Looking for family members

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

Ballyrusheen is a townland in the civil parish of Kilbrin, which is part of the Roman Catholic parish of Ballyclough. (Irish land divisions can be very confusing, here is a link that may help explain: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-land-divisions.html )

Civil registration did not begin in Ireland until 1864. Prior to this all births, marriages and deaths were recorded by the local church so i tis in these parish records that you will have to look for information.

Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. For Ballyclough parish, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Cork%20North-West&parish=Ballyclough&churchid=12

As you can see from the above link there are copies of these records available in the National Archives and at Mallow Heritage Centre. Here is the heritage centre?s email address: mallowheritagecentre@gmail.com Please note however that there may be a fee.

Most surviving Church of Ireland records are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. Here are their websites: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ and http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42

Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.

For nay births, marriages, deaths after 1864 you will be able to find record of them in civil records. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is their website:

http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

You can search the indexes to these records online at:

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

Have you tried looking for the family in the 1901/1911 census records to see if any were still in the area at the time? http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Also, did you know that there is an earlier land record available called the Tithe Applotment Books? These date from 1823-1838, you may be able to find older Stacks in these:

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

Some other website that you may find helpful 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

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/cork/index.html

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

Failte Romhat: www.failteromhat.com

I hope some of this is helpful. Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support