Margaret Jordan
I have been dealing with Cork Genealogy for many years. I started researching my own O’Shea family history in 1997 and since then I have researched many other surnames especially in County Cork.
I am very interested in combining genealogy and genetic genealogy. DNA testing can to be used in conjunction with traditional methods i.e. a paper trail if one exists. If no paper trail exists, then DNA may be the only clue to ancestry that a person has and it can be a vital component in tracing family lines.
I am specially interested in the use of yDNA in tracing family surnames and I am Administrator of two yDNA projects: Ireland yDNA Project and O’Shea yDNA Project. Both of these projects are run through Family Tree DNA
My Contact details:
Facebook: Margaret Jordan
Twitter: Margaret Jordan
Email:Margaret (O’Shea) Jordan
Blogs I manage:
The O’Shea Clan Society website and my blogsites:
O’Shea Surname Blog
Cork Genealogist
Ballincollig Heritage
Published articles:
“Lottery Win circa 1802!”
by Margaret (O’Shea) Jordan
Irish Family History Society Journal, Volume 23, 2007
http://www.ifhs.ie/publications_vol23.html
“The O’Sheas and Tracton”
By Margaret Jordan and Brian O’Shea
(which is a chapter in the book:
Tracton, Where the Abbey Lies Low
edited by Fergal Browne, Eileen McGough & Lesley Roberts
Published 2007)
“The Life and Times of John Shea-Lawlor B.L.”
by Margaret Jordan
Irish Family History Society Journal, Volume 24 2008
http://www.ifhs.ie/publications_vol24.html
Use of DNA in Irish Genealogical Research
By Margaret Jordan
The Septs, Vol. 30, Number 3, July 2009
http://www.irishgenealogical.org/irish_genealogical_quarterly.asp
Hello Margaret,
I live in Stockton, California and am in need of some information about County Cork.
My 3rd great grandparents, Daniel Derondo Delaney and Ellen Collins, were supposed to have been married 4 December 1849 in Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland. In Daniel’s Civil War pension file he states that he and Ellen were married ” by a catholic priest”.
Could you please tell me what catholic churches are in Buttevant and where I might find a record of this marriage.
Thank you,
Sheri Fenley
http://variouscplaces.net/cloyne/parishes/buttevantchurch.htm
This might help Sheri!
Best regards,
Sandra
Hi Sandra,
Do you by any chance have information on the O’Callaghans.? My son-in law is descended from them.
I may be a decsendent of Bartholomew O’Reilly found in Inchineessig in Inchchigeelagh Parish, Co. Cork in Griffiths. He was b. abt 1826 and came to the USA in 1851. I’d be pleased to learn more of him – where he may have been born and who his parents were. His father may have been Michael. His siblings were Jerimiah, Patrick, Catherine, Timothy and Julia.
Hello Margaret,
I have found reference to a relative of mine which states:
“Davenport Comyns late of New York and elsewhere in the Untied States of
North America, was born on the 17th day of June in the year one thousand
eight hundred and thirty one, in the city of Cork in Ireland”
I am unsure in which parish he was baptised (Catholic) though am aware
his mothers maiden name was Davenport and she was from Co Cork (Davenport was her sons Christian name) and his fathers surname was Comyns (or Commins)
I wonder if you could advise me as to where i might be able to find information regarding his birth etc
Hi John,
http://www.irishgenealogy.ie has some Cork City church records. As well as Comyns and Commins, you might need to check Cummins. If you are not certain that Davenport was baptised Catholic, you might think about searching the Church of Ireland Records. Some of Cork City Church of Ireland records have been digitized and are available through the Cobh Genealogical Project:http://www.cork.anglican.org/resources/genealogy.html
Regards,
Margaret
Hi Magaret,
I’m a Transition Year student in Ballincollig, Co. Cork. I’m am currently doing a carreer investigation project on genealogy. I’m very interested in History, especially Irish History. Could i possibly ask you a few questions about this particular career?
Regards,
Una Lynch