[PW] Is there a Watertown in Ireland?

[Bill Davis]

I haven't got the name of her ancestor at the moment.  I'll ask her.  I had 
some online data on a William GIBBON, whose obituary indicated he was from 
Watertown, which is why she contacted me.

The photographs that refer to "Watertown" are here:

         http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidgraymclean/91218031/

         http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidgraymclean/91218041/in/photostream/

I logged on to An Post, and my search for "Watertown" resulted in 23 
matches for "Waterstown."  No reply yet to my email to An Post.

Thanks,

Bill Davis


At 04:52 AM 4/30/2008, you wrote:

>The best people to tell you this would be An Post, the Irish Post Office.
>
>She might get some guidance from her ancestor's surname; in the 1840s
>people were more likely than today to be living in the area where
>their people had lived for the last 5,000 years or so - for instance,
>McCarthys would usually be in West Cork, O'Donnells in Donegal,
>Butlers in Kilkenny (well, the Butlers were latecomers, blow-ins
>who'd only been here since the 12th century, but you get the idea).
>
>An Post's web presence starts in www.anpost.ie - look for help from
>the Press Office first (Pressoffice at anpost.ie) and they should send
>you to the part of the semi-state company that will help.