I'm looking for information on my Great Great Great Grandfather James Henderson. So far, this is all I know about him:
1. Born in Leiercurry, Louth (I've tried researching Leiercurry and haven't found anything. I don't know if this was a transcription error, or a misspelling, or if it's possibly the Irish spelling...figuring this out would be a big help)
2. Birthdate: April 16, 1827
3. Married Elizabeth Fleming in Duleek, Meath, Ireland on March 15, 1853
4. Immigrated to Canada in 1871
I know things about his life in Canada, and about his descendents, but have no idea of any of his siblings (if he even had any), his parents, occupation or where he was born. I've hit a brick wall. Any advice would be appreciated as my mother (who is a Henderson) knows very little about her side of the family and would like me to try and trace it.
Thank you,
Emily Dix
Tuesday 5th Feb 2013, 07:29AM
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Do you know much about their emigration? The dates, the reasonwhy they left, who they may have travelled with?..etc..Generally more information was given atthe port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g.Liverpool, New York, etc.), this could be a good place to find more information. -And perhaps evenfind out an exact place of origin. Ellis Island:http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passSearch.asp Castlegarden:http://www.castlegarden.org/ US National Archives/Immigration info:http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/ The Boston Pilot; From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a?Missing Friends? column with advertisements from people looking for ?lost? friends and relativeswho had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of 40,743 recordsis available here as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad thatappeared in the Pilot. http://infowanted.bc.edu/ 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 Also have a look on these websites sir best of luck in your seach. The National Archives of Irelandhttp://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/ The National Library of Irelandhttp://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx The US National Archives:http://www.archives.gov/ The Library & Archives of Canada -http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html Irish Newspaper Archives:http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
Thursday 4th Apr 2013, 10:57AM