family in Tyrone?

Hi Lynne,

Thank you very much for your message.

Unfortunately, it may be difficult to find information without a more specific place of origin. Most Irish record sources- church records, land records, census records- are based on specific locations. Until you know a specific location within Ireland, preferably a parish or placename, it may be difficult to do anything more with these records.

There are some places where you can search online, hopefully you will find a record of the family that will give you a more specific place of origin:

www.familysearch.org has a huge database of genealogical records including some church records for Ireland.

www.rootsireland.ie have a large collection of Irish Church records, however you have to pay to use this site.

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ have begun a project to upload Irish church records to their site free of charge. However so far only Counties Dublin, Kerry, Carlow and parts of Cork have been covered.

I did a search for Woulfe?s in Griffith?s Valuation in both Tyrone and Cork. This was a property valuation survey that was carried out in Ireland 1848-1864. For Tyrone, the following came back:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=63&Submit.y=24&Submit=Submit&familyname=Woulfe&firstname=&baronyname=&countyname=TYRONE&unionname=&parishname=

For Cork: http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=13&Submit.y=9&Submit=Submit&familyname=Woulfe&firstname=&countyname=CORK

Please note when you are researching that there may have been different variations of the name used:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=

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 National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

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

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

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

Alternatively, you could try contacting the Irish World Heritage Centre in Tyrone for possible assistance, however a fee may apply. Here is their email:info@irish-world.com

Remember to post any new information that you find here, in particular regarding parish of origin. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you. Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support