HELP!!!HELP!!!HELP!!!

[Warren Darby]

Hi,
     I'm tracing my family tree back.And now I've got very stuck. All I have is a John Shanklin (born about 1814) married to Catherine (born about 1817) in Ireland.who had a boy named John(around 1844) a girl named Eliza(around 1847).possible another boy Henry(1842) and Ann (1834).There came to Cumberland,England 1847-1853 and had ad-least 3 more children.

 Would anybody Know where would be best to start looking for them?or even help in some way?.I found shanklin's in Donegal and Co. Tyrone,Dublin but not my Ancestor.

Many thanks

Warren Darby

[aghadowey]

Since the dates you are searching for is before civil registration in Ireland you need to know both the family's religion and where they lived (parish if not actual townland) to find any surviving church records.
Have you followed the entire family in each possible census record to see if they list a more exact place of birth than 'Ireland'? The 1911 census seems to often give a placename and we aren't allowed to do lookups but there are search hints here-
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,492718.0.html

[Warren Darby]

Hi,
    Checked and double checked.Only every Say's that there came from Ireland.Some members of the family even changed there country of birth to Wigton,Cumberland,England.(which seemed strange to me!!)  checked the 2 possible children as well.I can only say there possible as there turn up in the same census return at the time but are live within a couple of miles from each other working at the same pit.So i fill about 95% that they are related some how.

    I do know that later members of the shanklin family went to the Primitive Methodist church in Hettle-le-Hole.but some all buried at St Mungo,Bromfield which is Church of England.so I'm still Struck,any Idea's???

Kind Regards

Warren Darby