
HMS Biarritz 1915-16
K Class Submarines  K10 and K11
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