Leitrim-Roscommon

Jim, Thank you so much for your help with the research library info!! As it happens one of my cousins has access to some of these - I am waiting to see what she finds first before making an order for myself to get any remaining information etc.. I shall keep this info ready for when I need to go lib...

Hiya Tracey, I have sent you a PM - hoping to hear from you soon. Since beginning this thread here I have got some more information about my family. (Derrynabrock Phillips) Within my research I am sure I came across members of your family and will have contacts to pass to you etc.. Toobracken people...

Thank you Ed - it does look like what you pointed out could very well be a match for my family people. I will try to get hold of the information John mentioned and try match data there - and keep this match in mind when researching as it is the best match I have spotted so far in my searching. (I ne...

John, Thanks so much for that information - WOW !!!! How did you know all this stuff??? :?: Do I take it I can gain these films at my local library if I order them?? (I live in a tiny North Wales village - our library is tiny) I understand there is a service where you can order items to research etc...

Hiya Ed, Well my research is moving on a little now - but I am stuck now!! :?: I have found out that my famillies toenland is in fact Derrynabrock. My Grandfather Thomas Phillips was born in 1905 - so he will not show on the 1901 census. His father was Martin Phillips who was married to a Catherine ...

Ed thanks for that point - interesting about the names isn't it?? I guess they had to distinguish somehow - I am sure my confusion will clear as I get further into this research. :lol: I guess I began getting confused cause I couldn't find maps to locate the place I was looking for and the way that ...

Hiya Ed, Thank you for that help - I do have to research more as I may be in danger of mixing famillies up?? I have a big heart - I will adopt any family if they let me!! :0) How did you find the townland?? - I tried everything and my PC was going weird ha ha I couldn't find a map at all, Derrynabro...

Hiya, I am new to this stuff and am progressing nicely with some parts of my family tree. I am getting a little stuck with some other bits though - looks like boundries have moved etc.. and it's all rather Baffling!!! :cry: My family from what I gather is from Co Mayo - A place called Toobrackan - K...