Looking for ancestors of Henry George

Hi,

Thank you very much for your message.

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 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.

Have you tried looking into the family?s emigration? Sometimes more infomation can be found at the port of arrival rather than that of departure. You may be lucky and find a place name here. For information on Canadian immigration records check http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html

I did a search of the surname George in Griffith?s Valuation. This is a property valuation survey that was carried out in Ireland 1848-1864. 18 results came back for the surname in Armagh, however these were confined to only 5 parishes. Although there is no way of knowing for sure if these George?s are the relatives left behind by your George?s you could take these parishes as possible starting points for your search:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=28&Submit.y=8&Submit=Submit&familyname=george&firstname=First+Name&baronyname=&countyname=ARMAGH&unionname=&parishname=

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

Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/armagh/index.html

Genealogy toolkit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/index.html

You could also try contacting Armagh Ancestry to see if they can be of any assistance, however a fee may apply. Here is their email: researcher@armagh.gov.uk

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