Whats New

It is evident that with all of the input we are receiving, it may be difficult to keep track of what you've seen and what is new. This page will keep you abreast of changes to the site.

November 2009

Site relocated
New F43/Jeri fragment from Jeri Johnson including interesting "scalping story"!

April 2009

New link to Sarah McMenemy's website

September 2008

New F42/JM fragment from Jennifer McMenemy of Glasgow

June 2008

New F41/JKM fragment regarding John Knox McMenemy
Updated F18/TM with additional information from Jessica.
Updated F13/CB with the sad news of the death of Cleone's daughter.
Updated F9/TPF with ancillary information regarding a related family.
New F40/RM genealogy Report form descendants of Rodger McMennemin McMenamin

June 2007

Updated Betty Clarke's research request for John McManemy
Added additional information from Francis McMenemy regarding his family fragment
Add research request for Frank McMenamon
Add a link to J D McMenamin's website

April 2006

Add an obituary for Thom McMenemy
Update Family Fragment F18 to reflect Thom's passing
Update to Family Fragment F28 to reflect more background information received from Carol Mitchell.

Sept 2005

Add new feature to the Research Requests. This will allow you to add, and amend your own requests.
As an example I have added a recent request from Cathy,
Major update to Family Fragment (F18)

Aug 2005

Mailto address changed for John McMenamin, and updated with additional information.
Added a research request regarding Sarah McMenemy
Added Bob's email address to his ancestor's entry in the census records.
Added factoid about McMenemy Road
Added research request for John McMenamin

Jun 2005

Added link for Elma McMenemy (tourist guide)
Added further link for Carol McMenemy
Added a link to some further information on the artists & author Sarah McMenemy
Added an old newspaper clipping regarding the bravery of Cpl Jack McMenemy
Added some further detail about Celtic's Jimmy McMenemy
Added additional children of Ronald Allan McMenemy.
Added birth & death dates for "Jimmy" McMenemy

May 2005

Added additional search requests from James McMenemy and Vivienne McMenemy
Added family fragment for descendants of John McMenamin
Added family fragment for descendants of Peter McMenemy
Attempt to add an RSS feed to allow people to subscribe to changes.
Updated link to McManamey & McManamey
Reference to Andrew McMenamin and Catherine McMenamin, from Catherine Gallagher.
Reference to a Rose Kean (nee McMenemy) of Derry
Links to additional News items featuring Iain McMenemy
Various updates to A J McMenemy family website (Taylor & McDonald families)
Update to F28/CM Family Fragment with new information from Andrew McMenemy.

February 2005

Removed broken link for Sean McMenomy on "Links" page.
Added new branch to Taylor family tree within my own web site

January 2005

Received and posted updates to Family Fragment of McMenemys from Denny

November 2004

In a fit of stupidity I started a blog... not specific to the family Genealogy, just my journal/musings.
Factoid - press clipping regarding William McMenamin

October 2004

Updated Law Family Outline in my own family site.
Reworked links to Birth/Marriage certificates on my own website. This was necessary because of an inconsistency between the way that Microsoft IE and other browsers handle XML and XSL style sheets. As more and more people are leaving Microsoft IE and using alternatives such as Mozilla/Firefox in order to escape the security flaws in IE, it became evident that the problems needed addressing.
Added a new family fragment for Hope Smith of Toronto, featuring her family back to James McMenemy in Scotland.

September 2004

Added a "Factoid" regarding a McMeanman "Dean of Derry"
Added new research request regarding Mary Margaret McMenemy (Lanarkshire & Birkenhead)
Add "hit counters" to some additional pages to help track usage.
Added new research request regarding McMenamins of Castlefin
Added link to information regarding the actor Ciaran McMenemin
Corrected a broken link in History
Added research request regarding McMenemy in St Louis

August 2004

Corrected broken link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Removed a broken link from homepage.
Added automatic redirection to some of the old, replaced pages.
Modified the "History" page to give a clearer explanation of the origins of our name.
Corrected broken link to guest book.
Added cross-reference to John McLaughlin's website at end of his family fragment.
Several new McMenamin related links in both Family Websites, and Related Links
Additional information on Rick McMenemy's success at "Rules" Restaurant.
New link to (brief) mention of Joe McMenemy, son of Celtic's Jimmy McMenemy
New link to San Francisco Call Newspaper Vital Records for the Years 1869-1891 in the "Research - Records, Registers and Sources" page
New family fragment from Guy McMenemy
Site Remodelled, repainted and generally tidied up. Some pages have been split into multiple pages.
Link to obituary for Margo (McMenemy) McLennan
Completely reworked the Andy McMenemy family website, and changed appropriate links

July 2004

Updated link to Bob Collins' websites.

June 2004

Link to details of the ship Ramillies, used to transport convicts to Australia.
Additional information about Law branch of Andy McMenemy's family

May 2004

Additional Family Fragment from James McMenemy (Baillieston)
New Search request from Michael McMenamin with links to South Africa, and the Vosges.
New family fragment from Chris McMenamy of Massachusetts.

