Duff - any records please

[edi]

ps, I am unable to view your family tree. Can you invite me? I sent an e-mail to Sharon, not sure whether she has received it.

[msshanna13]

my tree on ancestry? It is sadly very incomplete...but I will send  you an invite. I have not had much time the las6 monts to work on my family tree research. I am so pleased to connect with another cousin! Can you pm me you email so that I am able to send you an invite? I will also try to friend request you on facebook

[edi]

Hi,

I am not sure how to send you e-mail on here but do facebook me, probably easier.

See you on facebook.

Elaine

[aghadowey]

edi- please see my earlier post- it's quite simple to send personal message here:

It's quite simple to use the PM (personal message) system here to exchange email addresses, etc.-
http://www.rootschat.com/help/pms.php

[ofirishdescent]

Hi All,

It seems like I've stepped into a family reunion of sorts here on this post!

I have access to the baptismal records of Raheen parish and have found the following baptismal records from the Index of Baptisms:

Children of Michael Duff and Anne Grant:  (Date is date of Baptism, Page No is of original registers)

1885 June, Duff Laurence, Page 2A
1887 April, Duff Patrick, Page 8
1889 February, Duff Michael, Page 13
1891 April, Duff Edward, Page 19
1892 July, Duff Mary, Page 23
1892 July, Duff Catherine, Page 23
1894 May, Duff Joseph, Page 28
1895 October, Duff Ellen, Page 32
1897 July, Duff Anne, Page 36
1899 April, Duff Finton, Page 41.

[ofirishdescent]

From the Index to Marriages for Raheen Parish

Michael Duff married Anne Grant in February 1880, Page 75 of the original Marriage Registers.

Attached is a cropped version of a photograph of this original page.  I could not upload the whole page as the file was too large.

Best of luck with your research.

Susan

[pennsynative]

Susan, Thank you SO MUCH for this data on the Duffs.  This is wonderful information, and I appreciate the time and effort you put into it.  Michael & Anna Duff were my great-grandparents.  Catherine Duff was my grandmother.  If anyone is interested, Anna & Michael had 3 children in the US (Philadelphia) - William, James, and another Mary, who died in infancy.  Then they went back to Ireland around 1885-86, where the rest of the children were born.  Somewhere on Ancestry.com, I found something that indicated they came to the US in 1876, but I think that's probably wrong.  The more likely scenario is that they married in Feb, 1880, and immediately went to America.  Their names are on the 1880 US Census, living in Philadelphia, and their first child was born there, abt 1882.

I'll be in Ireland in November, and plan to take a day trip to Laois.  Will the parish of Raheen allow me to review the sacramental records myself? Will there be death and burial records, or records that might tell us who Michael and Anna's parents were?  Do you have any other advice for me re what I can/should do while visiting Laois?

[KJW]

Hello,
I'm new to this, so not quite sure of the protocol.

I am also looking for my family in Raheen parish baptismal records. I am looking for Whelans baptized between ~1853 and ~1863. They would be children of Keran/Kieran Whelan and Margaret Keating. A Michael Whelan was found from 1859 - any earlier than that?

Thanks for any information you can provide.