Leitrim-Roscommon

By way of an update in case this is of any use to anyone else after years of searching I found an image of my Great Grandfather John Scollan(Scullion) bn 14 Dec 1884 @ Carrickrevagh, Leitrim. It is a memorial relating to his death in World War 1, Ypres in 1918. https://www.dropbox.com/s/54tz9vn1wdv2...

Hi Jim No trace of Philip but here a few other Conlin/Conlan's originating from Leitrim, in case there is a connection. s/name f/name married bn residing BARTON ELIZABETH CONLAN 1833 GLASGOW CONDLIN ELIZABETH (FLYNN) 1812 CONLAN MARY FARLE 1804 CONLAN MARY (FEENIE) 1839 CONLAN MARY (FEENEY) 1840 CON...

Thought i would give this a 'bump' if you have anyone who may have headed from Leitrim across to Glasgow/Lanark they may have applied for relief in Scotland.

Update on the Scollan search ... after making a few contacts on genes reunited, we have made some significant progress, stitching together some of those little pieces of information we each held in to a bigger picture ... The undernoted information represents the overall story so far of our info sha...

...Thanks to the release of the 1911 census data I have found the Scollan family residing at Carrickrevagh... house number 5 in Carrickrevagh (Glenfarn, Leitrim) Surname Forename Age ancestor_gender Scollan Owen 69 Male head of family - farmer Scollan Patrick 38 Male son - farmer Scollan Bridget 30 ...

Here, here ... I would still be scratching my head if my lot had not come from Leitrim ... I know this as a fact as some of my other Irish roots, are elsewhere and are very much in the brickwall category..!!

Thanks folks for such a helpful site.

I have an old index list of persons applying for Poor relief, (sometimes referred to as paupers) in the county of Lanark, including Glasgow. The actual poor relief records are held at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. They can be a good source of history and give an insight into living conditions of ...

[quote="John Hunter"]....If you look at the LDS change of occupier film I listed earlier you will find when Owen left this land....../quote] I ordered the above mentioned film and had a look at it today... The earliest records on the film (c1857) have Owen Scollon as lessor of a holding in...

Sorry ... well you know how it is ... not reeeeeally sorry, but I know what you mean......

I tapped in my family surname and hit some great info... the more info the better





...in the long run enjoy

Thanks again John for your info ... The Scollan births info corroborates the info I had found on LDS. I will have a look at the Mcgrenry details you have found. Ever time I see the name it is spelt in a different format !! Just to keep it interesting.!! How do I go about viewing the images/film you ...

I have just found a web site which has masses of information all digitised and fully searchable. It is called Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland 1801-1922 This is a link to the site http://www.eppi.ac.uk/eppi/digbib/home I found a rental list for 1888 covering my Gt Gt Grandfathers ren...

By way of an update to the foregoing, I have used the new on-line service at http://leitrim.brsgenealogy.com and have confirmed my suspicion that my Gt Grandfather John Scullion was born 1884 in Carrickrevagh, Cloonclare as John Scollan, to Owen Scollan and Mary MacGrenary... I have also viewed the ...

County: Leitrim Civil Parish: Cloonclare Townland: Carrickrevagh Related Surname Info: My great Grandfather married in Scotland in 1907, by which time his surname was rendered Scullion. I traced his origin to Glenfarne, Co.Leitrim where I searched for his parents Owen and Maria Green (as per his mar...

Ancestory have just sent me another email advising that the Passengers lists will remain open until the end of the year ...

http://landing.ancestry.com/immigration/main/

this link should take you to the search screen ....Happy hunting

Folks just a wee note to let you know that Ancestory.com have made the passenger lists and manifests etc free to view for the month apparently ....

Some good high definition images available for the more recent journeys.