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Title: Fitzpatrick
Post by: darwens on Tuesday 20 November 07 08:00 GMT (UK)

Hi Evewryone,

I am trying to locate any information on William Fitzpatrick and Jane Reid (Reed,Read) marriage, immigration to Australia etc.

They arrived in Australia on 18th December 1830. Do not know there age.
Janes parents are listed as William Reed and Mary Foster.

Thanks
Heaps
Belinda

Title: Re: Fitzpatrick
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 20 November 07 09:05 GMT (UK)

Civil registration did not start until much later in Ireland so you would have to look for church records to trace the family. However, most (not all but most) church records do not gave back that far. To look for the family in Ireland you need to know their religion and where they lived (parish if not the actual townland not just even a county) and then see if the church records exist.
Have you tried searching for more information in Australia? Australian death certificates usually are full of information that we can't get in Ireland and you may be able to fill in a bit more detail.