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Title: John Gorman, b. 1839, Letterkenny.
Post by: kbickhoff on Thursday 24 February 11 07:26 GMT (UK)

Emigrated to Australia,1859, married Susan McClafferty, 1862. Any family history from Ireland.

Title: Re: John Gorman, b. 1839, Letterkenny.
Post by: shanew147 on Thursday 24 February 11 07:56 GMT (UK)

John was born well before the start of full civil registration in 1864 so you would need to search for any available parish records for details of the family. To do this you would need to know the family religion and which parish the family lived in.

see :
 Introduction to Irish Records (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,442233.0.html)
 My Ancestor came from Ireland - where do I start? (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,498742.0.html)   



Shane