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Donegal ancestry

DonegalInishmacsaint (Donegal)

I am trying to find information about about my great-great grandmother Sarah Rose Patton or Patten. She was married to John Moy (1815-1869) and they had eight children. She was suppose to be from Ballyshannon according to family history, but died in Ireland in the early 1850's . All of their boys had Houston as a middle name, so there may be some connection there. 

Her husband John and all eight children emigrated to the U.S. In the 1850's. They were Rose (1834), Sarah ( 1837), Margaret (1839), Ann (1842), Michael H. (1843), Patrick H.( 1847), Catherine (1848), and John H. ( 1850). 

Any suggestions as wherer to look for birth, baptism, marriage, cemetery records would be greatly appreciated. I will be in Donegal in June.

Thanks.

Chris

 

IrelandXO member

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Hi Chris,

I checked Griffiths Valuation for Patten's in the area of South Donegal and found a James Patten

http://tinyurl.com/az9zwsc

Then I changed the name to Patton and found two people.

http://tinyurl.com/a66jbcv

It is difficult to trace people from early 1800.  Here are another few websites you can check or maybe contact.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/

http://rootsireland.ie/

http://www.donegallibrary.ie/

http://www.nationalarchives.ie/

I wish you all the best with your research.

Kind regards,

Eimer Shea

IrelandXO member

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