Looking for Stack relatives

Hi Wesley,

Do you know much about their emigration? Dates, the reason why they left, etc.? Generally more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g. Liverpool, Castle Garden, Ellis Island etc...), this could be a good place to find more information. A few sites to try for emmigrant information are: http://www.castlegarden.org/     http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/   http://www.ellisisland.org/   http://www.proni.gov.uk/

You could try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64). The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38): Microfilm copies of the books for all of Ireland are available at the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/tithe-applotment-books-and-the-primary-griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/. Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at.  

Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm . Valuations office in Dublin (http://www.valoff.ie) will have a record of the land registry from 1855 to modern times. This will assist in seeing what happened to any land the family may have owned (as it usually passed on to a relation). 

Church records may also be of assistance to you. Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870 are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most 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. A list of all surviving registers is available in the National Archives. http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. For Catholic records, information regarding what may be available in your area can be found at http://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx . Some of the Catholic records are held locally. If you have any difficulty, it may be worth while to contact the local parish offices for assistance. Contact information for Ardfert parish can be found here: http://www.dioceseofkerry.ie/parish.php?parish=Ardfert&sec=priests

I wish you the best of luck with your search.

Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

Ireland Reaching Out

Thanks. I have looked in some of the sources that you mention, and while I have some that kind of match up, I don't have the convincing data like I did on the Stacks. I plan to go to Syracuse and Watertown, NY in a couple of weeks and will look up some cemetery and church records there. I really hope I can narrow my ireland search to a parish or town. Then I'll feel better about confirming other data.

Bridget was born 27th February 1866 in Carahane, Ardfert, Co. Kerry

Parents Edmund Stack & Johanna McCarthy

Brendan

www.researchireland.com

Brendan,

Yes, I did see that on the parish records, which, along with the 1901 and 1911 census records, really nailed down my confirmation of Bridget's origin. After I exhaust research in the US,and checking records that I can on line from Ireland, I might need to contract with you for further research - I don't think with the Stack side, but with the Sullivan, O'Leary and McNulty relatives. I hope I can get some good information from New York soon.

But it looks like you have some real good reviews.

Wesley Wyatt

Hi Wesley,

As you have seen from my reviews, I specialise in Irish / American research.

Great to be of help to you.

Brendan

Hi, I just found this site- what a great idea to start in Ireland and trace those families who immigrated to the colonies/United States.  I am sorry that I don't have much information.  My 3x great-grandfather, Newton Stack, was born in the colony of Maryland around 1770 give or take a few years. His father would have been about 20 years older but I can't find any information about him- was he also born in Maryland or was he born in Ireland?  The family is said to have been from County Kerry but I don't know when they immigrated.  I figured that not all of the family immigrated and a branch is still in Ireland.  So I guess the question is- are there any Stacks from County Kerry who had family members immigrating in the 1700's to the colonies?  The port might have been Baltimore.  Thanks for any help that you can give, Gretchen Stack

All we have on the 2nd husband of an ancestor is from 1870 & 1880 census in Greene County Illinois. John Stack born about 1841 in Ireland. He may be the son of Caron or Karnon & Ellen Stack who immigrated to St. Louis Missouri before 1850 but there were a lot of John Stack around, all close in age. Ours married Margaret A. Fagar (actually Feger) nee Smith in 1867, whose husband never returned from the Civil War. After 1880 this couple seems to vanish from the record, not listed in death index, married daughter too, but her husband & children moved to his folks in Jersey County.

Anyone have a missing John Stack this could be?

Hi All,

I am very new to this family search and I am trying to get some details on Bridget Stack.I know she was born in Ardfert 1866 emigrated to USA in 1892 and was 26 years old.Bridgets brother Michael was my grandfather.There was 11 children in that family of which 2 died very young .

I would appreciate any info.

best regards

Morgan Stack