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Ancestry/Genealogy

Irish_Dem

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36. Absolutely brilliant.

Reply to mopinko (Reply #35)

Fri Aug 5, 2022, 03:15 PM

Aug 2022

I cannot wait to try it myself.

Right why fight it.

Embrace it and go all Irish on people who push you too far.

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so, can someone w access to irish records do a search for me? [View all] mopinko Aug 2022 OP

Wiki is showing Michael was exiled in 1806 to NSW. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #1

thanks. i have started from my parents generation. mopinko Aug 2022 #2

Irish genealogy records are notoriously bad. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #3

maybe i'll break down and do that. mopinko Aug 2022 #4

also, mopinko Aug 2022 #5

OMG that is so great. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #7

fell into it. mopinko Aug 2022 #8

Tommy Makem singing 4 green fields makes me cry. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #19

So you are not a male line Dwyer? Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #6

nope. mopinko Aug 2022 #9

One of your relatives on Ancestry have you going back to Peter, brother of Michael. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #10

omg. thank you. mopinko Aug 2022 #11

Well maybe. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #15

the o has come and gone. mopinko Aug 2022 #16

I know that is odd about the surname. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #20

see if you can find jeannie dwyer krier. mopinko Aug 2022 #22

Yes she is the daughter of your uncle Edmund? Your mother's brother. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #25

i think that makes the johns 4 deep. lol mopinko Aug 2022 #12

I think the tree on MH is off a generation, names are not in correct order. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #21

I never knew that! I finally started leafing thru Mom's 4 genealogy books (all done old-school)... Hekate Aug 2022 #33

The given names have to persist in the Irish naming tradition. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #34

The naming patterns are the same in Scotland, for men and women. SharonClark Aug 2022 #48

Right. That is why there are nicknames. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #49

can you see where john landed? mopinko Aug 2022 #13

I will look through naturalization records to see if I can find his ship and arrival port. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #23

i know them. mopinko Aug 2022 #24

i'm ridiculously verklempt here. mopinko Aug 2022 #14

That is frigging hilarious. I have to try that next time I get shit from someone. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #26

i assume there's witches, just dont know who. mopinko Aug 2022 #31

The Druid DNA seems to be quite strong. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #32

i've had practicing witches laugh at me for denying it. mopinko Aug 2022 #35

Absolutely brilliant. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #36

the s&s super is an irishman. mopinko Aug 2022 #37

Ask if he knows what county in Ireland his people are from. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #38

i'm just gonna ask him if he thinks you can call on your ancestors. mopinko Aug 2022 #39

Right how Irish is he really? Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #40

yup mopinko Aug 2022 #41

I think if people do any genealogy they begin to feel their ancestors. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #42

my aunt did it back when it was a ton of work. mopinko Aug 2022 #43

Oh my gosh right, that was a ton of work for sure. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #44

yeah, it's about 40 pages legal. she took it to that new fangled kinkos place. mopinko Aug 2022 #45

Yes very costly hobby back in those days. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #46

no idea how many docs she paid for. mopinko Aug 2022 #47

found him. died in chicago. 1894 mopinko Aug 2022 #17

Yes we are missing two needed birth certs or baps. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #28

Dates are off. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #29

joined in '23 mopinko Aug 2022 #30

i have a couple peeps on ancestry- mopinko Aug 2022 #18

Yes she is your first cousin. I see her tree on ancestry. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #27