My great grandfather James McGinley was born 12^th March 1841 in Ireland he married Letticia (nee Evans) They had 9 children one of them my grandfather James Robert Maginley born 12^th December 1881 on the farm Rosdeun just outside of Mohill, County Leitrim Ireland

My grandfather came to England and married Blanch Elizabeth (nee Tanner). My grandfather was a constable in the British Police and they lived in Hounslow.  They had one son Raymond Robert James Maginley – my father. Born 23^rd October 1912

My father married Violet Ethel Mary (nee Herbert) 16^th April 1937   and I was born 8^th September 1942

It was towards the end of the last century that the Internet started getting popular and with the event of Facebook things started to change.

If I recall it was Donna Maginley in Texas USA that initially started to find the Maginleys and then produced the family tree, which turn out to be a mammoth undertaking, with Maginleys showing up in all parts of the world, from Antigua to Canada to England to South Africa and of course Ireland.

It was then I found cousins in New Jersey, North Carolina and Mohill Ireland. Ruth  was the daughter of one of my grandfathers’ brothers, and through Ruth I meet up with Audrey (her Daughter) who lives in County Wicklow, and who as well has done a lot of work on our ancestry.

To both Donna and Audrey, a big round of thanks for all their hard work.

 So that is the connections, thought it might be of interest to some of my friends.