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I'm searching for any information regarding my great Grandparents John Nolan and Mary Scanlon. According to the 1901 census and church records in 'irishgenealogy.ie' ,I  believe John was born 29 June 1844 and Mary 18 Feb 1851 in Ballyduff. I've not been able to find a marriage date but according to the 1911 census they had been married for 30 years making it about 1881 - but I have found baptism records for some of their children dating back to 1875. Also according to the 1911 census they had 10 children 8 of which were still alive - I have only been able to find baptism records for 4 -

Ellen/Ellie b. 2 Dec 1875         (according to the 1911 census  m. Thomas O'Carroll )

David b. 5 Feb 1878

Catherine/Katie b. 12 June 1884 moved to Australia about 1902 m. Arthur Mills (my grandparents)

Patrick b. 9 March 1887  m. Delia Mulvihill (have found Patrick's decendants on facebook - unfortunately they don't have  any information on the family)

Found 2 on the 1901 & 1911census

Michael b, about 1890 & Mary b. about 1893

Any further help would be appreciated.

Thankyou

 

Monday 11th Jun 2012, 12:39AM

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  • Hi there,

    It looks as though Ballyduff parish is in the Roman Catholic diocese of Killiny. The church records for here date from 1828 for baptismal records and 1829 for marriage records. You can find these at the National Library of Ireland, Pos. 4275 to 1864; remainder 4276. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance. You can also find these (fee paying) at the Killarney Genealogical Centre. It is possible that some of the children were born in neighbouring parishes.

    Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864 however. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

    You could also try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64). 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. 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).

    Have you checked the immigration records in Australia? You have the name of the ship and a date, so this will help a lot. Generally, more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. The University of Woolongong has produced, on microfiche, a complete index and transcript of all information concerning immigrants of Irish origin recorded on ships' passenger lists between 1848 and 1867. These are useul for finding out an exact place of origin as well as parents' names. The Public Record Office of Victoria has good online databases of settlers at www.prov.vic.gov.au Otherwise, other records may be found in the Colonial Office Papers of the UK National Archives, class reference CO 201. This class contains a wide variety of records, including petitions for assisted passages, emigrants' lists, records of emigrants on board ship, peitions from settlers for financial assistance and much more.

    There is a book you might find useful by Michael O'Connor called 'A Guide to Tracing your Kerry Ancestors', 1994.

    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,

    Sinead Cooney

    Genealogist (Ireland XO)

     

     

     

     

     

    Wednesday 20th Jun 2012, 11:08AM

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