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[shatros]

I would say I have my work cut out for me. I have no familiarity with Irish research. My father's family are mostly all New England Yankee families who arrived early on. The records in New England are quite good and fairly easy to find and study. I don't mind doing a lot of work but I cannot afford to hire a pro or go to Ireland myself. I would be grateful for sugestions.

[shatros]

My grandfather once told me he thought both his parents probably changed their names when they arived since their relatives who sponsored them here had different surnames. Suposedly my grandmother's father's family had eradicated all records with his name on it. And according to my grandmother, her mothers family were nomadic people who never bothered to join any churches, never owned land nor did any of the father's bother to marry the mother's of their children.

[shatros]

I have come to dead ends with all four. Suposedly my grandfather's father fled Ireland after killing someone. His wife was actually born in England though she was Irish. My grandmother's father was suposedly from Irish nobility but he married a tinker's daughter which resulted in his being totaly ostracised by family and my grandmother's mother, the tinker's daugher had lived in a sod hovel in Cork.

[shatros]

On my father's side I have traced back our English, Spanish and other ancestry ten centuries and more. On my mother's side I have barely scratched the surface. My mother's four grandparents came to the Boston area all around 1900 from Ireland. None ever wanted to talk much about their roots and none of my mother's relatives are the slightest bit interested in researching this. My mother and most of her older relatives are now dead so there isnt even anyone to ask questions of.

[AMason8634]

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