My great grandfather, Martin Corrigan, was born in Ireland abt 1820, immigrated to the USA around 1846. He married Ann Brennan on 5 Jun 1853 in La Salle County, Illinois, resided in La Crosse Co. Wisconsin until moving to La Salle Co. Illinois in 1865 where he farmed.
Through DNA Testing I have learned that Martin Corrigan is related to John Corrigan(1829-1870) who lived and died in Kiltybranks, Lisacul, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon, Ireland. John Corrigan married Margaret Towey (1829-1905). John had a sister Ellen who married Patrick Corrigan. They had a daughter Margaret.
I am searching for the relationship between Martin Corrigan and John Corrigan.
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mhingst
Tuesday 12th Mar 2013, 05:45PMMessage Board Replies
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I have make a list of websites that you could look in to find the information that you need sir. Best of luck with your seach.
The National Archives of Irelandhttp://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/ The National Library of Irelandhttp://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx The National Archives UK ? genealogy search:http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/ The US National Archives:http://www.archives.gov/ The National Archives Scotland- family history:http://www.nas.gov.uk/familyHistory/ The Library & Archives of Canada -http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html Irish Newspaper Archives:http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ The next thing you could do is find the counties and places in Ireland your family names are mostprevalent. Look at the website http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and perhapssomething will match some other clue you may have found elsewhere? If nothing turnsup ? it is advisable to try different variations of the spellings of the names. If you have a possiblefirst name you could try the Irish Census 1901, 1911 at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ or the landvaluation record called Griffiths Valuationhttp://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml Also have a look on these sites Sir. Irish Lives Remembered offers a free genealogy forum at:http://www.irishlivesremembered.ie/ British & Irish Genealogy:http://bi-gen.blogspot.ie/
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