In 1852sisters Mary & Eliza Burk, left the parish and came to Australia, ship unknown. In 1858, their two brothers, Ralph and Thomas followed them, on the ship 'The Herald of the Morning'. The brothers could read and write, and were in good health, they were assisted migrants.
The ships passenger list noted their fathers name as William, mothers as Mary, also that 'mother living at Killallon'. Presumably the father was deceased?
The parish seems quiet as it must have been then - but I'm hoping someone can verify this family for me. ps I live in Hobart, Tasmania. Vernette Love (also Irish name, I think)
Tuesday 15th Oct 2013, 03:18AM
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Hi,
Thank you for your message. You could try checking Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/ for memebers of the family in the Killallon area.
Do you know their religion? 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 available records per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possible assistance.
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
Some sites which may be of assistance to you - if you haven't tried them already - 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
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
Irish Newspaper Archives: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
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Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Wednesday 18th Dec 2013, 12:10PM