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Cavan / Re: Wilson's in County Cavan
« on: Saturday 19 October 19 22:35 BST (UK) »
Hi all,
I'm related to the William Wilson/Esther Coote family that left County Cavan around 1840-1850 for Ontario. Marilyn (caswellm) described them in the first couple posts on this thread. I can find some family trees that correspond to this information on Ancestry.com, but as happens frequently, these don't have much in the way of pre-1860 Ireland sources attached.
Since the critical events in Ireland happened before the start of civil registration, I'm having difficulty finding any sources. I found an entry in Griffith's valuation that corresponds to the hints given by Marilyn, but since I believe that is from 1856, it is probably a different William Wilson than mine (although I believe related). I also found some valuation office books dated 1838 at census.nationalarchives.ie that probably correspond to my Wilson's.
The above 2 sources indicate that my Wilson's probably lived in BAILIEBOROUGH parish, Corkish townland, although I don't feel I have proven that.
My questions are:
(1) Any advice on gathering source material for this? I'm guessing church records are the best bet, but few of those seem to be online. I am not even certain what religion they were, although a grandson's marriage was Presbyterian. A physical trip to Ireland is unlikely for me.
(2) Somebody has clearly done some genealogy work on this family. Any thoughts on where I could look to find it? Of course, I'm hoping Marilyn comes back to this forum and can provide some details. Or maybe somebody here already corresponded with caswellm and can help me? I know there are other places that people deposit there genealogy work besides ancestry.com, such as familysearch or wikitree, but I haven't been able to find anything with sources.
Thanks for any help, and as far as I understand these boards, I can't read or send PMs yet,
Brent
I'm related to the William Wilson/Esther Coote family that left County Cavan around 1840-1850 for Ontario. Marilyn (caswellm) described them in the first couple posts on this thread. I can find some family trees that correspond to this information on Ancestry.com, but as happens frequently, these don't have much in the way of pre-1860 Ireland sources attached.
Since the critical events in Ireland happened before the start of civil registration, I'm having difficulty finding any sources. I found an entry in Griffith's valuation that corresponds to the hints given by Marilyn, but since I believe that is from 1856, it is probably a different William Wilson than mine (although I believe related). I also found some valuation office books dated 1838 at census.nationalarchives.ie that probably correspond to my Wilson's.
The above 2 sources indicate that my Wilson's probably lived in BAILIEBOROUGH parish, Corkish townland, although I don't feel I have proven that.
My questions are:
(1) Any advice on gathering source material for this? I'm guessing church records are the best bet, but few of those seem to be online. I am not even certain what religion they were, although a grandson's marriage was Presbyterian. A physical trip to Ireland is unlikely for me.
(2) Somebody has clearly done some genealogy work on this family. Any thoughts on where I could look to find it? Of course, I'm hoping Marilyn comes back to this forum and can provide some details. Or maybe somebody here already corresponded with caswellm and can help me? I know there are other places that people deposit there genealogy work besides ancestry.com, such as familysearch or wikitree, but I haven't been able to find anything with sources.
Thanks for any help, and as far as I understand these boards, I can't read or send PMs yet,
Brent