Searching for Michael Feeney, born 1827, in County Galway (no known town or parish) Ireland, migrated to Boston in May 1855, then Portland, Maine. Was naturalized in Maine March 1871. Witnessed and sponsored by Tim Kelly and Pierce Somers
Morning from Portumna!
I looked at the message as it's on the Portumna message board - is there a connection as nothing mentioned?
Not to worry - I think the best route is to first contact the County Galway genealogy centres and see if they can locate anything as without a parish and for the time period (few records for the early 1800's), it's difficult for volunteers on the ground to research.
EAST GALWAY FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Woodford Heritage Centre, Woodford, County Galway
Tel: +353 (0)509 49309
Email: galwayroots@eircom.net
http://galwayeast.rootsireland.ie/
Galway Family History Society West
St. Joseph's Community Centre, Shantalla, Co. Galway
Tel: +353 (0) 91 860464
Email: galwayfshwest@eircom.net
http://galwaywest.rootsireland.ie/
Please note this is a chargeable service - please tell them we sent you as well!
Have you also exhausted the records at the "other side". There is often more information in those records than in Ireland - e.g. Michael Feeney's point of entry in Boston, the ship he travelled on, his naturalisation papers....any one of these might mention a parish or some other useful information.
If you can pinpoint a parish, then IrelandXO volunteers can start looking for remaining connections.
Good luck!
Dolores