I'm told my great great grandfather, Philander Pinney emigrated from Northern Ireland to escape the potato famine in the 1840's. We have an old album that contains a photo labeled the River Shannon - not very wide in the midst of farmland. He was an avid Protestant and settled in New England as a farmer. I'm also told the court records in Ireland we lost in a fire. If any relatives remain or if anyone can tell me more specifically where he may have emigrated from, i'd be most appreciative ... just hoping to have a more complete geneology and better understanding of our heritage.
Thanks so much.
nharmon
Tuesday 2nd Jul 2013, 03:19AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi
Thank you for your message.
Do you know much about hisemigration? The dates or who he may have travelled with?..etc..Generally more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g. Liverpool, New York, etc.), this could be a good place to find more information.
US National Archives/Immigration info: http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/
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
Some sites which may be of use to you 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
British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093
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cynoconnor
Thursday 4th Jul 2013, 02:10PM