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I live in Perth Western Australia (WA) and am seeking information regarding my grandfather Martin Wallace who died and was interred in the Roman Catholic section of the Kalgoorlie (WA) cemetery on 18th October 1902.

My father's birth certificate records his father as being 40 years of age in 1902, indicatig he was born in Galway Ireland in 1862.

I have been in touch with the Irish records office who have indicated their records did not commence until 1864.

Since my grandfather is identified as being of the Roman Catholic faith i wonder if there are any church records of his birth in Galway Ireland.

Hoping someone can assist.

Barrye Wallace.

bevbarryew

Friday 16th Aug 2013, 04:27AM

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  • Hi Barrye,

    Thank you very much for your message.

    It is very possible that there is a church record of Martin?s birth, unfortunately, you really need to know the parish where it would have been registered in order to look at the records. As you can see from the link below there are a lot of Catholic parishes in Co. Galway:

    http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/galwayrc.htm

    Roots Ireland do have some records available however they do not have a complete collection for Co Galway. I did a search on their website (www.rootsireland.ie) and found one result for Martin Wallace in 1861:

     

    Action

    Cost

    Source

    Surname

    First Name

    Year

    County

     

    *

    25 credits

    Church Baptism

    Wallace

    Martin

    1861

    Co. Galway

    **

    25 credits

    Civil Birth

    Wallace

    Martin

    1865

    Co. Galway

    *

     

    You have to pay to view the full record.

    You could also try searching at www.familysearch.org for some records.

    Kind regards,

    Genealogy Support

     

    Emma Carty

    Monday 19th Aug 2013, 03:20PM

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