April 2004

Additional Family Fragment from David McMenemy (Denny, Scotland connection)

February 2004

A long awaited set of updates!
Updates to the Law/O'Hara outline tree in the A.McMenemy website
Additional links, and correction of a broken link to David Thomas McMenemy's site
Update to odd bits of information on the Family Links page, and reference to Shayne McMenemy added
Additional link to Betty L Clarke's homepage.
New items on Search page

January 2002

More catch up with emails
Additional information regarding family fragments for Lawrie McMenemy's family
New family fragment for descendants of Thomas O. McMenamin
Search request fro McManaman of Ohio

September 2001

Starting to catch up on emails...
Correcting web links that had changed
Fixing visitors book
Changes to AJMcMenemy site

December 2000

Many additions to the "Searching" pages
New links to Dave Mc Menemy's new home page
Comments regarding "Angel of Victory" in Calcutta, and it's link to the family.

October 2000

Addition of 1910 Census information for Pennsylvania
Personal recommendation for McMenamin's chain of restaurants
New Search request regarding McMenemy's of Rothesay
Pointer to a page of info and photos regarding footballer Steve McManaman.
Pointer to some of the writings of Doug McManaman
Pointer to Rob McManamy's publication "Design Build"
Reference to Chris McManama's home page
Reference to Jim McManimon
Reference to Melanie McManama's writing

September 2000

Pointer to Bell M'Menemy's lament
References to Sean McMenomy
Pointer to a gallery of photos featuring Guy McMenemy.
Pointer to Vivian McMenemy's homepage
Added items to "In the News"
Added new page for Obituaries
Added section for Birth announcements
Added various bits and pieces on a number of pages.
Added new batch of search requests...
Added entry for birth of John Gully to the AJ McMenemy pages.
Added obituary for Bob McMenemy from the Congressional sessions.

August 2000

Added details regarding the William Charles and George Ayton to the Taylor story.

July 2000

Added new additions to Carol's family, see F28/CM

Added information and photos from Kim McMenemy's marriage to Neil Hardcastle

Added links for Sarah McMenemy's artwork

June 2000

Added search request from Leslie Baldwin regarding Mary McMenemy

May 2000

Added link and information regarding Immigrant Ship Passenger Lists

April 2000

Added link to Mary-Louise's Thai silk import site.
Added reference to Oyster bar in Larchmont run by Brian McMenamin.

March 2000

Added new page containing Irish records (predominantly from Griffiths) - This was provided by John McLauglin
Added some additional information to Andy McMenemy's fragments

February 2000

Add information about how to access the Mailing list archives
Added Taylor outline to Andy McMenemy's fragments
Added search request for information on McMenemy in USA
New search request for Sarah McMenamey and the McMenameys of Philadelphia
Addition field in census indexes to where we can enter the e-mail address of living relatives who "claim" particular individuals. (This was James McMenemy's idea - Thanks James)
New link to Mary McMenamin's fine art site, and the Meanma Press
New Family fragment from James McMenemy
New family fragment from Moira Casey
New family fragmnet from Carol Mitchell

January 2000

Update to family fragment of Rod Warnock's Australian McMenamans.
Update to link for Sean McMenemy's 3d Graphic site

September 1999

Family fragment of Rod Warnock's Australian McMenamans.

Karen Dale's search for McMinimy ancestors
Update from Florence Cyrklaff to add her information to Maggie's family fragment
Update to point to Jack & Bev's new homepage

August 1999

Update to Judy's "Seeking Ancestors" entry.
Further research details from John McLaughlin into the history of the familiy name.
More "Annals" from John D McLaughlin
Birth Indexes for 1890 showing distribution of the name in Ireland.
Extracts from the 1665 Hearth Money Rolls for Donegal from John D McLaughlin.
Moved some records from the "McMenemy Name" page to the "Records and Indexes" page.
Passenger lists of McM* families sailing from the port of Londonderry 1847-1871 (Brian Mitchell, 1988) provided by John D. McLaughlin
New additions to my own family pages (birth of Charles Edward McMenemy)

July 1999

Family fragment for John D Laughlin's McMenemin ancestors
More details of the transcripts provided by John.
Transcript of relevant portions of The Annals of Loch Ce, from John D. McLaughlin.
New search request for family of Cornelius McMenemy
Links to Carol Queen's Co.Donegal records for the family from "Links" and "Records" pages.
Several corrections
New family fragment for Kristin (McMenemy) House
Updates to Search request and family fragments based on recent e-mails

June 1999

Added new family fragment for John McManamy descendants
Added a search request for McManamy ancestors who arrived in the USA between 1853-1856
Added a seach request for ancestors from Co.Donegal
Added some updates to James McMenamin's search request
Added new search request for Jamie Aukskalnis
Added new search request regarding Lera McMennamy
Added new informaton to Tom McMenamay's fragment
Added new search request regarding Bridget McManiman
Added an index to the 1881 Census
Griffiths valuations for Co.Mayo featuring McManaman
Slight correction to family fragment from Tom McMenamay.

