Irish Ancestry

[Mobo]

.... Both sides came from Ireland to Canada, in the 1840's and 1851. I have an idea of the general area they came from. It also helps that they have uncommon last names. McSheffrey and Snoddy!!!....

It always helps Anne if you give as much info as you can.  What 'general area' are these people from ??  As for the names of McSheffrey and Snoddy, they sound scottish to me, so were they from the North

 

 

[Nessie]

As far as I understand from talk by my grandmother, she came on her own from Ireland to visit her uncle in Leeds. The local Catholic church would have been St Patrick's in York Road. I know my grandmother and mother both attended St Patrick's school. My big problem is that the address she was married from, has no Irish connections whatsoever as far as I can check on certificates and the census.

[MarieC]

What a wonderful thread!  PLEASE, Mobo and others, can you give me some advice??

Mine were in Ireland, and I do have some information.  (I haven't voted because none of the options described me - with some information, still looking but stuck!)

I'm in Oz, so can't easily ring people or ask for Irish stamps, etc.  The main things I am looking for at present are:

*  death certs/ will abstracts for my gggrandparents.  He died about 1882, probably in Dublin or Howth; she was still alive in 1886 in Howth, but we do not know when she died.

* siblings for my ggrandfather, who was born in 1837 in Co Tyrone (goodness knows why, when his father was a Dublin-based barrister!)  I realise this will be difficult.  We think the family was C of I - my ggrandfather became a C of E priest.  They are not on the IGI (how I wish!)

I am beginning to think I need a researcher, but have been thoroughly warned that they are expensive, and many in Ireland are inefficient and unreliable. 

If you can help me here, please do.  If you know a good, efficient researcher in Ireland (probably Dublin), please pm me with details!

Thanks,

MarieC

[Mobo]

 

Nessie,

You could try this Irish Community site in Leeds.

http://www.lihcs.org.uk/

If St Patrick's Church is still there, get in touch with the priest and ask him if you can look up the Baptisms of your relatives.  If not, the records of these should be in the local Library or Record Office

You can look them up yourself, or ask someone to do it for you.

That's all I can offer I'm afraid.

 

[Mobo]

 

Marie

Although you live in Oz,  you can send e-mails and order things on the net I presume, and with the information you have,  I'd say you're half way there. 

I myself used an excellent genealogst (but he covered the West of Ireland).  However you might find what you're looking for on the link below. 

http://genealogypro.com/directories/Ireland.html

Their hourly rate is about £30.00 (worth every penny as far as I'm concerned, more so I would think to someone in Oz)

Anyway, if you're not prepared to pay, then you might try the Fingal Heritage Society in Dublin

http://www.irish-roots.net/Fingal.htm

Happy hunting !!

[Graham Whitehead]

Hello Mobo
You are obviously an expert. Any asssistance you could give would be really appreciated!  I have posted up my Brooks of Dublin c.1790 on another board, but I would dearly love to find more about their migration to Coventry c.1820's. Family were RC Richard & Eleanor Brooks with son John, a weaver. Parents must have married in Dublin c. 1795 but at such an early date are there any RC registers at all?All I can find is John Brooks & Sarah baptising a daughter Mary in 1697 St John the Evangelist, Dublin, which I think is RC. (This is on LDS) I imagine they lived in the Coombes district of Dublin where there is a Weaver's Square, but otherwise in Ireland I am stuck (as are many more.)  How to bridge the gap if at all?
Thanks
Graham

[Mobo]

 

Dia dhuit Graham

I'm not an expert by any means, just someone with a bit of experience.

If I were you I'd contact the Coventry F.H.S. I'm sure they'll be able to give you a few pointers on finding Irish Immigrants to their City, circa 1820.

http://www.covfhs.org/

In fact, since the 1620's, 'Wolverhamton' had had a sizeable Catholic Poluation, so you may find the following link interesting

http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/england/black_country/article_6.shtml

 

[Floss]

Hi Mobo

Many thanks for the good advice.  I've been pretty fortunate in the fact that my Irish ancestors moved to Glasgow in about 1892 and 'Scotlands People' been the wonderful site that it is  has helped me enormously.  I was lucky enough to find two McIlduff familys living next to each other and from there has found that they were brothers. 
I also obtained my great grandparents marriage certificate, they married in 1885 in the Catholic church in Portadown.  As far as I know, there are no birth, marriage, death registrations before 1864 ?  Is this correct.  I've tried to find my g grandfathers birth (he was 20 on his marriage cert) but no joy.  I've also (through SP) been able to find the names of his parents. I've tried writing to the Roman Catholic church in Portadown asking for advice but have received no reply.  I'm unsure what to do next, any advice 

Thanks again
Fiona

[Mobo]

 

Again Floss, Northern Ireland is outside my experience, so I suggest you contact the Portadown Family History Society.  I'm sure they'll be able to help you with your searches.

http://www.geocities.com/portadownfhs/

Happy hunting !!

New Link: http://portadownfhs.angelfire.com/