What We're About:

We are two cousins, Marina and Cathy, who have been  wrapped up discovering our family ancestors and history for the last 5 years. As is more likely to happen than not, we have hit a few snags, bumps and road blocks along our way. This blog focuses on the O'Kanes of Crebilly, Ballymena, Co. Antrim of Ireland. This is Marina's father's paternal's paternal's maternal's side or in other words, her great, great grandmother Annie's side.

We would like to note that there are many variations on the spelling of the surname O'Kane - O'Keane, Kane, Keane, Kaine, Cane etc.

We know from Annie's marriage notice in a Liverpool newspaper that her father came from Craigbilly, also known as Crebilly. Her son Stephen's birth registration indicates that the family was living on Crebilly. Marina obtained a copy of the birth from the General Register Office Northern Ireland (GRONI).

Our hope is that through this blog, we can  spark some interest to those with roots in the O'Kane family; to be able to fill in and expand the family tree. By pooling our resources, knowledge, and ideas we may be able to smooth out some snags, level out a few bumps and knock down a road block or two in our family history journey.

Wedding announcement was located in the Liverpool Mercury newspaper, 1876, which was found on the paid subscription site The British Newspaper Archive .