Cahill Family

Hi Brian,

Thank you for your message.

It will be much easier to find information on Ellen with a more specific place of origin, preferably a parish. 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.

You could try searching for her birth record 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

You could also try searching in the baptism records on www.familysearch.org (please note the collections on this website are not complete so it may be hit or miss)

Do you know the names of anyone else in her family? If you do you could use this to search and narrow down possibilities in the 1901/1911 census records: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

If you know her father or grandfather?s name you could try using Griffith?s Valuation to narrow down a parish of origin:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

Have you tried looking into her emigration? Sometimes more information was given at the port of arrival rather than that of departure. You may be lucky and find a more specific place name. Check the US National Archives at: http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/

Do you have any documentation pertaining to the family that mentions any place names at all? This can include wills, marriage/death records,census records, letters, diary entries etc.Sometimes a parish name can be inscribed on a tombstone, so this may be worth checking out also.

Here are some other websites that you may find helpful:

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/wexford/index.html

Genealogy Ireland Project: http://www.igp-web.com/wexford/index.htm

Wexford Library: http://www.wexford.ie/wex/Departments/Library/YourServices/LocalStudies/What/

I hope some of this is helpful.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support