Yeah I occasionally wonder how much it would cost to do one of those DNA kits.
You had one of Albert's kids test for you didn't you? Albert and his family moved to
San Antonio before I can remember. Do you have a link for testing websites you recommend?
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From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: Casey Co., KY - COOLEY
Hi "Other Michael" :)
There were a lot of Cooleys from Ireland--and elsewhere that came over
because of the potato famine. I think, however, that they were planted in
Ireland a few generations earlier along with other Scots and Englishmen.
I've heard from a couple of sources that hardly any Cooleys can be found
in Ireland today. The largest concentration of the name is found in the
north of England, near the Scottish boarder.
And the Y chromosome supports Anglo/Scottish origins. Our Y shows descent
from the Norse-Scottish.
Finally, virtually every Cooley I have found who immigrated to America by
1800 (the era that I'm principally interested in) is documented as being
from England.
Here's some of what I collected:
http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/#english
-Michael
> I was reading where someone named Bill Cooley was saying that Cooley
> wasn't an Irish name because there are no Cooley's there now.
> Here is my wet paper thin arguement against this statement.
>
> Ok I can't prove this or anything now but when I was in college I found
> some Irish census data and a family name dictionary at EKU
> The first census I found with Cooley's had them all in Northern Ireland,
> the very next census had half that number but all near Southern Ireland
> the very next census after that had 0 Cooley's in Ireland. I found records
> where Cooley's were shipped to Australia and America -
> usually listed as horse or cattle thieves. The name Cooley according to
> the book I found had 2 listed meanings.
> (Warrior or Dog) of Ulster. If any of this has been officially debunked I
> must apologize I did this research for a class
> in 1987. I didn't question this at the time because it pretty much fit
> what I had been told about the family, from the family :)
>
> Again, thanks
> the other Michael Cooley
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Michael Cooley <cooley.michael_at_yahoo.com>
> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 11:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Casey Co., KY - COOLEY
>
>
> Hey that is my John sr :) Being that I am a Casey Co Cooley hehe (til I
> went to college anyway)
> I haven't checked much lately but did you guys ever put a finger on where
> he came from inEurope?
> The family folk tales said we were Irish but that he came over way before
> the potato famine and all that.
> I know the Michael that runs the list is definitely the expert on the
> subject
> I should prolly change my name on the list to "the other Michael" :)
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 10:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Casey Co., KY - COOLEY
>
> Hi Curt,
>
> John Sr was on the 1810 census of Casey county, and on the Casey county
> tax lists in 1807, 08, 10 and 11, the probable year of his death.
>
> What was the Cooley 1809 entry?
>
> Did you ask if there were any loose records for the period?
>
> -Michael
>
>> Michael, no mention of old John in Casey Co. Clerk says the county was
>> formed 1806 so John may have died before that in Lincoln Co. Earliest
>> COOLEY entry I found was in the Will Book, Vol 1, page 1 dated 12Jun1809
>>
>> Reuben was the most active early on, later John got active (I assume
>> this was Jr.). Got some of Jr's probate stuff dated, I think, 1843ish.
>>
>> I have the files reoriented, trimmed and sized. Next to rename the
>> files and build a page for them. Tedious.
>>
>> --
>> Curt, on the road from Phoenix
>>
>
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=curti_m
>>
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