Genealogy Chat

Have you managed it? How? Love to hear how you have achieved it and what tips you can pass on.

hi julie, i have not, but i have one i have been trying to trace and would also be very interested in any tips people could give

I have managed very well with my husbands family, because I knew where most of them were. Leitrim. So, if you have any Irish relatives in Leitrim, then try; County library Ballinamore co. Leitrim Ireland The archivist there is a lovely lady. The searches for my family have been more difficult. they were from all over ireland, so, big search. I found my G.G.Grandfather, his mother and father, and their other children on the Church of the laterday saints site. I don't know where to start and look for them now. They came from CORK, so I'll try! Let you know how I get on. Deanna X

Have not got a clue as to where in Ireland my husbands gg/grandparents come from they are on the 1841 census and 1851 census but are not on any others. So I don't think he has a chance of getting back any further. on both the 41 and 51 census just says born in Ireland , can't find the other children either. Margaret

Julie I went to Dublin in April and found the marriage of my GGGGrandparents in 1825 at Roscommon & Kilteevan. I went for a long weekend to Co Mayo in September and visited Kilteevan cemetary but could not find their graves. The Record Office was closed so I could not get any further with this branch. I am hoping to go again some time if I can find further info on my other Irish ancestors. Unfortunately they have remained a mystery because I don't even know where in Ireland they were from. Lynne

My husband's gt gt gt grandfather was called Callaghan McCarthy, which sounds Irish. He is mentioned as father on his son Dennis McCarthy's marriage cert in 1848. Since Dennis was born in 1830 I can't get a birth cert. He variously gives his place of birth on the census as Marylebone, Holborn and Clerkenwell, but I haven't yet found a baptism. I can't find a likely Callaghan McCarthy on the 1841 or 1851 census, so I don't even know if he was born in Ireland or not!!! To confuse things more, Dennis changed his name to James McCarthy and - unusually to my mind - did not name any of his sons Callaghan or Dennis. nell

Well I've just bought the FHS publication Irish Family History on the Web and glanced through it a bit. Unfortunately with so many 'born in Ireland' rellies with not a clue whereabouts it isn't as useful as it could be. There was two sites which may be useful to someone looking for Irish Adoption info - sure someone mentioned this recently *adoptionireland*com and netreach*net/-stead/search/html

So it is possible then! Makes looking at English ancestors look easy doesn't it. I have oodles from all over too.

Helen Little Nell, There has got to be a story behind that name change! A real mystery...! How exciting. Shame it's so dreadfully difficult to unravel these sort of secrets. x

I had a female, in my husband's part of the tree, who was born in Ireland (per the census info I found) although the rest of the family was born in England. I did find her Baptism record in the IGI recently. Christine

Julie Re: McCarthy/Carter I am sure there is a story, but I don't think I will ever find it. I know that Charles Albert Carter, my husband's great-grandfather, was unable to obtain his birth cert when he applied in 1936. Thanks to Fiona on this site who found the family in 1861 as McCarthy, I discovered he had been registered as McCarthy when he was born in 1866, but the family were Carter in 1871. The interesting bit for me, is that an elder sister of Charles got married under the name of Eliza McCarthy, though most of the rest of the family were Carter. And his elder brother Richard was always Richard McCarthy, and was listed as such in 1901 census - the household before his is his father and mother, James [formerly Dennis] and Elizabeth Carter. I can only assume they changed the name to sound less Irish, but I do wish they'd picked something less common. On the other hand Callaghan McCarthy has a distinctive tone to it - I just can't find him!!!!!!!! nell