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I am a direct descendant of Joseph Adair, Sr. b.1713 in County Antrim.  He immigrated to Pennsylvania, USA .  He later moved to Laurens, Co. SC.  While in PA he married Sarah Lafferty who was born in the US.

I would like to know the Parrish of Adair's birth.  Also would like to know if there were any Lafferty's in the parrish that may have immigrated to the US at the same time.

Charlie Joyner

Sunday 20th Jan 2013, 07:38PM

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  • Hi

    Thank you for your message. Do you have any further information regarding this individual? Do you know anything about his emigration that may point to his place of origin in County Antrim? 

     

    Please note - there is no central repository for records regarding Ireland. The reality of finding documentation pertaining to births/baptisms/marriages/deaths in Ireland prior to 1800 ? particularly in rural areas ? is that they simply may not exist. Some registers for urban areas pre-dating 1800 may exist ? though often these can be fragmented- as there was an increased need in cities or larger towns to document the population. Please also note that the Church of Ireland was the official church of the country and therefore the bulk of information that does survive for earlier periods is often from these registers. 

    Some sites that may be of help to you are:

     

    British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093

    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

    The US National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/

    The National Archives Scotland- family history: http://www.nas.gov.uk/familyHistory/

     

    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.

    Kind regards,                    

    Genealogy Support 

     

    Tuesday 5th Mar 2013, 04:39PM

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