looking for parish for Flannagan

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

Unfortunately, it may be difficult to find information on Elizabeth without a specific place of origin. Most Irish record sources- church records, land records, census records- are based on specific locations. Until you know a specific location within Ireland, preferably a parish or placename, it may be difficult to do anything more with these records.

Do you have any documentation belonging to her-official or unofficial- that mentions any place name- townland, parish, village, town or county?

Do you know her sisters date of birth? Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864, so if her sister was born after this date you may be able to find her birth record. This would give you a place of origin.

These records are available from the General Register?s Office in Dublin, here is ther website:

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

You can search the indexes to these records online at:

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

Some church records are also available online. You could search these for any member of the family in order to find a parish name.

www.familysearch.org has a large collection of genealogical records including so Irish birth and marriage records.

www.irishgenealogy.ie/index.html  There is an on-going project to upload records here free of charge. So far only Dublin, Carlow, Kerry and parts of Cork have been covered.

www.rootsireland.ie Has a vast collection of church records however you have to pay to use this website.

Have you looked into their emigration much? Sometimes more information was given at the port of arrival rather than that of departure so it may be a place to uncover more information- and perhaps even a place of origin. The Public Record Office of Victoria has good online databases of settlers at www.prov.vic.gov.au Otherwise, other records may be found in the Colonial Office Papers of the UK National Archives, class reference CO 201. This class contains a wide variety of records, including petitions for assisted passages, emigrants' lists, records of emigrants on board ship, petitions from settlers for financial assistance and much more.

Some other websites that you may find 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

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

Remember to post any new information that you find. 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