Looking for Patrick McDonald and Katherine McGinn

Hi,

Thank you very much for your message- you have done a lot of work on your family history! I hope that someone who recognises the family makes a connection with you and helps you to further your research.

In the meantime, have you tried looking in Griffith?s Valuation? This is a land record from 1848-64. It doesn?t give any genealogical information but can sometimes be used to tie a person to a specific place. I did a quick search for Patrick McDonald. There was records in Cavan and Monaghan but none for Fermanagh. It is impossible to know whether these Patrick?s are relevant to you but they may give you a starting point for your search:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=37&Submit.y=25&Submit=Submit&familyname=mcdonald&firstname=patrick&baronyname=&countyname=MONAGHAN&unionname=&parishname=

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=46&Submit.y=6&Submit=Submit&familyname=mcdonald&firstname=patrick&baronyname=&countyname=CAVAN&unionname=&parishname=

Have you also tried looking in the 1901/1911 census records to see if you can find Mary Anne? If not here's the link:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Some other websites that you may find useful are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

Irish Genealogy Tool kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/index.html

From Ireland: www.from-ireland.net

All the best,

Genealogy Support

Hello Elena,

My 2nd Great Grandfather was Peter McDonald who immigrated to Wayne county NC in 1858. He was born in Ireland in 1832. He immigrated alone too. He named his son James Patrick McDonald and also Mary is a common name long ago. My Y-DNA test show our line was from Fermanagh/Monaghan for around 1000 years, we have a rare SNP/STR L69.5. In my searches, there are not many McDonald's in this area. It does have MacDonnell/McDonnell. I am guessing there is no male McDonald for DNA testing? Anyway would love to hear more and see the pictures.   johntmcdonald@yahoo.com

Cheers

John McDonald

The oldest picture I have is my Great Grandfather. William Henry McDonald... attached

Emma, thank you so much for the links!

Elena Gabriel

I'm posting some old pictures of Sarah McDonald Shean.

Elena Gabriel

More pictures that I mentioned above. An unknown woman, probably related to the McGinn family. Printed on the back: "J. Galway, photographer, 21 Fermanagh St., Clones". The other picture is the same woman, probably with her daughter.

Elena Gabriel

Hi Elena I am a great great grandson of owen mcginn and margaret. My father was eugene moore his mother was margaet lenihan whos mother was Teresa mcginn whos mother and father were owen an margaret (nee roane) mcginn. I have tried to upload an old photo of owen and margaret mcginn with four of their ten children but cannot get it uploaded. It was taken in the 1880s. Your Catherine mcginn would have come from either redhills or scotshouse. Just look ar a map of ireland and look were the three counties of cavan.monaghan and fermanagh meet. Catherine would probably have grown up about 2 mile away from there either in kivy in redhills (parish of kiloughter)in cavan or laurelhill/cornapaste in scotshouse(parish of currin) in monaghan. There are some mcdonalds and mccaffreys about but not sure if they are related. Would like to hear from you. Ps newbliss is about five miles east of scotshouse and clones is also five miles away. I knew owen mcginn had two sisters and a brother. One sister died at 19 and is buried in cavan. The other sister must be your catherine whom i did not know what happened. Owen's brother patrick married and lived locally but i think he has no living descendants. Regards michael

Hi Michael,

Thank you so much for your reply! I also received your email message. I will send you email.

Elena