Journal of the Caraher Family History Society : a clan historical society
(Periodical)

Annual

Annual.

No. 1 (1980) - no. 13 (1993)

Editor: Doreen Caraher-Manning.

Publication ceased with no. 13 (1993).

Not yet available in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at this time. (21 Oct 2005).

No. 13 includes an index and bibliography.

Occasional volume & issue numbers used the same number designations as the regular issues.

Journal for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Caraher (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from Scotland. The name originates with the clan MacFearchair, i.e. the son of Feachair, Gaelic-Irish and Gaelic-Scots. In the 1700's, some immigrated to Ireland. During the 1800's, some moved to Australia, Canada (especially British Columbia and Ontario), England, New Zealand, the United States of America (especially California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Montana, Massachusetts, New York, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wyoming), and elsewhere. Includes brief history of Caraher Hills, where the family of Patrick Henry Caraher established in the Territory of Illinois, West Chicago, in 1863. Information is extracted from baptismal records, Bible records, birth records, census records, church records, civil registrations, death records, declarations of allegiance, deeds, directories, emigration records, estate records, family trees and histories, gravestone inscriptions, local histories, marriage records, newspapers, obituaries, other published works, parish records, pedigree charts, valuations, wills, and other sources. Dates covered are roughly the 1400's-1993.

Some text is in Gaelic.

Titles and subtitles vary radically: Car(r)a(g)her Clan record in the Catholic Parish Register of Creggan Lower, Ireland (1845-1935); Catalogue of Sources for Genealogical Research, Ireland; Caraher Family History Society; Journal of the Caraher : MacCarragher Family History Society.

The Caraher Family History Society was a clan historical society established in 1979 for family and local historians in many localities, world-wide. It was also known as also known as the Ó Carragher Clan Association; the Caraher Family History Society; the Caraher Family History Society Association; and the MacCarragher Family History Society. It was a member of the Federation of Familiy History Societies in the United Kingdom, the Irish Family History Society, the County Louth Archaeological & HIstorical Society, the Scottish Genealogical Society, the Ulster Federation, the Clogher Historical Society, and other historical and genealogical organizations. It became defunct in 1993.

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