Searching for origin of grandparents

Hi,

Thank you very much for your message.

You should be able to find record of Maggie?s birth or marriage certificate in civil records. These are available from the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is their website: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

You can search the indexes to these records up to 1958 online here: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

For more information on these records and how to obtain them go to: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-civil-registration.html

You could also try searching online at www.rootsireland.ie, however please note that you have toregister to use this website and pay a fee to view any records.

www.familysearch.org have some church records also available online.

Do you know your grandmother?s year of birth ot the names of her parents? You could try searching for either her or her parents in the 1901/1911 census records: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Have you tried looking into their emigration? Sometimes more information was given at the point of arrival rather than that of departure. For information on US immigration records check:  http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/

Hopefully some of these websites will give you some information. Once you know where exactly she was born more avenues of research will open up to you.

Some other websites that you may find useful 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

Irish Newspaper Archives: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/

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

Remember to post any new information that you find here. 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