Hi,
Is anyone out there researching the McVeigh and Handlon families. I have two great,great grandmothers who list their birth places as 'Armagh'. Sarah McVeigh was born c1830 with parents Patrick McVeigh and Mary Ann Hatherton, at 'Armagh' and she arrived in Australia in 1854. Anne Handlon was my other gggrandmother, and on her shipping details she lists her birthplace as Killylea, Armagh, with parents James Handlon (a wheelright) and Mary Dawson. We believe that Sarah may have had siblings here in Australia, but cannot find them, and we believe that Anne came to Australia in 1849 to work for her uncle William Dawson on the Mornington Peninsular, Victoria. We have hit a brick wall trying to find the families of these two young girls, who left Armagh, never to return. Any help with Old Parish Records would be just wonderful. Thankyou for your time. Rap, Melbourne Australia.