Looking for information on my GGG Grandfather Dominick Burke born late 1700s. My GG Grandparents were Peter Burke born County Mayo about 1813 and Bridget Bagley ( Begley ) born Ireland about 1816 . They married on the 10th October 1838 at Catholic Chapel Coventry by Fr Samuel Day. On marriage Certificate it says Fathers name Dominick occupation Labourer and John Bagley Occupation Labourer. They lived most of their married life at 66 Grey Friars Lane Coventry. But went back to Ireland for the birth of their second son. Their children were John 1840 Dominick 1844 Michael 1848 James 1851 Peter 1856 Thomas 1854 and Mary 1859 all born at Coventry except Dominick. My G Grandfather was James and he married Lucy Dyke they immigrated to Australia in the 1870s I have not been able to find any information on this. James joined the Navy when he was 15 and served on HMS Donegal HMS Lord Warden and in 1873 on HMS Rosario. Their first child was born 16th May 1877 at Redfern N.S.W Australia. I would love to find a wife for Dominick or Baptism for Peter or siblings Thanks Lynette
lyn22
Wednesday 28th Nov 2012, 03:53AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi
Thanks for your message.
Do you have a location for the family in County Mayo?
Without a location it will be dificult to acertain if records exist for them...
The reality of finding documentation pertaining 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 to document the population. Please also note that the Church of Ireland was the official church of the country and therefore the bulk of information that does survive for earlier periods is often from these registers.
Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870-are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most 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. A list of all surviving registers is available in the National Archives. http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. The Anglican Record Project is has created an index to their records: http://ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/bunclodyunionindex.pdf
Most Catholic records are held locally - If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possible assistance - once you have established a location.
You can BROWSE information on the availability of resources & records for Co Mayo at http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/#Mayo
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Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Tuesday 29th Jan 2013, 05:09PM -
Hello thankyou for your reply thats all the information I have on were they came from in Ireland I have a lot of information on their lives at Coventry Warwickshire Take Care Lynette
lyn22
Tuesday 29th Jan 2013, 08:47PM