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[Maidstone Maid]

Can anyone help me with the O'Farrell family at Goolds Cross County Antrim?

I am new to Irish family trees and need help in getting going

[Christopher]

Hello Maidstone Maid,

I've not heard of a place called Goolds Cross in Co. Antrim.

I looked for it in the IreAtlas on thecore.com/seanruad but it's not there either.

There are three items required when searching for Irish ancestors.

1. Denomination.
2. Parish.
3. Townland.

You'll have to rely on Church records as your ancestors were born before Civil Registration was introduced in Ireland. Non Catholic marriages were registered from 1845 onwards. When registration for BDMS started in 1864 some people didn't bother with the registration for a few years after that date. Keep your fingers crossed that church records still exist.

Christopher

[Maidstone Maid]

Thanks Christopher, I placed that message in 2004 and have moved on from there. thanks, father and grandfather were born in Clonoulty, father and mother were married in London but had a note from the priest at Clonoulty to allow that marriege. I have started to work on my own mothers family for a while and will come back to the Farrells later.
Freda