Susan Breen, my great grandmother

Local volunteer contacted.

Hi Meg,

I've been to Ireland over thirty times.  I know you will need to have a lot more information than you have now in order to find/visit your ancestral places.  If you go to Ireland knowing only what you know now, I doubt anyone can help you.  Breen, for instance,may be Brien/O'Brien in Irish birth/marriage records--and there's a plethora of those names, too many for someone to determine who your Susan was.  "Probably Mallow" won't help either.  You need to determine the place before you go abroad.

The general advice is to start with yourself and search backward in U.S. records, such as census, birth, death, marriage, cemetery records, headstones, obituaries, probate records.  The American records may reveal a lot of helpful information about your ancestors so that you can identify the correct ones and the correct places before you go to Ireland.

If you can't do this yourself, you might consider consulting a professional genealogist. In the U.S., there's the Association of Professional Genealogists (www.apgen.org).

I hope this is helpful and that you have a wonderful trip.

Hi Meg,   looked up  William Breen on Griffiths Valuation www.askaboutireland.ie. Found one in Drumtariffe

which is near Mallow. searched   for Galvin in the same area,  found one in Mourne Abbey and one in Doneraile.

You say Susan was born in 1847, Catholic Church records now on line free at www.registersnli.ie.

Mallow Parish centre  do a great job on Marriages and baptism,s for a small fee. email  mallowhc@eircom.net

I will ring them, and get back to you, as its confusing the name of the Parish. Will get back to you on this.

Let me know if you have any queries.

Christina,   Irelandxo, Volunteer.

Christina, you are wonderful!  I can give you access to my family tree on Ancestry if that would help.  I have quite a bit of information already.  I am happy to pay you as well for your efforts.  We'lll only have a few days in Ireland and I want to give my oldest sister the last best trip of her life!   Meg

Thank you Meg, for reply. I rang The Parish centre, who told me the Drumtariffe

I had found was in Kerry Diocese near border with Kerry, so I appear to have got that one wrong.

You say you would send me access to your Tree on Ancestry, That would be great.

My email address  mallow1@irelandxo.com.

Look forward to finding your Breen and  Galvin ancestors.

Christina Irelandxo Volunteer.