We know where the original headstone are for Michael ,Mary,John and Mary. The problem with those are John and Mary,were done when they died,but we believe that his parents stone was put there later on by the familly. Maybe to replace the original markers. They are old and dont offer any information other than dates,and the birth dates are almost surely wrong.
Not sure if the Tithe books are available online,but it seems like they have made a business in Ireland around Geneology. I am almost at the point where I am going to plan a month long trip to try to track these records down.
Most of the people we can trace were born in Canada,and until last year we had no idea who the original immigrating family members were. The history back to the first Canadian family is well documented,but only the father and grandfather of this first family is the Irish connection,and the trail just stops there. The records seem to very limited before 1840 and not much available online. The key is to locate the townland and or parish,and then take it from there.
The local area were they settled has alot of printed articles about the marriages of the first canadian born members,and lots of deaths notices,but they dont reference where or even when emigrated they from. Even knowing the when they left Ireland would help narrow it down. We have managed to narrow it down to 1840-1847 but ther is alot of information missing in those years as far ships records,and even immigration records into Canada. I am just going on a long shot here that maybe some one else is looking for the same line of McHughs and sees this post. Thanks for the information.
