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Written by Edwina Higgins
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Tuesday, 04 August 2009 |
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Thanks to the Irish Family History Foundation's Online Research Service, whose website I have just discovered, a new name has been added to the McGRATH section of the family tree. Born Maria HANRAHAN, our new addition was the wife of William SHINE, mother of Martha SHINE and grandmother of Morgan McGRATH. Morgan's photo features in two of our articles on the McGRATH family. Martha SHINE was christened by Father Michael BURKE in SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Clonmel on 30th July 1838. Her parents were William SHINE and Maria HANRAHAN. What a find after all these years of searching!
Although the website offers a very large range of pay-per-view Irish records, I have not been able to pin down any other McGRATH, SHINE or HANRAHAN details quite as easily.
The site is well worth a look. I have listed it under the Irish section of the LINKS menu on the left hand side of this page.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 04 August 2009 )
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Many of the articles in 'The Times' online archive concern national events not directly relevant to family history. However, the court reports, then as now, are sometimes fun in a weird kind of way. On one of my many trawls through, looking on this occasion for references to 'Great Waltham', Essex, I found a weird and amusing piece about the Great Waltham poorhouse, dating from 1829. Names are mentioned, but they are not related to Edwina's Family Tree. Look under the VIEW ARTICLES section, where I have posted this article. My own title for it is, 'We Want To Work', because it had no title when it originally appeared in 'The Times'.
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