Irish Ancestry

[Nutty1966]

Hi Mobo

thanks very much for thinking of me will try that site and see what happens

Jane

[joanne56]

No Mobo I never did find out any more. Have been lost in a sea of previously unknown ancestors but have nearly exhausted online sources so will soon have to venture into the still unknown to me search of parish registers etcetera. As travelling far afield is not possible for me at the moment I think I might have to put out a few cries for help. Maybe a post on here, what do you think?

Joanne

[Mobo]

 

Hi Joanne

When you say you have your g.grandfathers marriage record, do you mean his Marriage Certificate, or a copy of the Record in the Parish Register ??  If it's just a Certificate, then there won't be any details about place of birth etc., if it's a copy of the Parish Register, then that avenue is obviously closed.

All I can say is that as far as English Catholic Church records are concerned, place of birth is sometimes given - not always you understand, and a letter to the Parish Priest (with an S.A.E. and a small donation) nearly always results in a full copy of the Parish Register being sent. 

You should also try posting a query on the Scotland Board - I'm sure someone there will be able to point you in the right direction.

Happy Hunting

 

[joanne56]

HI,
Sorry for delay in reply, have been away.
Yes it is just the marriage certificate I have so it might still be possible to find place of birth on parish records.
 When you say write to the parish priest, do you know how I find out who the present Priest would be as the marriage in question took place in 1871, and you are right  that it was a Catholic Church.
Regards Joanne

[Mobo]

 

Hi Joanne

You should be able to find the church if you Google - a lot of churches have their own websites these days and give details of clergy etc.  Failing that, it should at least show the address.

 

[Ruskie]

I discovered this thread last night and read it all in one sitting. Very informative.

Although I was feeling discouraged and thought I would find nothing about my Irish ancestors, I am feeling more positive after reading this. I am still a bit overwhelmed, but feel that I may at least have a starting point.

Mobo, I wonder if you might be kind enough to look up something for me in your "Census of the Townlands and Towns of Ireland" book please?

I am in Australia and my Irish relatives came here from Wexford in about 1884. The information I have about them has come from their marriage certificate (they married in a Roman Catholic church in Australia) and death certificates. Place of birth of one ancestor is given as New Ross, Wexford. Place of birth of the other is given as Wexford, Wexford. (Would this be Wexford City, Wexford?). From these certificates I also have names of both sets of parents and father's jobs.

Should I be trying to find out the churches in Wexford that the families attended and where they were probably baptised? If so, are you able to assist with the details you have in your census book (eg Townland, Barony, Parish etc) from simply knowing the names of these towns?

Am I correct in thinking that if I know these details, then I might be able to move forward?

Thank you very much.

[Mobo]

 

Hi engir !

You're very lucky indeed to have so much information.  Armed with this, you should be able to find your ancestors through the Wexford Heritage Centre.

Westgate Heritage Centre
Spawell Road
Wexford
Ireland

Tel: +353 53 46506

And although you don't need to know the Townlands & Towns etc., as the Centre will be able to give you these, here they are anyway.

Townland & Town                 NEWROSS
County                                WEXFORD
Barony                                BANTRY
Parish                                 ST MARY
Poor Law Union                     NEW ROSS
 
Townland & Town                 WEXFORD
County                                WEXFORD
Barony                                FORTH
Parish                                 ST MARY
Poor Law Union                     WEXFORD

Happy hunting !!

 

[Ruskie]

Thank you very much Mobo.

I am heartened that you think I have a lot of information about my Irish ancestors!

I will contact the Heritage Centre as you suggested. I have addresses of a couple of other places which I thought may be able to help - one is the Wexford Geneaology Centre at Tagoat, and another I cannot for the life of me find the name of (in Murrintown).

At one stage I thought I might be able to buy marriage certificates for some ancestors. I have their names, but not dates or places of marriage. Ho hum.

At least now I feel more positive. I will take your good advice. Many thanks.

[Jillie42]

Getting precisely  NO WHERE with mine. I know they were Harringtons - Cornelius and possibly Helen (or Ellen, or Eileen or Eleonor ) No idea WHERE in Ireland they came from  - just "ireland" on the census. Cornelius and Helen only appear on the 1871 in St John westminster and have two sons Cornelius born in England 1854 and James, apparenly born in Ireland in 1859. There is no registration for Cornelius jrn although I have his baptismal records from the Westminster Diocesan records. His mother's name is "Collins" and his sponsors are Dennis Collins and Johanna Conolly. I can't find a Dennis Collins in the census living close to Helen and Cornelius. There are loads of Irish living at the same address in Westminster but they all say "Ireland"

And that's IT!!!!!!!!!!