I am looking for any information on my gg grandparents James shea and Abigail Connor.
They lived for sometime in the Glanmire parish as they baptized their 4 children there.
Bartholomew b 5/3/1833 witnesses John Shea and Bridget Shea
John b 29/8/1935 witnesses Timothy Shea and Catherine Connor.
James b 30/4/1837 witnesses Bartholomew Kiely and Margaret Keefe.
Margaret b 31/3/1839 witnesses Patrick Shea and Abigail Connor.
I would greatly appreciate any information on these families. James and John emigrated to Australia, James is my g grandfather. I think Margaret and Bartholomew stayed in Ireland and Bartholomew married a Hannah Hayes.
Kind regards,
Vicki.
vosh58
Wednesday 9th Jan 2013, 05:11PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi Vicki
Thank you for your query. Firstly do you know what the religious denomination of your family was? you can view what Roman Catholic records exist for Glanmire through the link below:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/ (Browse Roman Catholic Parish Map)
For Church of Ireland records see: http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. The Anglican Record Project is has created an index to their records: http://ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/bunclodyunionindex.pdf
Viewing existing baptismal, marriage records could give you more information.
You could try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/
The Tithe Applotment List might be of use to you, or at least interesting for you. These lists constitute the only nationwide survey for the period, and are valuable because the heaviest burden of the tithes to the Established Church, the Church of Ireland, fell on the poorest, for whom few other records survive.For Parishes where the registers do not begin until after 1850, this information can be useful, as they are often the only surviving early records. They can provide valuable circumstantial evidence, especially where a holding passed from father to son in the period between the Tithe survey and Griffith's Valuation.
Here are some other websites that may be of help to you:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/?gclid=CKLT_Pa4wrUCFYUf4Qod4EoAGg
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Munster Ireland