catherine brady

Births/Baptisms/Marriages/Deaths ? pre1790-1800 ? The reality of finding documentationpertaining to births/baptisms/marriages/deaths in Ireland prior to 1800 ? particularly in rural areas? is that they simply may not exist. Some registers for urban areas pre-dating 1800 may exist ?though often these can be fragmented- as there was an increased need in cities or larger towns todocument the population. Please also note that the Church of Ireland was the official church of thecountry and therefore the bulk of information that does survive for earlier periods is often fromthese registers. ROMAN CATHOLIC: Most Catholic records are held locally - One site which might be of use is -http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ - where you can ?browse? an overview of availablerecords per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possibleassistance. The next thing you could do is find the counties and places in Ireland your family names are mostprevalent. Look at the website http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and perhapssomething will match some other clue you may have found elsewhere? If nothing turnsup ? it is advisable to try different variations of the spellings of the names. If you have a possiblefirst name you could try the Irish Census 1901, 1911 at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ or the landvaluation record called Griffiths Valuationhttp://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml

Dear Jane,

There are two Catholic parishes in Longford with registers from before the time of Catherine's birth: Granard and Ardagh. I have checked the indexes to both and find that there were two Catherines born in the Granard in that period.

Catherine, daughter of Andrew Brady and M. Kenny, baptised in Dec. 1793

Catherine, daughter of John Brady and E. Monaghan, baptised in Aug. 1796

Of course, it may not be either of those but you can keep them in mind. As you know, it is very difficult to progress with this search without a parish. Brady is quite a common name, particularly in north Longford.

Kind regards,

Martin Morris

Hi Jane.

I think we are looking for the same information.  I do have some info already but can't vouch for the accuracy.

My Catherine Brady was born in1794 in Co. Longford, Ireland.  Died Nov. 21, 1872 in Goulbourn Twp, Carleton Co.

(Shillington Cemetary)

Married Skelton Brooks (10 Feb 1805 - 2 Sep 1854) in 1830 in Quebec City

One son - John Brooks (DOB 1834)

Three daughters - Alice (DOB 1837), Jane-Anne (DOB 1839), and Catherine (DOB 1842)

Bill