Seaking Family Tree Info - James Lawless Donore Co. Kildare

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

Have you tried looking in Church records for information on the family? Most Catholic records are held locally. One website which may be helpful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. For Carbury parish follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Kildare&parish=Carbury&churchid=696

Donore, is a townland in Carragh civil parish. To see what records are available here follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&churchid=695&CityCounty=Kildare&CityCounty=Kildare&parish=Caragh

For Church of Ireland records check 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 began in Ireland in 1864, so you may be able to find marriage/birth/death records here also. These civil records are held at the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is a link to their website:

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

Family Search have copied and made available some civil registration registers. You can search these free of charge here:

https://familysearch.org/        

You could try looking for your great great grandparents in Griffith?s Valuation. This is a property valuation record that was carried out in Ireland 1848-1864. You can search these online here:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/     

Some other websites which 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

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

I hope that this is helpful. 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.

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