tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307640823473103973.post7281967844388198350..comments2023-12-03T17:09:03.913-08:00Comments on County Cork Families, mainly West Cork: The Family Research So Far...sb10http://www.blogger.com/profile/01391069316427376726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307640823473103973.post-43711480438962553202009-06-05T21:24:43.320-07:002009-06-05T21:24:43.320-07:00OK, it's back to the Orange Family History Cen...OK, it's back to the Orange Family History Center tomorrow. But instead of getting nowhere looking for John Collins and Mary Collins, I'll instead look for his brother Humphry Collins, born maybe 1899-1901. I will also look for Robert Collins around 1894-1896 on the chance that he could be Grandmother Mary Collins' brother.<br /><br />I also need to order the film for the marriage index of the Irish Free State, 1922-1926.sb10https://www.blogger.com/profile/01391069316427376726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307640823473103973.post-43769355942280120832009-06-04T09:57:18.833-07:002009-06-04T09:57:18.833-07:00What would be fun in a geeky kind of way would be ...What would be fun in a geeky kind of way would be to run around Skibbereen with cheek swab kits and test everybody's mitochondrial DNA. <br /><br />But alas, even if the $$$ were available to do such a thing, how many people do you think would be so accepting of a total stranger walking up to them saying "Hello, we might be related, would you be willing to provide me a DNA sample?!?"sb10https://www.blogger.com/profile/01391069316427376726noreply@blogger.com