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Windwolvz:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
I spent some time looking at Roots Ireland, the civil birth records on www.irishgenealogy.ie and the 1901 census and could not locate any new information or leads that might assist you with your longstanding effort to pinpoint where Robert was born and the names of his parents.
I wanted you to know that someone had reviewed your message and made some effort to research your ggf. You may want to consider autosomal DNA testing. You may match someone who has info that may be helpful to your research.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Thank you so much Roger for your help. It is a tough nut to crack. I am going to be in Ireland for my first time this coming spring and I am looking so forward to it. I am planning to visit the area and hopefully come up with something new in the local library archives. Do you know if there are any existing school records? Also, there was a methodist church in Dromahair wasn't there? I think so and they may be of some help.
I am at the point now where I have to clearly think outside the regular strain of investigation. I have considered the DNA testing but I'm not convinced of its efficacy. Do you have any experience with it or someone you know? Was it truly accurate?
Once again Roger I thank you for your help and I will update with anything I find.
Tracy
Windwolvz
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Tracy:
Hope you have a great trip to Ireland next spring. My wife and I just returned from Ireland late Saturday night from our ninth trip to Ireland.
The Dromahair library branch is only open two days a week but I would e-mail them and see if they can assist with school records and whether there was a Methodist church in the area. http://www.leitrimcoco.ie/eng/Community-Culture/Library/Locations-Openi…
I have taken two autosomal DNA tests, one with Ancestry and the other with Family Tree. I prefer Family Tree DNA.
I have been able to break down one brick wall on a line in Donegal with DNA by comparing notes with one of my matches. Same with one line for my wife.
Roger
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Edgehill Methodist College in Belfast has a historian (Robin Roddie) who is, or was, gathering records and other data on all Methodist churches in Ireland. He was copying the surviving baptism and marriage records too. You might want to get in touch with him or his colleagues there to see if they can help trace Methodist records for Dromahair.
Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Hi Roger,
Thanks so much for the info on the library. I will get in touch with them for sure. Insofar as the DNA test, I am the daughter of the daughter of the son so in my mind, it would make more sense for my aunt to do the test following the paternal line rather than me as it would be the most direct and I guess accurate. Don't know how she feels about that but I might ask.
Thanks again for all of your help. Any idea helps!!
Tracy
Windwolvz
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Hi Elwyn,
That's great! Thank you for your help and its a great idea. Was at a loss who to contact regarding the Methodists in Ireland and so this is a good move forward. I'll update if I find anything.
Tracy
Windwolvz
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Tracy:
I would have your aunt and you take the test. Family Tree currently has a $59 special on the autosomal/Family Finder test.
Roger
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