I had previously posted Casy family from county Sligo but now think they maybe from County Mayo.
Also Sheerans family thought from County Mayo but now think they maybe from County Sligo. Looking for descendants of John, Patrick and James Sheerans. Brothers of Bridget Elizabeth Sheerans who left Ireland for USA, state of PA.
any help finding family members appreciated
thanks
Kathleen Casey Golka
Wednesday 6th Feb 2013, 10:22PM
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Hi sir i have a list of sites that you may want to seach on to find any information that may help you find your descendants.
Ellis Island:http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passSearch.asp Castlegardenhttp://www.castlegarden.org/ US National Archives/Immigration info:http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/ The Boston Pilot; From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a?Missing Friends? column with advertisements from people looking for ?lost? friends and relativeswho had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of 40,743 recordsis available here as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad thatappeared in the Pilot. http://infowanted.bc.edu/ 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
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Hi Kathleen I left a mesage for you ref Casey from Tubbercurry Ihave found your family in Sonnagh 2 miles from Charlestown I also know the location of the homestead
If you get in tuch with me Iwill be able to help you further
Seamus Bermingham
Charlestown Heritage Society
Charlestown Co Mayo
email ctownheritage@gmail.com
Charlestown Parish
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Hi Kathleen. I left a Facebook message for you. My grandfather was John Sheerans (changed to Sheerins) and his sister was Bridget both from Sonnagh near Charleston. I have several letters from Bridget to John penned in the late 50s. I also have some other family history documents.y email is asheerins@gmail.com and my phone number is 00353876726762. I would love to hear from you.