If that is his real name. I am looking for information regarding my great-grandfather who was orphaned as an infant. Is there any resources I can find online without going directly to Ireland to find out who his parents were? He was known as John Arthur or John Arther Ryan. I am looking everywhere for records regarding his birth, with the information I have, his birthdate could be February 4, 1875, but his birthdate could be incorrect, which is why I am looking for orphanage records. Any help would be appreciated.
https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/90121906/person/8000697…
Denise
Tuesday 3rd May 2022, 11:34PMMessage Board Replies
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Civil registration of births was required starting 1864, so Ryan's birth should have been recorded. You can search at irishgenealogy.ie.
Patricia
Wednesday 4th May 2022, 06:24PM -
Denise:
The tree you shared shows John Ryan was born in Belfast. I went on the site that Patricia cited for the years 1870-1880 and there were 982 John Ryan baptismal records registered in Ireland in that time period. However, only 2 of the 982 were in the Belfast registration district.
See the third record on this link https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_retur…; for a John Ryan born in Belfast on January 28 1876. Possible lead.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Wednesday 4th May 2022, 08:19PM -
Roger,
My apologies for the late response. Thank you for helping me. I cannot click the link you had shared, the link is broken. Could you please email it to me? deniseowe@gmail.com.
Thank you,
denise
Denise
Wednesday 18th May 2022, 09:06PM