Finding Birth or Baptism of Ancestor

Hi,

Thanks for your message.

You are very lucky to have found a baptism record dating to 1722, as the amount of records available in Ireland prior to 1800 is severely limited!

As the Church of Ireland was the official church in the country at the time, the bulk of information that does survive for earlier periods is often in these registers. A useful website for researching and learning about Church of Ireland records can be found here:

http://ireland.anglican.org/information/63

You may also want to do a search on http://www.irishgenealogy.ie

Most Catholic records are held locally. One website that may be of help to you is the irishtimes website which gives an overview of what records are available in each parish. For Clones, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Monaghan&parish=Clones&churchid=297

You could also try contacting the parish priest for assistance. Here is a link to a webpage that gives contact information for the parish of Clones:

http://www.clogherdiocese.ie/parishes/

Or, maybe you could contact the Irish family history foundation in Monaghan-however, a fee may apply. Here are the contact details:

Monaghan Genealogy,

6 Tully,

Monaghan

Email: theomcmahon@eircom.net

I hope that this helps you find what you are looking for.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support