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My kin hail from Rosmuc, where I still have family.  Would you please let me know when  Conamara Gaeltacht gets added?  Thanks.  This part of my family is my grandmother's side.  My grandfather's side are in Cork, so I would join that one too.

Mary Ann Sallas

Ireland Reaching Out

Thursday 1st Dec 2011, 10:58AM

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    Thank you for your interest in Ireland Reaching Out. The first place to start your search is in your own home - talk to elders in the family - find out abouttheir parents, grandparents etc. Perhaps they have a story of one of your ancestors? Things to enquire about include: occupations, places of residence, who they were living with(people often stayed with others from their home villages after emigration), siblings & other familymembers, first names (important -as usually past from father to son/mother to daughter) ages attime of emigration, possible dates of birth/death, religious denominations. Also ask if there are anysurviving photographs, old documents or letters - record all the information you can find. The next thing you could do is find the counties and places in Ireland your family names are mostprevalent. Look at the website http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and perhapssomething will match some other clue you may have found elsewhere? If nothing turnsup ? it is advisable to try different variations of the spellings of the names. If you have a possiblefirst name you could try the Irish Census 1901, 1911 at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ or the landvaluation record called Griffiths Valuationhttp://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml

     

    Connaught Ireland

    Thursday 14th Feb 2013, 10:11AM
  • Who your family from Ros Muc

    Peadar Ó Mainin

    Friday 30th Oct 2015, 07:09PM

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