INTRODUCTION
OVERVIEW
-
Background
-
Making
the
Connection
-
Gathering
Information
-
The
Journey
-
Sources
-
Lessons
Learned
-
Fundamental
Considerations
-
The
People
Aspects
-
A
Wonderful
Quote
BACKGROUND
-
Goladuff
To
Greenock
To
Philadelphia
-
Getting
Interested
–
Dads
Stories
-
A
Visit
With
Aunt
Rose
-
Years
of
Searching
FINALLY
THE
CONNECTION
-
Helping
a
Student
Opens
the
Door
-
Initial
contacts
- Belturbet
- Library for Addresses of Churches around Belturbet
- Wrote Letters
- The Newtownbutler Connection – Old Phil Tinneny
MAKE
THE
JOURNEY
-
Get
To
Know
the
Family
-
Get
to
Know
the
Neighbors
-
Learn
the
Area
-
Visit
the
Churches
-
History
Centers
–
Can
Be A
Mixed
Blessing
-
Fermanagh
History
Center
and
Oliver
McCaffrey
-
Technical
support
during
the
visit
SOURCES
-
Get
the
Stories
From
The
Old
Ones
-
County
Records
Offices
-
Cemeteries
-
County
Heritage
Centers
-
Health
Records
-
PRO
Dublin
-
Land
Records
Office
Dublin
-
The
Burned
Census
and
Substitutes
-
Libraries
-
News
papers
-
Letters
Home
-
The
Mormons
-
Others
Who
Have
Searched
-
The
Old
Shoe
Box
of
Memorial
Cards
SOME
LESSONS
LEARNED
-
Go
Where
the
Info
Is
-
Names
-
Bits
and
Pieces
-
Know
the
Terms
-
They
Have
Stories
Too
-
Tell
Me
and
I’ll
Tell
You
if
it
is
True
-
Don’t
Assume
-
Hours
of
Operation
and
Bank
Holidays
-
A
Wasted
Journey
–
Know
the
Rules
-
Flowers
Can
Help
–
Always
Say
Thanks
SOME
FUNDAMENTAL
CONSIDERATIONS
-
Do
No
Harm
-
Respect
Confidentiality
-
Share
Information
-
Keep
The
End
Product
Affordable
-
Attribute
Source
Materiel
-
Always
Say
Thanks
THE
PEOPLE
PART
-
Family
Connections
-
Visits
-
Similarities
- Features
- Traits
- Medical
- All thought we were the last Tinnenys
-
Connect
the
Next
Generation
A
wonderful
quote by
the
author
B.J.
Huff
Concerning
the
Irish
and
their
reunions:
“Only a
people
so often
displaced,
So
frequently
exiled,
Could
know the
rare
wonder,
The
incomparable
joy,
Of
coming
together
with
loved
ones,
Once
counted
as
lost.”
B.J.
Hoff