Forum: General Irish Family History

Hi, I am trying to find out about my wife and my mother-in-laws family, and I am really stuck. We have found a George McDonald that gets married to a Catharine Connell in Liverpool in 1865. He is born abt 1839 in ireland. His father is a Joshua McDonald profession weaver. Joshua is marked as...

Hi, I have hit a brickwall trying to find where about in Ireland my GGrandparents came from. They came over for my GGrandfather William Burns b1845 to work in the Iron Ore mines. My GGrandmother Catherine Burns nee Doran b1851 had their oldest son Frances in Ireland b1868. The next child to be...

I have 2 chappies from Ireland, lodging with the family of my suspected grandfather. I cannot find anything on these 2 guys prior to 1911 or after. The eldest may have been instrumental in the course of my grandfather's choice of career and was possibly known to the 'head of household' How do...

I've been looking into my ancestor MARGARET SMITH née BRANNAN for a few months now and don't know how to get any further. I first came across her in Tamerton Foliot, Devon, in the 1891 census. JAMES SMITH; Head; 52; Gardener; Cheeseworthy, Devon MARGARET SMITH; Wife; 51; Ireland RICHARD...

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The IFHF, rootsireland.ie have now introduced a credits system which,when bought,will make looking at records much cheaper. Previously the cost to look at a record was 5 euro,but this can be now as little as 2 euro if you buy 750 credits for 60 euro. Their credit costs are , €5.00 - (35 Credits)...

One of my biggest brickwalls is my gran's father's family. My gran knew practically nothing of her family except for the fact that her father was an only child brought up by two aunts and served in the army. I have been working on her family for the past year cos I thought it would be nice to be...

I am totally unfamiliar with Irish records - can someone tell me where I can purchase online a copy of a marriage certificate (in Co Monaghan 1918). I have all the necessary info such as registration details, but on the GRO Ireland site it appears that there is no facility for purchase of...

Hi, I have never done any research using Irish records before and dont know where to start and have found ancestors from Ireland. Can anyone give me some advice of where to start and any sites that I should use. I am looking for my Great Great Grandfather, Edward McHugh born in...

I have been researching my family tree for some time but I have reached a brick wall with the irish side of my family, I was wondering if anyone could give me any advice or tips which might enable me to go further back with my family. My great great grandfather was a Thomas Butler born circa...

Folks, This is shown as place of birth on 1851 census but i feel it should read Windermere,Westmorland as ages etc tie in with my family.I have not been able to find Windermere in Ireland via google maps or google earth and Genuki,am i correct in assuming no such place exists? Regards, Eric

Can anyone help please. Owen William Geary was born in London on 27 Nov 1895 of Irish parents Owen Geary and formerly Emily Warwick. His father was a theatre conductor who held a succession of appointments in Belfast and London. I cannot find the family in the 1901 census for England, therefore...

Does anyone have access to the Irish marriage index for the period between 1911 to 1918? I would very much like to learn of when & where Charles Palmer married to a lady by the name of Agnes Palmer ~ I believe that the marriage took place in either County Down or County Antrim. Any help would...

I don't have my own subscription to Ancestry so am always looking for sneaky new ways to squeeze as much information as possible from their indexes without subscribing. Yesterday I discovered a new trick with their Irish civil registration indexes. Find one partner in the marriage on the...

Looking for John Penney (a farmer) who married Margaret Stuart ?in Co Antrim and had at least one child Charles Stuart Penney b 22 Aug 1812 He married Emma (Amelia/Emily) Whitehead and moved to Glasgow 1843 Any info very gratefully received Grandange