Theresa Smith 1831 info

Hi,

Thank you for your message. I hope that someone with information on Theresa makes a connection with you.

In the meantime have you tried looking at church records for more information? Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For Trim parish, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Meath&parish=Trim&churchid=963

As you can see from the above link, Meath Heritage Centre have copies available. Here is their email if you would like to contact them, however a fee may apply: meathhc@iol.ie

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 try looking in the land records for record of the family. I found a reference to James Kelly in Trim in Griffith?s Valuation. This is a property valuation survey survey that was carried out in Ireland 1848-64.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=28&Submit.y=16&Submit=Submit&familyname=kelly&firstname=james&baronyname=&countyname=MEATH&unionname=&parishname=TRIM

There is the earlier Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) also, however you will need to know Theresa and James? fathers? names to search this.

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

Have you tried looking into the family?s emigration? Sometimes more infomation can be found at the port of arrival rather than that of departure. The Public Record Office of Victoria has good online databases of settlers at www.prov.vic.gov.au

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

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/meath/index.html

From Ireland: http://www.from-ireland.net/county-meath-genealogy/

Ireland Gen Projects: http://www.igp-web.com/meath/index.htm

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