'Smash Through the Wall' in Your Genealogy Research - The Wild Geese2024-03-28T09:36:34Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topics/smash-the-wall-of-your-genealogy-work-with-your-fellow-wild-geese?commentId=6442157%3AComment%3A47408&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThanks Gerry.tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-10-02:6442157:Comment:537492013-10-02T00:48:37.496ZJames McNamarahttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JamesMcNamara
<p>Thanks Gerry.</p>
<p>Thanks Gerry.</p> JIm, yes, you own the copyrig…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-10-01:6442157:Comment:537272013-10-01T14:40:18.365ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
<p>JIm, yes, you own the copyright to your posted materials, and you can edit or remove them or otherwise limit their availability any time you are logged in. No one is allowed to copy your material without your expressed permission. As far as being available after your remove content, we have no control over outside search engines such as Google and Bing. I don't know how long they might retain your content in their servers. You can choose to prevent anyone replying to your content here, I…</p>
<p>JIm, yes, you own the copyright to your posted materials, and you can edit or remove them or otherwise limit their availability any time you are logged in. No one is allowed to copy your material without your expressed permission. As far as being available after your remove content, we have no control over outside search engines such as Google and Bing. I don't know how long they might retain your content in their servers. You can choose to prevent anyone replying to your content here, I believe. I'm not sure why anyone would, but that's an option. You can upload a draft, which is not seen by anyone but you or someone logged in as you. You can polish the draft until you feel it ready for scrutiny by others whom you select. Hope that helps.</p> Hi Gerry,
Since you asked, so…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-10-01:6442157:Comment:538162013-10-01T04:43:57.862ZJames McNamarahttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JamesMcNamara
<p>Hi Gerry,</p>
<p>Since you asked, some questions for you. If I start a blog, is it really mine? Do replies get put in between entries? What level of control is there? Can I remove it all at some future point or edit parts? Or once it's there is it stuck in time? With this in mind is it best to write each section completely before posting it?</p>
<p>Is there any FAQs for the blog section?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>James</p>
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<p>Hi Gerry,</p>
<p>Since you asked, some questions for you. If I start a blog, is it really mine? Do replies get put in between entries? What level of control is there? Can I remove it all at some future point or edit parts? Or once it's there is it stuck in time? With this in mind is it best to write each section completely before posting it?</p>
<p>Is there any FAQs for the blog section?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>James</p>
<p></p> Thanks Belinda, but appears t…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-09-28:6442157:Comment:528062013-09-28T16:16:32.393ZJames McNamarahttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JamesMcNamara
<p>Thanks Belinda, but appears to only be the statistics from the census, not the actual enumeration. It is being worked on in a redacted fashion to make it available prior to the 100 years privacy law.</p>
<p>Thanks Belinda, but appears to only be the statistics from the census, not the actual enumeration. It is being worked on in a redacted fashion to make it available prior to the 100 years privacy law.</p> The Irish Census since 1926 n…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-09-28:6442157:Comment:525942013-09-28T06:47:59.697ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
<p><span>The Irish Census since 1926 now on the Internet <a href="http://www.cso.ie/en/census/historicalreports/">http://www.cso.ie/en/census/historicalreports/</a></span><span><br/><br/><br/></span></p>
<p><span>The Irish Census since 1926 now on the Internet <a href="http://www.cso.ie/en/census/historicalreports/">http://www.cso.ie/en/census/historicalreports/</a></span><span><br/><br/><br/></span></p> A beautiful image, Jim, and a…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-09-18:6442157:Comment:497872013-09-18T13:02:11.847ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
<p>A beautiful image, Jim, and a poignant story. Would love to entice you to share more details, and provide a narrative of your search, using your WG blog. Ger</p>
<p>A beautiful image, Jim, and a poignant story. Would love to entice you to share more details, and provide a narrative of your search, using your WG blog. Ger</p> I never met my Irish McNamara…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-09-15:6442157:Comment:484112013-09-15T17:44:48.676ZJames McNamarahttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JamesMcNamara
<p>I never met my Irish McNamara grandparents. They were unhappy their son moved away after the war Even though I have no memory of meeting them, I actually met my grandmother Mac as I found her voter registration at my parents address the year I was born. I have learned so much about the families. I have photos of the homes where my grandparents were born in east county Clare. When I was last in Clare I had help with two more bits. My last McNamara cousin gave me a large paper photo of…</p>
