Wednesday 29 August 2012

McCormack of Co Louth (2)

Here are the baptisms of McCormack's and McCormick's of the parish of Dundalk. Ardee I did previously and Drogheda St. Peter's R.C. will be next.

Dundalk  
McCormack- Teresa 1828 Margaret 1836 Mary 1836 Rose 1838 Margaret 1841 James 1841 Anne 1842 Elizabeth 1843 Mary 1844 Mary Anne 1845 Andrew 1845 Bartholemy 1846 Mary 1851 Patrick 1858 Mary 1861-1864 (year not clear) Elizabeth 1862 Michael Joseph 1864 Mary Anne 1869 Mary Catherine 1872 Patrick 1874 Joseph John 1875? Michael 1875 Thomas 1879 Alice 1880 Catherine 1882 George 1884 Margaret Mary 1885 Roseanne 1885 Edward Alphonsus 1886 Patrick Joseph 1887 Michael George 1888 Patrick John 1892 Patrick 1893 Margaret Esther 1894 Mary 1895 Brigid 1896

McCormick -  Aly 1790 Margaret 1790 Mary 1791 Peter 1791 Anne 1792 Biddy 1793 Charles 1793 Catherine 1793 Mary 1794 Anne 1794 Mary 1794 Margaret 1795 Judith 1795 Martin 1796 An1796 William 1797 Peg 1797 An 1797 Matt 1798 Bryn (Bryan?) 1799 Jane 1817 Elizabeth 1818 Andrew 1818 John 1820 Biddy 1822 Rose 1822 Anne 1824 Joseph 1824 Mary 1824 Rose 1825 James 1826 Bridget 1826 James 1829 Mary 1829 Catharine 1830 Rose 1831 Mary 1832 Peter 1833 Patrick 1834 Jane 1836 Anne 1838 Peter 1839 Nicholas 1839 Edward 1840 Andrew 1841 Mary Ann 1846 William 1846 Patt 1848 Ann 1848 Joseph 1848 Mary 1849 Patrick 1849 Bernard 1849 Margaret 1853 James 1853 James 1854 Mary Jane 1855 John 1856 Ellen 1856 Bernard 1858 Edward 1861 Andrew 1864? Mary A 1866 Patrick 1867 Maryanne 1869 Alice 1870 Catherine 1871 Catherine 1872 Elizabeth 1874 Mary Jane 1874 Margaret 1874 Michael 1876 Elizabeth Rose 1876 Elizabeth 1877 John William 1877 Edward 1877 Mary 1878 Mary Ellen 1878 Andrew 1878 Bridget 1880 James 1880 John Joseph 1880 Mary Anne 1881 Andrew Joseph 1881 Michael 1882 Mary Catherine 1883 Margaret Teresa 1884 Anne Elizabeth 1888 Roseanne 1897

 
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Monday 13 August 2012

My DNA Results

From the start of my correspondence with Irelandsdna project  www.irelandsdna.com I found the company most helpful and professional. Every email was replied to in a short time and even after receiving the results I was encouraged to make contact if I had any questions.

I was kept up to date on the progress of the tests and I have been very impressed with my dealings with them.

In my earlier post I clearly stated I did not know that much about the topic. I wasn't sure what to expect, I guess a lot of us have notions of being descended from the High Kings of Ireland and in ancient times our ancestors were fierce Gaelic warriors....they may well have been but in reality these results show where we originated from and what route we took.

Of course the results give me plenty to think about and in time I will read up on the subject more and find out what these markers mean in the grander scale of things. The main marker is as follows-

S145 and Pretani

Along with these markers is the route taken to Western Europe many thousands of years ago. Also where the clusters of people with these markers are to be found in Europe. Primarily Britain, Ireland and Iberia. What I found most interesting is a large cluster in Co Monaghan with certain names........ Co Monaghan borders Co Louth where my immediate paternal line is from (over 200 years ago).

We all know about family history but this really gives us an insight into ancient Ireland, who we are and where we came from. Many of us are from a varied ancient background but all of us make up the Irish race.

I can't help but compare ancient Ireland to modern day Ireland. We may have part of us from Scandinavia, Spain, Scotland, Wales, Ancient Britain, Brittany etc. and then we have modern day Ireland where people from all over the world have settled here recently. That is something that will benefit Ireland in generations to come and hopefully in generations to come Irish people will be looking at their results and seeing what part of the world their ancestors came from to make up the Irish race.

There's one thing we should know....... many thousands of years ago a few thousand people walked away from NE Africa and that's something that we all have in common.

A fascinating subject and one story which will give me something to think about for sometime.

Feel free to take a look at their website and I for one recommend you take the test if you have been considering it.

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Wednesday 1 August 2012

McCormack of Co. Louth (1)

I intend to cover all parishes for Co. Louth (R.C.) and will also add variants in time as I find them.

Ardee - Anne 1850 Mary 1850 Peter 1861 Thomas 1879 Joseph 1881 Bridget 1881 Catherine 1887 Mary 1891 McCormick - Caty 1763 Bridget 1763 Hugh 1764 Mary 1766 Mary 1775 Catty 1782 Mary 1783 Anne 1789 Joseph 1789 Catty 1791 Mary 1791 Bridget 1791 John 1793 Mary 1793 Mary 1795 Peter 1795 John 1796 Joseph 1797 Thomas 1797 Caty 1798 Thomas 1798 James 1799 George 1799 Margaret 1801 Margaret 1804 Jean 1806 Laurence 1806 Bety 1806 John 1807 Catharine 1808 Patrick 1811 Patrick 1811 Alice 1812 Bridget 1813 Laurence 1820 Hugh 1822 Peter 1825 Mary 1826 James 1827 Bernard 1827 Patrick 1827 Anne 1828 Mary 1829 Cathe 1830 John 1830 Alley 1830 Margaret 1831 Margaret 1832 Mathew 1832 James 1832 William 1833 Mathew 1834 Laurence 1835 John 1837 Cath 1837 Margaret 1837 Elizabeth 1837 James 1838 Margaret 1839 James 1839 Margaret 1840 Catherine 1840 William 1841 Michael 1841 Cath 1841 Hugh 1841 Sally 1844 John 1844 John 1845 James 1845 Mary 1849 Pat 1877 James 1884 Mary Bridget 1889

The parishes to follow next will be Dundalk and Drogheda. Each parish will have their own page. Email me! click here