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Hello,

I am looking into my late Fathers' family history.His name was Michael John Connolly born 09.08.1938. His mother died giving birth to his brother Thomasin 1942. I am interested to know more of his and hismothers' family his grandmother being Mary Laffey of Goulane Clifden who passed away in 1944.

I have heard so many stories,

Thanks Marina

Saturday 23rd Nov 2013, 04:24PM

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  • Hi - Thank you for your message.

    Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

    There is lots of useful information to be found in the 1901 and 1911 census records. You can find this here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

    Most Catholic records are held locally - One site which might be of use is - http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ - where you can ?browse? an overview of available records per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possible assistance.

    Also Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at ). www.failteromhat.com

    Remember to post as much information as you can with regard to the people you are researching. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you. Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search.

    Kind regards,                    

    Genealogy Support

    Tuesday 28th Jan 2014, 10:03AM

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