Hello, My name is Denise Lynch. I am looking for information on my great great grandparents. Their names were Patrick MacCormack and Honor Begley MacCormack. They lived in Galway. Their childrens names were Margaret MacCormack, Thomas MacCormack, and Mary Anne MacCormack. I only know of these three children. There may have more children. Honor Begley MacCormack died in 1904. I know she is listed in The Galway Census with Margaret MacCormack Lynch in 1901. I was curious if they is anymore information I can find on her. I know Honor was a widow at the time in 1901. If there is anything more information on her I would be grateful.
Denise Lynch
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Tuesday 7th May 2013, 07:13AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi
Thank you for your message.
Church records may be of some use to you. 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.
Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870-are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. A list of all surviving registers is available in the National Archives. http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. The Anglican Record Project is has created an index to their records: http://ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/bunclodyunionindex.pdf
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
Valuations office in Dublin (http://www.valoff.ie) will have a record of the land registry from 1855 to modern times. This will assist in seeing what happened to any land that mayhave been in the family.
Some sites that might be of interest to you are:
Irish Newspaper Archives: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
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
cynoconnor
Monday 10th Jun 2013, 09:28AM