Irish-In-UK Mailing List

WELCOME to the Irish-In-UK Discussion List. This is a discussion area for anyone who has an interest in the Genealogy, History, Culture or anything related to the Irish (including Northern Ireland) emigration to the United Kingdom which includes England, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. If your ancestor(s) lived or even just passed through the UK (other than Northern Ireland), they have a unique type of culture. The fun part of the list is figuring out what part of our traditions originated in Ireland (including Northern Ireland) or originated in the UK (not including Northern Ireland). Many of our traditions are a mixture of the old and new country. This list will be a place where we discuss those traditions that include holidays, recipes, music, weddings, births, funerals/wakes, etc. Hopefully, in our discourse we will find not only genealogical connections, directions and resources but also where our family traditions started and which are pure Irish, which are an Irish-UK mix or which are UK only.

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When posting your query try to give as much information as you know, i.e. dates and places of all vital events if known, along with enough other family members so that the reader can positively identify if they are researching the same family. "Anyone out there researching SMITHs?" is very broad and most likely won't get you any results.

When posting your query it is helpful to make the message as readable as possible. One paragraph, a page long, full of names and dates, is hard to follow and most people won't bother to take the time to fully read it.

Write surnames in CAPITAL letters. They are much easier to read and are the generally accepted way to write surnames.

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This list is for the discussion of the Genealogy, Culture and History of Irish-In-UK. Discussion of surnames, migration patterns, immigration, heraldry, historical sketches, settlements, census data, wills, family Bibles, vital records, web sites, songs, recipes etc. is encouraged.

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Sending a list of the Surnames you are searching is okay but please try to limit them to one or two names at a time. Any more than that and many people just won't read them. Try keeping several small lists and rotate them with each succeeding message. By all means do not put "roll call" as the sole subject line. List the surnames themselves in the subject line. It is also helpful to list the time frame.

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Do you have ancestors who traveled between Ireland and the UK?
List your surnames on the