Three online databases display a total of 12 trees that include
Dennis Buggy.
RootsWeb shows no matches.
“RootsWeb’s
WorldConnect Project Global Search,” Rootsweb
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
: accessed 21 March 2013), Advanced Search for Buggy, Dennis, birth place
Ireland, birth year 1831 ± 2 years.
FamilySearch shows one match.
“Family
Tree,” FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/tree/ :
accessed 21 March 2013), search for Dennis Buggy, birth 1830 Ireland.
Dennis
Buggy, 9VPC-H9Q:
Born about
1830, Ireland
There
is no source information. The data
was posted in 2012 by FamilySearch, probably aggregated from earlier Ancestral
File or Pedigree Resource File entries.
Ancestry.com displays Dennis Buggy in 11 trees.
“Search,” Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 March 2013),
search for Dennis Buggy, Birth 1831 ± 2 years, Ireland, and “See more like this.”
Conflicting Information
The birth
information from the Ancestry.com trees varies:
June 1830
Ireland
June
1830 Ireland (Northern Ireland)
1830
Freshford, Kilkenny, Ireland
1833
Ireland
1833
Ireland (Northern Ireland)
The Phelan family book[1]
states that Dennis Buggy was born in 1833 in Ireland. The June 1830 birth must have come from another source. Which is correct?
What do we
believe? We can’t just pick
one. We’re looking for information
provided as close to Dennis Buggy’s birth as possible and by as reliable a
source as possible. We need to
evaluate the sources of information so we can come to a reasonable conclusion.
Some trees offer no sources for their information. Some offer a few censuses and the
Minnesota Death Index. One (Coombs/Gulbranson/Ochrymowycz/Dmytrowycz
Family Tree) shows thorough mining of the many resources Ancestry.com has
to offer:
U.
S. Censuses for 1860, 1880, 1890, 1900, and 1910
Passenger
Lists
Minnesota
Death Index, 1908-2002
U.
S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
U.
S. Naturalization Records Indexes
Still, it
concludes that he was born in Ireland, June 1830. This seems to indicate that Dennis Buggy did not, or never
had the occasion to, divulge his exact birthplace in these records.
The only tree that gives a
specific birthplace
is private, McLaughlin Buggy 121112. It names Freshford, Kilkenny,
Ireland as Dennis’ birthplace. The author seems to have access to information from the
Phelan family book, but unless the author has more information, this is an assumption
that Dennis was born where his parents were buried. That may or may not be the case.
Jumping Forward, to Freshford
We could look right now for Dennis Buggy’s
birth in Freshford. A Family
History Library microfilm, Parochial registers of Freshford, 1773-1881, includes baptisms from 1773-1880. I’ve ordered the film. This may be premature, and it’s a good
idea to continue evaluating the U.S. sources while waiting for the film to
arrive at my local Family History Center.
Next Step: U. S. Censuses
Next we’ll look
at the censuses listed as sources in the Ancestry.com databases to see what
specific information they may have to offer the search for Dennis Buggy’s birth.
[1] “The Phelan Descendants: The Buggy Family, The Delaney Family, The
Dollard Family,” privately held, 2013.
© 2013 Judy Kellar Fox, CG,
foxkellarj@comcast.net
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