Hello Clare,
Still no word from the volunteer about my query for my g g gpa. I have continued to search rootsireland.ie and irishgenealogy.ie and no luck. Neither one has information from County Kilrush. The part that I found about the marriage in the first place was from the clarelibrary but they could not help me further. I was told to check with the St. Senan parish in Kilrush. I have sent them 2 emails to 2 different people and have yet to hear back, it's been 2 weeks.
I really have no other infor on my gg gpa other than his giant gravestone said "Born in County Clare, Ireland" I have found him on US Census' and I think that's where I got a date of birth as 17 Aug 1831, but no idea as to where exactly?
The Clare Library had a note from someone who had seen a record on microfilm and that's where I found the Lynch being married to McMahon in 18 June 1857, but the US Census had them married in 1858 which was close enough for me. However, both Mary McMahon and Michael Lynch are common enough names and I don't know if it's really them.
I have found Mary McMahon's parents, my 3rd g grandparents. It's confusing but stay with me, lol..... Mary's father was Patrick McMahon, born about 1805 in County Clare and died in 1870 in the USA. Mary's mother's surname Lynch so she was Mary Lynch, born in Ireland (no whereabouts?) around 1808 and died in 1866 in the USA. So you see, Mary McMahon married a Lynch and her mother, Mary Lynch married a McMahon. How's that for confusing?!?!????
The LDS reference film I found listed under the Kilrush resources was film #0979696 and when you go the LDS site, it only gives you the fact that it is a microfilm and you can view it in Salt Lake City, which is several days drive away and everything that was posted was what I posted in my original post.
Do you have a contact at St. Senan's or ? for me to reach out to? I have several paid genealogy sites that I pay for monthly and I have been doing so for years and I really can't afford to keep paying anymore..... also there seems to be no more new information.
My cousin and I are planning a trip out there next year but I am trying to get this sorted beforehand so we know where to go. Kilrush may not be correct?
Also, my gg gpa birthday is 17 Aug 1831 in County Clare and there is one record in Rootsireland to purchase but the year is off by 2 and it doesn't list the parish, so I don't want to pay that chunk of money if it's not correct.
If you have any other ideas for me to explore, please let me know. It's been a very busy 2 years getting this far and I am determined to figure this out, if I can. All of our parents are dead and we have no other relatives to ask, and my cousins and I are in our 40's so our grandparents passed away quite some time ago. We have no family albums or records, a house fire in the 1930's destroyed that all.
Thank you for your patience,
Karen Lynch
