searching for family of Owen O'Connor born 1802

Hi,

Thank you for your message. What sources have you used in your research up to now?

Have you looked at Church records? Most Catholic records are held locally. One website which may be of help to you is the irishtimes websites. Here they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. I think that the civil parish of Aghavallen may be in the Roman Catholic parish of Ballylongford. To see what records are available in Ballylongford follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Kerry&parish=Ballylongford&churchid=654

For Church of Ireland Records check http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/

Also, both Catholic and Church of Ireland records from the pre 1900 period are currently being uploaded to www.irishgenealogy.ie/index.html free of charge. However, as this is an on-going project not all records are available yet.

Some other websites which may prove useful to you in your research 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

The Library & Archives of Canada - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html

Family Search: https://familysearch.org/  

I hope that this helps and that you are able to find some confirmation of your research.

Kind regards,

Genealoguy Support

Good afternoon and greetings from Ottawa, Canada! I am the great-granddaughter of Jeremiah O'Connor of Dwyer Hill. Jeremiah's son was William (always called Will). Will's son was Harold, who was my father.

As far as I have been able to determine, Owen is my great-great-grandfather. Would love to correspond.

Regards,

Laur O'Connor