Hi Lorraine;
Seen your comment for Kathleen looking for help in Co Offaly.
You are the only other person I have seen on the site from Ireland.
My name is Alan Long and I live in Dublin.I have been at this game going on 25yrs now. my e-mail is alanlong@dublin.ie If I can be of any help. Just drop me a line on this site or email me
Regards Alan.

Hi Lorraine; nice to here from you, I have been searching my tree for a long time now, and have found a few tips and tricks, so if I can be of any help dont hesitate to ask.
I have worked and stayed in Longford, many times and it is a lovely place.
Regards; Alan

Lorraine ; Do you ever search the Pilot sit on Family Search. It is a great site for finding people , if you have a date after 1864 and a name, Hopfully an unuesal name and not a smith or a murphy.
If you want the web site drop me a note.
Alan

Hi Lorraine; I just pulled up the 1911 Census and see the Keron day, Are you from the Brennan side of the Family.
As far as the Keron goes it is not Keron but Kieran and he was born Between Jan and March of 1906 in the Birr Registration Distract of Co Offaly.
Alan

Peter was born in the Parsonstown Distract of Co Offaly. Between Jan and March of 1886.

Alan

And theres more, It lookes like Peter got Married in Tullamore in 1913. Would you happen to know who he Married and then I can confirm it for you.

Alan

And it looks like Peter had a Brother called Kieran born in Birr in 1875 Died in 1918. Aged 43yrs
Alan

Where does it stop.

1911 in Vickerstown, Ferbane, Offaly, there is a Kieran , Thomas , Catherine, and john Day all living togeather and all single.
Alan

Hi Lorraine; Only to glad to help, It saddens me when people try to make money out of someone who is just trying to find a link in there Family.
First step, dont pay anyone any money for anything until you have asked me first, and without been smart If I cant find it , then it doesent want to be found.
I always say , It is only a matter of knowing where to look, that is the key.
But I am not always right, Send me some more clues and I will see what I can come up with. Names and Dates is all I need .
Regards; Alan.

Hi Lorraine; thank you for the suggestions. Have ever heard of Coy in Offlay (Kings County), I thought that I had originally read that it was Cory but in looking at it again. It looks to be Coy.

Thank you so much for your consideration. I hope that it turns out that we are related though distantly.

Hi Lorraine!

I did a search for your great-grandmother, Mary Holliday, in Connecticut, and I was pretty sure I'd found her. There was a Mary Halliday, b. 1851, CT, living with her parents, Thomas and Jane Halliday, both of Ireland, in Paterson, New Jersey on the 1860 census. Further research showed that Thomas, Jane and children John and Ann, immigrated from Ireland to the U.S. in abt 1841. They had four more children: William, b. abt 1842, New Jersey; Samuel Thomas, b. abt. 1848, CT; Mary, b. abt 1851, CT; and Eliza, b. abt 1853, CT. In 1850, the family was living in Essex, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, so it seemed probable that Mary was born in Essex or elsewhere in Middlesex county. So far, so good!

I was encouraged when I was unable to find Thomas and Jane after the 1860 census...thinking, perhaps, they immigrated back to Ireland with Mary. I saw that sons John and Samuel both remained in Connecticut, so checked FindAGrave to see if I could find any Halliday's buried in Middlesex county. Unfortunately, my theory fell apart when I found burial records for Thomas (1879), wife Jane (1862), daughter Jane E. (Eliza) (1862), and daughter Mary (1862), in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Essex, CT. I'm guessing that the family was struck by some illness, probably small pox or flu, and it claimed the two girls in May 1862, and the mother in November of that year.

So, back to the drawing board!

The Mary Halliday above is the only one I find (using various surname spellings) living in Connecticut between 1850-1869. Do you know when your great-grandmother returned to Ireland? Did she marry in Ireland or in the U.S. Can you tell me why you suspect she may have been born in Norwich? New London records are far more available than Middlesex Co., so if she was born there it would be a good thing! Did your great-grandfather, Thomas Day, ever live in the U.S.?

With more info, I'll see if I can hunt them down!

Karyn