Robert Bull and Dorothy Bassett

Good Morning

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out and apologies for the delay in replying to your message. 

As you can see from the link below, Thomastown is a Civil Parish in Co. Kilkenny:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=1418&civilparish=Thomastown&citycounty=Kilkenny

Records for the corresponding Roman Catholic Parish of Thomastown begin in 1782. As this is the case it seems that these records do no begin early enough for your search for Robert?s baptism.  You could have a look at the Tithe Applotment Books 1823-1837 for mention of Robert?s father: http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

Unfortunately, the Tithes only give the name of the head of household, but any information gathered is useful particularly as there is a vacuum with availability of parish records.

Some Thomastown graveyard records are also available on this site; http://www.from-ireland.net/photography/thomastown-graveyard-photograph…

There are some places where you can search online, however these websites do not have complete collections and many do not cover the period after 1900:

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.

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ have begun a project to upload Irish church records to their site free of charge. However so far only Counties Dublin, Kerry, Carlow and parts of Cork have been covered.

Some other websites that may be helpful are:

The National Archives of Ireland: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/ - you can search the 1901/1911 Census on the National Archives page too

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

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

Irish Genealogy Tool kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.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.

Best of luck with your search

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support