Not sure what happened today. Started out in England researching and ended up dabbling with the Irish.
So, to back it up, I had a problem finding a record that I had previously found in years past, just wanted to double check and see if there were any other NEWMAN's or WILLIAM's on the roll. Hummmm wrong film or something, not there. Double checked my records and just kept going. Notta.
Then I had the idea.................... MALVEY/MULVEY kept running through my mind, I've learned to answer the call when it occurs. So off to the computer I go and look at Granham's Index, the search with two surnames; variations of Malvey/Mulvey and Lyons together and suddenly Ireland becomes more manageable.
There were only 34 townlands that the two surnames are in together. This drastically shortens the search, doesn't make it easy..... just easier. So after going through all 34 of Griffth's Valuations with the names being checked I found only one with the first name of Timothy Mulvey, he was in the Leitrim County, parish of Drumreilly, townland of Tullynapurtlin. Say that a few times. So, now I'm in the Parish of Drumreilly looking at the parish records for a baptism for John about the year 1857or 58. The film I'm looking at is in the negative so that is very hard to read, (black background with white lettering).
If I locate John I'll give a shout out. If you have any suggestions, please give me a shout.
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