ballylanders Limerick to NSW Australia

Hi,

Thank you very much for your message.

I did a search for john Hackett on the National Archives Transportation database and got the following results:

http://findingaids.nationalarchives.ie/index.php?simpleSearchSbm=true&category=18&subcategory=147&searchDescTxt=john+hackett&simpleSearchSbm=Search#searchfocus

I wonder if both of these results are your John? The one dating from 1838  is very likely as Ballybrien is in Ballylanders and the later one is very likely due to the ship?s name. It is possible that John was tried in 1838 but perhaps managed to avoid transportation due to his parents but was tried again the following year for joining or swearing an oath to an illegal group and transported for life aboard the Waverly.

Unfortunately, it may be difficult to find more information on the family as civil registration did not begin until 1864 in Ireland. Prior to this all births, deaths and marriages were recorded by the local parish church. However, Catholic records for Ballylanders do not begin until c. 1841:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=East%20Limerick&parish=Ballylanders&churchid=244

Church of Ireland records generally have an earlier start date as it was the official church of the country at the time.

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.

You could also check for record of the family in the land records pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century. These do not give any genealogical information but they may give you some names from which you can continue your research. 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/

Perhaps you could try looking into newspaper archives in Tipperary and Limerick to see if you can find an article relating to John?s trials that may give you more information on him.There are some newspaper archives available on http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/

Otherwise you could contact:

http://www.limerickcity.ie/Archives/

or

http://www.southtipparchives.ie/

Some other websites that you may find useful 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

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

Familysearch: www.familysearch.org

I hope 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