Matchett / Kelly / Bailey Families in Armagh

Morning

Apologies for the very long delay in getting back to you,

Have you had a look at rootsireland.ie to see if there is any mention of the family in their records? It is a subscription site but you can join for a short period and search for a Matchett-Kelly marriage, then any baptisms for children born to the couple as well as any siblings of Edward and Jane. If you can find them on the Griffith's Valuation you may be able to track them through the Valuation records on the PRONI website, details below:

Griffith's Valuation: http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

PRONI: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/services/searching-valuation-revision-books

Best wishes

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support

Hi Clare

Many thanks for the tips. I have checked out Griffith's Evaluation and have found a few potential matches. All are centred around Tataraghan Church and my guess is that baptismal records may be found there. How do I go about researching these baptismal records?

Regards, Andrea

You can search baptism records on familysearch.org for free or through Rootsireland.ie. The latter is a subscription site but you can now subscribe for as little as 24 hours. As you know the area you want to focus on you could also have a look on registers.nli.ie for free to see if the digitised copies are available there (if the family were Roman Catholic).

All the best

Clare

Genealogy Support 

I have two Matchett women who married into my Jackson family:  

Lucinda Matchett, father John, farmer of Ballynarry, married Thomas Jackson of Derrylard, Milltown Church, 27 Jul 1846

Rachel Matchett, father James, labourer of Cloncore, married Moses Jackson of Cloncore, Tartaraghan, 4 Apr 1871.