[PW] Is there a Watertown in Ireland?

[Bill Davis]

Just got her email.   Her ancestor's name was John Higgins.

Bill Davis


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


>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).