My dad having a great thirst for knowlege and appreciation of other cultures and religions not only studied books from his vast library but attended services in churches, temples and synagogues. Traveling the world he recorded his experiences with thousands of photos and slides ..... his earliest works were in black & white developed in a dark room; life scenes in Germany and France in the 1950s, they could easily be a continum of the nostaligic collections by Francis Frith. He also loved animals and music. Pictured to the left holding his pet duck named after the Disney cartoon character Donald Duck, he soon had to rename her Donna with young ones under wing. Most important to him were his family and home. It was a tradition for him to give mom a break on Sunday mornings by cooking pancakes and on a cold winter day to make up a batch of "Irish Chili". Pending the season he would take us all to tomato or maple syrup festivals, to Pow Wows, or to Canada for the Highland games. While camping we learned skills to survive the outdoors. So many things he taught us.. my sister and I to play the bagpipes, archery with targets set up in the orchard, and he would take my brother "plinking" along the railroad tracks... Dad had a remarkable memory and so inspired I began to record and do follow up research in the year 2000 from what he told me - names of people and places, dates of events, where born and where buried, and best of all were his stories. Lesson one for Irish and Scottish records? - spelling! Finding my grandfather's Ellis Island ship record revealed many important hand written details and specifically the place name Eschacorran that took my research across the Atlantic directly to Co. Fermanagh. My first time to Ireland was by invitation from my sister. Just two days before our leaving I found ancestors listed in the 1901 Co. Fermanagh Census microfilm. Ireland is approximately the same size as the state of Indiana and so using Foders Guide Book for our fourteen day self planned tour we enjoyed most of the major and some smaller attractions in Ireland from Dublin to the Dingle Pennisula and from Cork to the Giant's Causeway. Off the beaten path we explored unadvertised castles and monastic ruins being chased across the green fields by a bull at least twice! Mom being a good record keeper had supplied the names and addresses of our Irish cousins some whom we met and of course on the agenda was Aghavea, the home parish of our ancestors. In preparation for subsequent trips, I checked records both in libraries and online that have been preserved and made available thanks to the hard work of transcriptionist, proofreaders and webmasters. I highly recommend joining a Roots Web List such as Fermanagh Gold - see http://lists.rootsweb.com/ to find a list by county, surname or subject of interest. Here you might pick up a new approach to your own research or make a connection from the past or the present. Since starting seven years ago I have found relatives, in-laws, and friends world over in Canada, England, and Australia... most recently I was delighted to meet with my "down under" cousin at the World Championship Akido meet held in the USA. I am most grateful to my dad who had been so supportive of this project, and also to my siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends for their contributions. It is my hope that by sharing my "Genealogy Resources", "Tyrone Origins" and "Journey through a Fermanagh Heritage" it will help others for what matters is the DASH between the birth and death dates; the life and legacy, the persona of those who for a moment in eternity loved, worked, played, traveled and went home...... Genevieve M Price 09/04/2006 * updated September 2007

David is at home September 14th 2007
Introduction
Dad and "Donna Duck" c. 1940
Beloved husband and father
- WELCOME
- CELTIC
- TRAVEL
- GENEALOGY
  - Intro
  - Resources l
  - Resources ll
  - Resouces lll
  - NAMES
  - SHIP PASSENGER LIST
  - IMMIGRATION
  - OCCUPATIONS
  - MAPS
  - THIS & THAT
- TYRONE
- FERMANAGH