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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Topic started by: sdurx on Monday 11 July 11 11:38 BST (UK)
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Hi all,
I'm relatively new to genealogy but immensely enjoying finding out my family history. I would really appreciate any help and advice anyone would be kind enough to give me about getting past a problem. As far as I can tell, my ggg grandparents Patrick and Bridget DURKIN (variants "Durken", "Dirkin" etc) were the trailblazers who moved (along with their young family) from Ireland (most likely Sligo or Mayo, judging by the surname) to Blackburn, Lancashire some time between about 1862 and 1871. The earliest details I have (from the 1871 census where they live in Blackburn) are:
Name Approx year of birth Place of birth
Patrick Durken (head) 1811 Ireland
Bridget Durken (wife) 1816 Ireland
Martin Durken (son) 1851 Ireland
John Durken (son) 1854 Ireland
Patrick Durken (son) 1856 Ireland
Lawrence Durken (son) 1862 Ireland <- my gg grandfather, married Elizabeth from India/West Indies, would love to know more!
James Durken (son) 1844 Ireland
Ellen Durken (boarder) 1844 Ireland <- James' wife
Mary Durken (boarder) 1870 Blackburn <- James' daughter
If anyone has any suggestions about how I could find out whereabouts in Ireland they were all from I would be very very grateful!
Regards,
Sean.
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To find Irish ancestors for such an early period you need to see if church records exist.
Have a look at Introduction to Irish Records (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,442233.0.html) and My Ancestor came from Ireland - where do I start? (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,498742.0.html).