doherty donegal greencastle, ballymacarthur, ballyboes, balleeghan

Hi Fergus,

Thank you very much for your message. I hope that someone with information on the family makes a connection with you.

In the meantime here are some places you could try looking for information:

Census Records:

have you tried looking in the 1901/1911 census records for the family? These can give lots of useful information. You can search these online here:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Civil Records:

Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864 so any births, deaths or marriages in the family after this date would be recorded in these 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 up to 1958 online at:

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

Church records:

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. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For Moville  parish, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Donegal&parish=Moville&churchid=376

As you can see from the above link Donegal Ancestry have copies available. Heer is their email if you would like to contact them, however a fee may apply:info@donegalancestry.com

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.

Land Records:

You could also check for record of the family in the land records pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century. There are two:

The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838) found at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

and Griffith?s Valuation (1848-1864) found at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

Some other websites that you may find useful are:

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 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

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

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

Donegal Genealogy resources: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/

I hope that 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

Hi Fergus,

I had a look online and found a Neil Doherty that married Ann Kelly - Their children were Bridget, Catherine, Charles, Neil and James.

This family were from the Moville Lower Parish.

I know that some of the names are different but I wonder if it is the same family?

Kind regards,

Eimer Shea

Hello Fergus,

I am Deirdre Doherty's (Mc Grory) son from Culdaff, your mother Annie was my godmother! I can remember meeting you when I was young in your house in Dublin.

I have been looking into family histories and would love to have a chat with you.

I am also involved in a number of historical projects, you might be interested in www.inishowenheritage.ie 

look forward to hearing from you

Neil McGrory

neil

great to hear from you. i tried replying to you before today  on this site, but i dont think i was successful. i was querying if we could xchange some  way othr than on this public platform, do you do facebook, that way maybe i can get your email address?

fergus

my email is 

culdaff@me.com

Regards

Neil

eimer

sincere apologies,  six years later!!   i completely overlooked getting back to you, to thank you for your help on the above.            my only excuse is that i was a true novice back then, on the business of  message boards and posting. 

g r m agat

fergus dunleavy