O'Callaghan & Smith families

Hi,

Thank you very much for your message.

It will be easier to find information on the family if you can narrow down place of origin to parish. Given, that Paul was born in 1874 you should be able to find a civil record of his birth as civil registration began in Ireland in 1864. This civil record will help you narrow down place of origin.  Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office. Here are their contact details:

General Register Office

Government Offices

Convent Road

Roscommon

Ireland

Tel:+353 90 663 2900

Locall:1890 25 20 76

Fax:+353 90 663 2999

Homepage: http://www.groireland.ie/

You could also try searching for Church records pertaining to them online:

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ Church records are available from here free of charge. However, so far only Catholic records from some parts of Cork are available.

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.

Some other websites that may be 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

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/cork/index.html

Failte Romhat: www.failteromhat.com

West Cork Genealogy: www.westcorkgenealogy.com

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

Thank you for the info.  I had previously checks Roots Ireland and Ancestry with no luck.  I think there maybe some issues when trying to search with the apostraphe in certain data bases.  In addition they seemed to have gone back and forth using sometimes dropping the O' and the g.  I will check the additional websites you provided as the family was catholic.