May 1999

Use of new fonts on banner
New family fragment from Tom McMenamay
Restructured main welcome page, and included links to other resources
Included a guest book
Link to musician Jamie McMenemy's information on the web.
Further updates regarding McDonald side of AJ McMenemy family.
Added new photo and links regarding McDonald side of AJ McMenemy family.
Added new family fragment regarding the descendants of Edward McManaman
Added new search request regarding family of Edward McManaman
Added links to the Mac Meanmain Clan club from several places within the web site (Links page, Contents frame, McMenemy Name page)
Added a gallery of McMenemy photos from Andy McMenemy's family.
Added some information from Jeanne McMenemy regarding her family.
Added further variations of the family Crest/Coat of Arms
Link to Christina Hunt's website, she is searching for her McManman connection.
Information on how to look up past mailing list entries.
Addition of various search requests from the mailing list

April 1999

Link to website for launch event of Carol M Baldwin Cancer Research Fund, which featured an interview with Bill McMenemy
Information regarding lists of Irish flax growers compiled by Ulster Historical Foundation, including references to McM families
Link to Jennifer Cantrell Schultz web site
Correction to link for Jack & Bev McMenamin's web site address
Family fragment from David Mc Menemy
Link to Ted McMenomy's web site
New search request for family of Thomas McManaman
Snippets from Londonderry records regarding an Inn in Bishop St.
Link to Bob Collins' heraldic devices.

March 1999

Family fragment from Thom McMenemy, including the famous footballer Jimmy McMenemy
Link to Sherry McMenemy Guzman's site
Corrections and substantial additions to the family fragment for Mary McMenamin Hirsch
Reference to "The Surname McMenamin" by Joseph P McMenamin
Information and link regarding Rosemount, Mn.
Correction to Milesian Lineage
Update to Cleone Barrus' family fragment
Added link to McMenamin's pubs, music venues etc.
Added family fragment regarding the family of Mary McMenamin Hirsch which originally hailed from Co.Tyrone.
Modification to web design to amend colour of followed links
Added Birth registrations for 1870-75
Added Marriage registrations for 1870-75
Added Death registrations for 1870-75
Update to Roe and Law outline trees in AJ McMenemy's family information to add Matthew Patrick Ross
Reference to McMenamin Surname Board
Reference to Robert Bell's book on Ulster Surnames
Added a page relating the Milesian Lineage from Adam to the first McMeanma. (My thanks to Ted McMenomy for this contribution).
Add link to Jim Sears McMenamin's web site
Added link to Robert Francis McMenomey's web site
Added link to Vogue featuring several photos of Kristen McMenamy
Update to Roe family information in AJ McMenemy's family information
Link to "Other Records" - RCAF Awards
Mention for Richard McMenemy

February 1999

Added new link to Jack and Bev McMenamin's web site
Added link to Dan McMenamin's web site
Added reference to the McMenemy mailing list
Added photo of a grave in Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone, Arizona
Added a newspaper reference regarding cattle rustling.

January 1999

McMenemy links page redesigned
New link provided to McMenamin-Yurevich family site
Web site redesigned
Family tree segment descending from one William McMenemy, submitted by Cleone Barrus.
Additional information from Guy McMenemy added to his family fragment.
Added outline family tree for descendants of John Bolt, 4th g-grandfather of Diane McMenemy.
New information from Jeff LeFaucheur (from Australia) about his family added as a family fragment.
New information from Guy McMenemy (from Texas) regarding his family added as a family fragment.
Several minor corrections to story of my McMenemy family

December 1998

I have added a discussion forum for McMenemy families and researchers
Reorganised Contents page to better show the structure of the site.
Additional information from 1851 Census concerning Taylor family.
Additional generation, and further information on the Boult family story.
New family fragment (legend) from Billy McMenamy (Mexia, Texas)
Entry in Other McMenemys for Tombstone cemetery inscription!
New item searching for William McMenemy in the Desperately Seeking page.
435 new vital record extracts for Births 1860-69, Marriages 1860-69, and Deaths 1860-69.
Vital records listings split into multiple pages by date. This was done to speed loading of the pages and hopefully to simplify searching. These pages can be accessed from the Records & Registers page.
(Eventually I hope to replace these with direct access to my database)

November 1998

The vital records information from my database has been added. We now have well over 600 entries extracted from the registers and organised by date in the pages below.

Vital records listing of Marriages added as a separate page
Vital records listing of Births added as separate page
Vital records listing of Deaths modified to load more quickly.
The Records & Registers page has been modified to link to the vital records pages above.
A Table of Contents was added
A vital records listing of death registrations was added as a separate page.
Addition of this What's New Page.
New search request on the "Searches" page
A Table showing the distribution of McMenemy households throughout the world.
I have split the outine family trees for my family into a separate section of the web
The site was relocated!