Gardner/Gardiner Family in and around Raphoe

Raphoe (Donegal)

Greetings. My 4th great-grandfather James Gardner arrived in Philadelphia from Derry in 1811, but that was all I had for a long time. I've since found a Y-DNA match on Family Tree DNA for another Gard(i)ner here in America who is a close match, and who has documented the location of his Gardiner family in and around Raphoe.

I am very interested in find any Gard(i)ner men currently in the area who might be willing to take a Y-DNA test to make a local connection. Our Y-DNA is pretty rare in Ireland (the "N" haplogroup) and I can show the migration path using DNA from Ireland to SW Scotland to Norway to Finland.

Thank you in advance.

Paul Gardner

Shoreview Minnesota USA

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18 Jul 2021

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Hi Paul,

I have forwarded your query to our local partner who hopefully will be able to office some advice.

Best wishes

Denise

IrelandXO Mode…IrelandXO Volunteer

30 Jul 2021

Thank you!

Paul

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31 Jul 2021

Hello Paul

I have some suggestions that may assist your research:

The Donegal Historical Society are a very active group and this is the webste details.

http://www.donegalhistory.com/

Also the Donegal County Archivist is based in Lifford and covers the whole county, she may have further contacts for local Raphoe based groups:

nbrennan@donegalcoco.ie

https://www.donegalcoco.ie/culture/archives/aboutus/

regards

Bernadette

IrelandXO Volunteer Partner

bwalsh@irelandxo.com

6 Aug 2021

Thank you kindly. I will follow up with your suggestions.

Paul Gardner

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7 Aug 2021

Gardner/Gardiner Family in and around Raphoe

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