I'm looking for my husband's family. John Warren Doyle (b:1851 Wexford, Ireland) and Bridget O'Conner (b:1848 Wexford, Ireland) their Children were all born in ireland: Margaret T (b: 1876 -my husbands Great Grand mother), Birdget M. (b: 1877), James W (b: 1879), Thomas (b: 1879), Julia ELizabeth (b: 1887), Anne (b: 1890) the whole family immegrated to the USA around 1890
John Warren's parents are James Doyle and Margaret Warren; siblings are Ann, John, Julia, Margaret Peter, and Walter
Bridget's parents are Thomas O'Conner and Bridet White
If anyone has information on the Doyle/O'Conner or Doyle/Warren or O'Conner/White familys I would be greatful to hear from you.
Wednesday 23rd Apr 2014, 02:54PM
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Good Afternoon and welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
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.
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. Have you tried searching Ancestry.com for any mention of your ancestor?s name in member family trees or messages? Ancestry is also hosting ?webinars? on their site. The latest focuses on how to use Irish records when you do not know where your ancestor is from.
There are some places where you can search online for John's ancestors, however these websites do not have complete collections and many do not cover the period after 1900:
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.
Other important sources include the Tithe Applotment Books and Griffith?s Valuation. Even though these sources only record the head of the household, the information is very important and can be valuable:
Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1837): http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/index.jsp
Griffith?s Valuation (1847-1864): http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/
The National Archives of Ireland: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/ you can search the 1901/1911 Census on the National Archives page too, for instances of the family name at that time
Remember to post any new information that you find here. 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.
Best of luck with your search
Clare Doyle
Genealogy Support