McKeownMcKeone family line
Louth
I am researching my McKeownMcKeoneMcKeon family line and I am trying to find a birht certificate for a James McKeone born about 1868 inDROMISKIN, Co. Louth. Thanks
Peace,
Richard
Irishamericanlad
9 replies
Hi Richard, I see 14 James McKeown or similiar in Louth 1868 plus or minus 5 years and the 2 in 1868 are close to Dromiskin, Haggardstown oddly there appear to be no civil records commenced in 1864. Do you have any clue as to parents names even Christian names to narrow the search.
You can search civil records for free here but sign in, https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ click civil as the church records for Louth are not on it
Regards
Pat
St Peters LouthIrelandXO Volunteer
Hi there Richard , i just logged on this morning after a radio presenter spoke about the website , 1st thing i saw is this message. I am a McKeown from Dromiskin and will get some information hopefully today about him, regards, Mary
marygmckeown@y…
hi Richard I just checked with my dad (Felix`) and he said its his Grandad -which would make us cousins- he has a photo of him which i can upload later on ,,where are you located in the US?
marygmckeown@y…
Hi Mary,
I think I located his birth certificate as I do have his American marriage certicate, and I have attached the file to this message. He is listed as John on his marriage cert, but I guess that was common for them to use different first named or even use their middlename as their first names. I would be delighted to see a picture of him - I can't believe how well this message board has worked. I am in Upstate NY, a little north of the Ithaca area. Have you taken the Ancestry DNA test by any chance?
Thank you for responding.
Richard Crawley
Irishamericanlad
Hi Mary,
Could you email me at crawleri@aol.com. I have much to share with you about my McKeown's and things like that.
Thanks
Richard
Irishamericanlad
hi Richard thanks for that i ll be in touch via that email address- i m just going through the census of 1911....thanks a lot, mary
marygmckeown@y…
Hi Folks, glad you found each other, about 18 months ago a lady from the US was here and I took her to Dromiskin, I am attaching two photos of the old church and graveyard, (RC) in case you would like to see it. The roof is falling in, there is a new church nearby and the name she was researching was Ginnitty.
Good Luck
Pat
St Peters LouthIrelandXO Volunteer
Thanks Pat.
Irishamericanlad
thanks for that pat,- Mr ginnetty passed away not that long ago. R.I.P-- He used to own the local shop .... hope you enjoyed Dromiskin,,
Mary
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