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Ancestry/Genealogy

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16. My surname is the second most popular in Ireland, and the first name also common.

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 01:03 AM

Mar 2014

I have the family history back to arrival in US ca 1820.

But, as anyone familiar with genealogy and Irish history knows, the British forbad the keeping (and practice ) of RC records, and civil records for that period were few and far between.

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How far can you trace your surname back? [View all] YoungDemCA Nov 2013 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Nov 2013 #1

In the search amazing things can be found. LTG Nov 2013 #2

I've been able to pipi_k Nov 2013 #3

I'm stuck in Tennessee in 1832 Homer Wells Nov 2013 #4

One of my brick walls, unfortunately Rosie1223 Nov 2013 #5

Cardiganshire, Wales, 1838, when he married a Morgan girl csziggy Nov 2013 #6

My great, great, great, great, great grandfather in Scotland in the early 1700s. applegrove Nov 2013 #7

Direct ancestors in the paternal line, to Maryland, 1665. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #8

Mid 1600's in Ellern, Hunsruck, Germany sybylla Nov 2013 #9

1880, but I can trace my paternal line back farther than that... Thor_MN Nov 2013 #10

My paternal family is supposedly rather old, but so far.......... AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #11

300 B.C. CountAllVotes Dec 2013 #12

Well how about pipi_k Mar 2014 #17

Only back to my G.G. Grandfather, who was born abt. 1776 in either Md. or Va. dgibby Dec 2013 #13

1300's, I think TuxedoKat Dec 2013 #14

Back to when Slovakia was Hungary me b zola Mar 2014 #15

My surname is the second most popular in Ireland, and the first name also common. No Vested Interest Mar 2014 #16