Parish Name

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

I believe the place name you are referring to is Tobercurry. This is a town in the civil parish of Achonry in SLigo:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=2083&civilparish=Achonry&citycounty=Sligo

A useful website when it comes to place names in Ireland is http://www.logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=tubbercurry&streets=yes

Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864 so any William?s birth record and marriage record if he married in Ireland would be recorded in these 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

For more information on these records and how to obtain them check: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-civil-registration.html

You could also check in church records for 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. The civil parish of Achonry actually incorporates 3 Catholic  parishes: Achonry, Curry and Cloonacool. Follow this link ot see what records are available in each:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/sligorc.htm

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.

Have you tried looking for William in the 1901/1911 census records? These can give lots of useful information. You can search these 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

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

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

I hope that 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