Morrison family of Moville.

[Sinann]

Have a look at these two links they should help you understand a bit better.
The fire
https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/irish-records-burned.html

Irish Land divisions
https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-land-divisions.html

[Kiltaglassan]

50% Church of Ireland records, the Irish version of Anglicanism, were destroyed in a huge fire in Belfast in 1922....

Thousands of Church of Ireland baptism, marriage and burial registers were lost during the Irish Civil War on 30 June 1922 in Dublin when, after a two-day bombardment, an explosion and fire ravaged the Public Records Office in the Four Courts.

[kokomo]

Thank you. Then, I believe Thomas Morrison was from the province of Ulster, county of Donegal, barony of Inishowen East, parish of Moville Lower, electoral division of Greencastle, townland of Carrowhugh.

I quote the message received from the National Archives

"Civil Registration in Ireland commenced in 1864 and 1845 for all non-Catholic marriages. However in the early stages of registration many births went unregistered. If the person was born prior to or shortly after 1864, this means there is a possibility his birth was not  registered with the civil authorities. For events prior to 1864 and when a birth cannot be found we rely on baptismal records. However not all baptismal records survive prior to 1864. Just over 50% of Church of Ireland records that were held in the Public Records Office in 1922 were destroyed in a fire that broke our during the civil war.


I note from the civil birth record of Abraham Morrison, the family address was recorded as Carrowhugh. Carrowhugh is a townland located within the civil parish of Moville Lower. You can search the civil birth index freely on the Irish Government website at www.irishgenealogy.ie .

The civil parish of Moville Lower corresponds to the Church of Ireland parish of Moville Lower. Unfortunately, the parish registers from 182x -1877 for the Church of Ireland parish of Moville Lower were held at by the Public Records Office in 1922 and subsequently destroyed. This means IF the person was baptised at this parish then his baptismal record does not survive.

I would also suggest you trace the occupancy of the Morrison landholding at Carrowhugh forward using the Valuation Office Revision Books. These are the updates manuscripts of Griffiths Valuation that record any changes in the ownership occupancy, size and value of a property forward from the 1850’s forward right up to the 1970’s. These records are not available online .To access these records you will need to visits the Valuation Office in person at Lower Abbey Street in Dublin."

Therefore I must assume that Thomas Morrison's records have most likely been lost unfortunately