http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/ Origins Network Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:07:21 GMT lynnettebean http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1267 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1267 I'm in the U.S. and searching for Alcock family around Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire. Is there a local genealogy society? Our relative was George William Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:15:47 GMT Debbie Gerrard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1266 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1266 Hi! I have just finished adding to my family tree. I have a ton of Gunnings, from England and Ireland. I got the latest one from Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:30:32 GMT hewittjane2001 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1265 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1265 NEW! Association Oath Rolls 1696 now available on British Origins Oaths of allegiance, used to secure the loyalty to the sovereign and to help identify Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:22:06 GMT mick_iain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1264 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1264 Hi! Maggie, have relatives in Glasgow but they are Brison's LOL!!!!!!!!!!! did have an auntie Maggie though, Iain ... From: Maggie Pritchard To: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:58:26 GMT Maggie Pritchard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1263 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1263 Hi Ian, are you any relation to Sheena  Cameron-Mowat, who used to teach in Glasgow and also worked with the girl guides.   Maggie ... From: ian Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:39:15 GMT hewittjane2001 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1262 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1262 Special Offer for Forum members- 20% Discount on all Origins Network sites! As a thank you to our forum members over 2009, here at Origins, we would like to Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:20:30 GMT Anderson, Shane http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1261 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1261 ... Back to basics. If you do not have any family history, you are in deep with this name. There are ways. Start by knowing what you can about the name Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:20:13 GMT ian cameron-mowat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1260 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1260 The two big sites in UK are Ancestry.co.uk and Genes reunited-I would try them. They search all possible relatives for you. Ian CM To: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:19:18 GMT Swanney2@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1259 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1259 In a message dated 12/1/2009 9:50:38 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, david.dowd@... writes: Re Gunning This name is a variant on Gunwin (which comes Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:18:41 GMT DAVID DOWD http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1258 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1258 Hi Steve, as you say, Gunning can be an Irish surname (sometimes as O Gunning) - it comes from O Conaing, a Dalcassian (Thomond) sept originating in Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:18:32 GMT Helen Bodenham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1257 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1257 Hi Steve, Also around Milltownpass, Co. Westmeath there are several families of Gunnings Helen Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:18:26 GMT Swanney2@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1256 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1256 In a message dated 12/1/2009 9:50:38 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, david.dowd@... writes: Re Gunning This name is a variant on Gunwin (which comes Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:51:24 GMT Carmel O'Callaghan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1255 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1255 Hi Nick, I looked up Google Maps & you can find Sandymount there, it is outside Dublin City along the coast, I could not find St Clares park, but there is Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:51:11 GMT Carmel O'Callaghan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1254 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1254 Steve, I dont think that name is as common as you think, (its not O'Reilly or Smith TG) were they in Ireland in 1911?, if so you may find them on the National Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:50:23 GMT DAVID DOWD http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1253 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originsnetwork/message/1253 Re Gunning This name is a variant on Gunwin (which comes from Gundewin).   The loss of 'd' occurred by the 17th century (Jo Guninge 1674 Hearth Tax,