James Maybury and Maria Shaw

Hi,

Thanks for your message.

Irish Genealogy have started a project to upload Irish church records to their website free of charge. Only a small number of counties have been completed so far but Kerry is one of them so you should be able to find records relating to the family here:

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/

You could also check the land records from 19th century Ireland:

The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838) found at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

and Griffith?s Valuation (1848-1864) found at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

Civil records began in 1864 so you may also be able to find information here. These are available from the GRO in Dublin. Here is their website:

http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

You can search the indexes to these records online at:

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

Some other websites that may be helpful are:

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/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

The US National Archives: http://www.archives.gov

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/kerry/index.html

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

Census records: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

I hope this is helpful. Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support