Irish Ancestry

[ryan]

All I can say is that - before you undertake Irish research, you must master the virtue of patience

I wish you all the best of luck.

Ryan.

[Mobo]

Good advice Mobo, but if you only have Ireland on the English census as I have with my Margaret Collins, you can't contact every church in Ireland.......

Sorry Nessie, you've mistunderstod - I was, of course,  referring to their local Church in England !!

 

[Mobo]

all he knows is they are from ballymena .... onecoat

As you're probably aware onecoat, Ballymena is in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, a place outside my experience, unfortunately. 

However, you could try contacting one of County Antrim's Historical/Heritage Centres on the link below

http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/antrim.html

Happy hunting !!

[Mobo]

.. The first set are called Charles and Ann Maguire ( nee Kelly ) they came to live in Hull ....

thindle, as both your Irish families settled on opposite sides of the Pennines, first, you should get in touch with the East Yorkshire Family History Society.  I'm sure they'll have no trouble helping you on the subject of Irish Immigration to the Port of Hull.  You'll find them on this link

http://www.eyfhs.org.uk/

 

[Mobo]

.....to England in the 1840s and lived in Liverpool for a time when they had a son Patrick J Doyle in 1848. They then moved to Staffordshire where Michael George was born. The next census i have with them on is 1861 in Cheshire then in 1871 Michael the father is a widower.

Ah.. would that your rellies had stayed in Liverpool thindle, they would have been much easier to find....I don't think Staffordshire & Cheshire had any sizeable Irish communites, but I may be wrong. ..... The best thing you can do is contact Peter Bennett on the Cheshire BOARD here on Rootschat and see what he can suggest.

Happy hunting !!

[Mobo]

 

Julie & Floss,

you don't say where your 'Irish' settled in England, as I say, one of the first steps is to find the church they used.

 

[Mobo]

 

Jean,

As there were so many 'Irish' in Liverpool at the time, I'm sure the Liverpool & South West Lancs. History Society will have no trouble helping you with your searches.  See the link below

http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/home.htm

Happy hunting !!

[onecoat]

thanks mobo, i will give it a go

onecoat

[julie64]

My Burkes and Doyles both settled in the Ashton in Makerfield / Wigan area of Lancashire.  I know the Burke family were in Golborne in 1861 and must have come over between 1853 and 1857 - they had a daughter born in Derbyshire in 1857, and a son born in Golborne in 1859 - I really ought to order a birth certificate for one of these as that will give me Mum's maiden name - just seems a silly expense when the child I'm really interested in is one of their earlier ones born in Ireland.
Julie