what are good rc sites

[rosanne]

I am looking for a family who were papists or roman catholics in ireland and wondered what are good sites to search for records of them
Rosanne

[Christopher]

Hello Rosanne,

What is the name of the family for whom you are searching and do you have an idea of the time span in years when they were in Ireland ?  I do not know of any  sites for specific branches of the Christian faith. If you are searching for members of the Roman Catholic faith pre 1820 it is possible that you will find them in Church of Ireland Records.

Best Wishes, Christopher

[rosanne]

Hi Christopher,
My family name is Maxwell and Ganly. Johnston Maxwell married Frances Ganly in 1843. They were in Roscommon, I believe. I want to be able to link them into my tree but have not been able to find names of children. I am hoping records will give me the christening if not birth records of their children in the 1840s and 1850s I guess. I am particularly looking for a John Maxwell and also when Johnston and Francis died. If Francis remarried etc.
Rosanne

[kated]

Hi,

There are a good number of RC baptisms in the IGI database on familysearch.org (part of CLS). There are also some Roscommon sites you could try. See my website. If you know the parish, you can see if the CLS have them on film at your local family history centre, otherwise they are only held in the National Library in Dublin or locally.

Kate

[Christopher]

Seasons Greetings Rosanne, to you too Kated and everyone following this thread.

As is usual when you surf for a site you come across something else of interest.
I was searching for a picture of Kildorragh Catholic church mentioned by Pat Reid -
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,112512.new/boardseen.html#new
I had no success finding the picture. I am now left wondering if Our Lord God knows his way around the internet. Is this his method of leading us to a large site  http://home.att.net/%7ELocal_Catholic/#type-records which should be useful to members of the Roman Catholic faith. There are a reasonable number of " Files Not Found " and many links that may not be required by the genealogist.  I enjoyed the tale of the missing funeral record. The researcher then discovered the church had been burnt down in a fire. The congregation had worshipped in a neighbouring church whilst their one was being rebuilt. This is typical of stories you see from time to time by searchers on this site.

All the best

Chris

[heywood]

Hi- your people are on the IGi site - submitted by a church member - maybe yourself?

Johnston Maxwell also listed in Griffiths Valuation- with Ganly as the lessor of the land - see Leitrim Roscommon site.

http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/cgi-bin/lrgrifnew

best wishes
Heywood

[heywood]

http://www.from-ireland.net/parishrecords/ros/rosrcparindex.htm#19

this site- hope it works - or perhaps just www.from-ireland.net/parishrecords
indicates that there are early records from Killummod church available through LDS libraries.
Cheers

[rosanne]

Thanks everyone for your input. Heywood, I really liked the link you gave, looks very promising.
Rosanne

[erin21]

Hello Rosanne,

What is the name of the family for whom you are searching and do you have an idea of the time span in years when they were in Ireland ?  I do not know of any  sites for specific branches of the Christian faith. If you are searching for members of the Roman Catholic faith pre 1820 it is possible that you will find them in Church of Ireland Records.

Best Wishes, Christopher

christopher

Where does one find Church of Ireland records?

Erin