<p>I never met my Irish McNamara grandparents. They were unhappy their son moved away after the war Even though I have no memory of meeting them, I actually met my grandmother Mac as I found her voter registration at my parents address the year I was born. I have learned so much about the families. I have photos of the homes where my grandparents were born in east county Clare. When I was last in Clare I had help with two more bits. My last McNamara cousin gave me a large paper photo of my grandparents wedding day photo, and also a crayon portrait of my great-grandfather Daniel McNamara. She also gave me a memorial card of my great-grandmother Mac. I also learned from her that he married into the McGrath home in that townland, and found out he was evicted from townlands near Truagh and Broadford. I stopped in at National Archives and as the record was off-site they mailed me several pages of evictions from that time frame and this included two evictions of my great-grandfather, Daniel McNamara. I can't get back much further and have found some of the assumptions I made were not true. I will upload some photos here. I have had good success on my Mac and Cleary lines and have given up to get back further although each trip I make to Ireland I learn a little more. </p> Wall? When it comes to my Tel…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-09-13:6442157:Comment:477662013-09-13T18:05:55.893ZBit Devinehttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BitDevine
<p>Wall? When it comes to my Telfords - Walkers - Devines, my father's paternal lineage, it is more like a Mountain! I know they can be found in Antrim, as I have found the marriage record for Robert Telford and Ellen Walker at Cullybackey Church in Ballymena 31 October 1864. That would be my Paternal Great-great grandparents. Even though I have the names of their parents, I can find nothing at all any further back. Robert and Ellen were the last to be born in Ireland with their chidren born in…</p>
<p>Wall? When it comes to my Telfords - Walkers - Devines, my father's paternal lineage, it is more like a Mountain! I know they can be found in Antrim, as I have found the marriage record for Robert Telford and Ellen Walker at Cullybackey Church in Ballymena 31 October 1864. That would be my Paternal Great-great grandparents. Even though I have the names of their parents, I can find nothing at all any further back. Robert and Ellen were the last to be born in Ireland with their chidren born in Scotland.</p>
<p>I hav ebeen told that Cullybackey Presbyterian has extensive records but that an in person visit is necessary to obtain records. I guess I know where I will be headed in June for certain.</p>
<p>The maternal side, Rice - Murphy - Kane - Thomson, as proved slightly easier but only after I tracked down living breathing relatives to fill in the gaps. Even then, stories differ and information gets jumbled in the process.</p>
<p>I am luckier than some in that my better half does genealogy research. However, even he can't chisel down the mountains.</p> http://thenewwildgeese.com/pr…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-09-11:6442157:Comment:474312013-09-11T16:13:15.576ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
<p><a href="http://thenewwildgeese.com/profiles/blogs/using-y-dna-to-close-in-on-my-irish-ancestor-s-genetic-homeland">http://thenewwildgeese.com/profiles/blogs/using-y-dna-to-close-in-on-my-irish-ancestor-s-genetic-homeland</a> Read about Alannahs experience with a DNA search.</p>
<p><a href="http://thenewwildgeese.com/profiles/blogs/using-y-dna-to-close-in-on-my-irish-ancestor-s-genetic-homeland">http://thenewwildgeese.com/profiles/blogs/using-y-dna-to-close-in-on-my-irish-ancestor-s-genetic-homeland</a> Read about Alannahs experience with a DNA search.</p> Thanks Ger. To be fair, the "…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-09-11:6442157:Comment:474082013-09-11T09:02:36.317ZKieron Punchhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/KieronPunch
<p>Thanks Ger. To be fair, the "Church Records" site will usually, but not always, list all the possible variants of James shoudl you just enter the "James" as your search term, but many other sites, including the Irish National Archives 1901 and 1911 census pages, are less forgiving and will only produce exact matches for what you have typed.</p>
<p>In summary, if you cannot find information for a relative you know existed, try searching under every possible spelling of that person's name that…</p>
<p>Thanks Ger. To be fair, the "Church Records" site will usually, but not always, list all the possible variants of James shoudl you just enter the "James" as your search term, but many other sites, including the Irish National Archives 1901 and 1911 census pages, are less forgiving and will only produce exact matches for what you have typed.</p>
<p>In summary, if you cannot find information for a relative you know existed, try searching under every possible spelling of that person's name that you can think of. Also search under nicknames and petnames as these are frequently entered on Irish official documents, and remeber that the name you may know a relative by may not be their actual name as people frequently used their second given name to avoid confusion with another relative, or parent, who had the same name. On the 1911 Irish census, for instance, my paternal grandmother is listed as Maggie, although her name is Margaret, while her sister, who is listed on other documents as "Ciss", is listed under her real name, Mary Ellen. On the census form for my maternal grandfather, his sister, who we always knew as "Rosie", is listed under her real name, Mary Margaret.</p>