Brady, Martin, Keenan, McDonnell, Loey: Rassan, Carrickykelly

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

I hope that someone who is connected to the family or who knows the family contacts you and helps you with ypur research.

In the meantime,have you tried looking in civil records for their marriage record? If they were married after 1864 it would have been recorded in civil records.  Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is their website:

http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

You can search the indexes to these records online at:

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

Have you searched in the 1901/1911 census records to see if there were any family still living in the area at the time? You can do so here:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

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

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/louth/index.html

Alternatively, you could contact Louth Co. Library for some assistance, however a fee may be involved. Here is their email: referencelibrary@louthcoco.ie

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

Hello, 

I am trying to find a baptismal record for my grandfather, Patrick James McArdle. He lived on the River Fane in Cullaville until the family moved to the States in the mid (or late) 1920s. I need a baptismal record so that I can pursue Irish citizenship. He was born in July of 1915 so I would assume the baptismal certificate would be from around that time. If it seems like that the certificate is in the church, I can setup a time to come and search myself. I am curently in the UK so it is not that far. Pat's father was also named Patrick James McArdle and his mother was Bridget McAdrle Nee Dooley (from Galway). His family owned the local pub for many years. 

Thank you so much for your time. 

Best, 

Arden 

Hi Arden,

If Patrick was born in 1915 there will be a civil record of his birth. You can get this from the GRO, it may be easier than trying to get the baptismal record. Here are the contact details:

General Register Office

Government Offices

Convent Road

Roscommon

Ireland

Tel:+353 90 663 2900

Locall:1890 25 20 76

Fax:+353 90 663 2999

Homepage: http://www.groireland.ie/

All the best,

Genealogy Supoort