Trying to trace the family of Anne Nowlan born Armagh 1809. Anne was a Catholic farmhouse servant aged 17 years when she was tried at Antrim 29/3/1827 for stealing money and sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia. Anne was transferred to the Cork Female Convict Depot and was transported to Australia on board the Elizabeth sailing out of Cork Harbour on the 28th August 1827.
Thursday 2nd Jan 2014, 06:25AM
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Hi,
Thank you for your message. I hope that someone with information makes a connection with you and helps you to further your research.
Unfortunately, it may be difficult to find information without a more 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 pertaining to the family that mentions any place names inArmagh at all? This can include wills, marriage/death records,census records, letters, diary entries etc.
There are some places where you can search online, however it may be difficult to discern whether the results are relevant to your family or not without more information:
www.familysearch.org has a huge database of genealogical records including some church records for Ireland.
www.rootsireland.ie have a large collection of Irish Church records, however you have to pay to use this site.
I did a search for the surname Nowlan in Griffith?s Valuation. This is a property valuation survey 1848-64. There was only one recorded in Armagh:
Although this doesn?t give any genealogical information it may act as a starting point if all else fails.
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
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
Irish Genealogy Tool kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/
Genealogy Links:http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/armagh/index.html
From Ireland: www.from-ireland.net
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Thursday 20th Feb 2014, 12:47PM