My great, great, great, great grandparents came from Wexford to Canada in 1814. John Ryan (1770-1848). Mary Byrnes (1774-1850). Would appreciate help locating parish.
Thursday 27th Dec 2012, 12:20PM
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Hi,
Thank you for your message.
Do you have any information on John and Mary's parents? If you know their names perhaps you can see if you can find them in the Tithe Applotment Books. This is a land survey that was carried out in Ireland between 1823 and 1838. Hopefully if their parents were still living in Wexford there may be some record of them in the survey. This may help you find a parish, if their names were not very common. You can check the Tithe Applotment Books here:
http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp
Once again, it may be in your interest to look into their emigration for more information. Here is the link for the National Library and Archives of Canada:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html
Some other websites which may help you 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
Family Search: https://familysearch.org/
Irish Genealogy: www.irishgenealogy.ie/index.html
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Kind regards,
Genealogy Support