What is
Inis Bó Finne (Inishbofin Island)
?
Last week I met a cousin online that I had never met. He was inspired to contact me because he noticed we had the same relatives and that a portion of my tree had come to an abrupt end. He had the answer. I had been searching for information for 40 years. How did he know? He took a DNA test. I took a DNA test.
His opening remarks was that he was a Genealogist from the UK and had traced our Haplo Group to a little island 11 mi off the coast of Galway Bay.
Wow! I was blown away. I had been searching all these years for records from Galway, but not this tiny island...
I was able to add 3 generations to that line and our data matched up regarding my 4GGfather and his 4GGmother being siblings.
So now, the big reveal. Here is the island.
https://www.discoverireland.ie/Arts-Culture-Heritage/inis-bo-finne-inishbofin-island/92673
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Non Catholic Marriages 1845-1955 - Parishes of Ardrahan, Athenry, Eyrecourt, Gort, Kilcolgan, Killinane, Kilconickney, Kinvara, Loughrea, Portumna, Tynagh, Woodford
Census Records -1889 Woodford Parish Census
Graveyard Inscriptions - Ahascragh, Aughrim, Beagh, Clontuskert, Craughwell, Kilbeacanty, Kilclooney, Killascobe, Killimordaly, Kilmacduagh, Mountbellew, Moylough, Mullagh and Woodford.
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Registry of Freeholds 1829, County of Galway.
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