Irish Ancestry

[Jillie42]

Glad to be of assistance. I've had so much help here from everyone else I'm pleased I can help someone else for a change

[MarieC]

Jillie, my friend,

You have been invaluable!

I emailed your Fr Nicholas, very politely, and eventually he got back to me.  (Poor man, he must be very busy trying to fulfil all his roles without dealing with importunate emails from Australia!)

He referred me to a church called St James, Spanish Place, which he said was the nearest to where my ancestors lived.  Without much hope, I emailed them, but I have had a brief email back to say yes, they have found some of my ancestors in their parish registers, and they will get back to me when they have finished looking!!!

WHOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!  I am waiting, happily and impatiently, for information.  I will let you know when I receive it!  I don't know how much I will find out, but after a couple of years of looking for these people, anything will be valuable!

A very happy MarieC! 

[Jillie42]

Marie,

so pleased for you It's fantastic when you suddenly feel you are getting somewhere. Really glad to have been some help,

Jillie

[MarieC]

Just to update you, Jillie and Annie,

A very nice priest at St James Spanish Place has sent me baptism and marriage details for some of my ancestors.  Puzzlingly, not all baptisms and marriages are there, nor burials, and one or two of the entries don't seem to be quite right.  But it is wonderful information to have!!! 

Among it are birth and baptism details for my gggrandfather, which I really wanted to have!    Now, if I can just find what happened to him at the other end of his life, when he mysteriously disappeared...   

Thanks again for your help.  Much appreciated!

MarieC

[Jillie42]

Marie,

the baptism date of my greatgrandfather doesn't tally with his age on census returns or even on his amrriage certificate. I can't tell if he deliberately lied about his age or simply didn't actually know it. I suppose in our modern age where we need to know our exact age and date-of-birth for so many things, mortgages, pensions....it's impossible to imagine an age where knowing your exact age was largely irrelavent. My g-g grandfather Cornelius Harrington seems to have mysteriously disappeared after my grandmother's mis-timed pregnancy in 1923, he is missing from the 1881 census and changed his first name completely in the 1901 census.

Seems to be a lot of it about

Still, the mysteries make the search all that more interesting - or frustrating.

[Nutty1966]

I have a Patrick rice born in 1847 in Monaghan, and he came to England, i know all his details from been married, but cannot find any more on his family in Ireland.  It has been extremely frustrating to say the least!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Would love to know more about my Irish rellies, but don't know where to start!!

Jane

[joanne56]

just read this thread and noticed your advice of finding church of usage. i have my g.grandfathers marriage record with the church he was married in scotland, there is nothing on this to indicate place of birth (though i know he was born in ireland from subsequent cencus records) does your advice mean i can maybe find out whereabouts in ireland from church records in scotland? if so any idea how i would go about this?

[Mobo]

I have a Patrick rice born in 1847 in Monaghan, and he came to England, i know all his details from been married, but cannot find any more on his family in Ireland.  It has been extremely frustrating to say the least!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Would love to know more about my Irish rellies, but don't know where to start!!  Jane  

Hi Jane,

Just noticed this post. ......  As you've obviously got Patrick's father's name from his marriage cert. you should try the County Monaghan Heritage Centre.  I'm sure they'll be able to help

Monaghan Ancestry,
6 Tully St,
Monaghan Town,
County Monaghan.
Tel: + 353 (0)87 6310360

Email: monaghanancestry-at-eircom.net

Happy hunting !

 

 

[Mobo]

just read this thread and noticed your advice of finding church of usage. i have my g.grandfathers marriage record with the church he was married in scotland, there is nothing on this to indicate place of birth (though i know he was born in ireland from subsequent cencus records) does your advice mean i can maybe find out whereabouts in ireland from church records in scotland? if so any idea how i would go about this?

Hi Joanne,

Just noticed this post. Did you ever find anything further out ?  Unfortunately, I know nothing of Scottish Church Records, but it might be worth writing to the Parish Priest of this particular one, you never know !