Millericks of Ballinona North

Hi there,

There are Roman Catholic church records available for the diocese of Imogeela (Cloyne). These date from 1833 for baptismal and marriage records. You can find these at the National Library of Ireland, Pos. 4991. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance.

There are Roman Catholic church records available for the diocese of Rathcormack (Cloyne). These date from 1792 for baptismal records and 1829 for marriage records. You can find these at the National Library of Ireland, Pos. 4995. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance.

Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864 however. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

1796: Spinning Wheel Premium Entitlement Lists This was part of a government scheme to encourage the linen trade, free spinning wheels or looms were granted to individuals planting a certain area of land with flax. The lists of those entitled to the awards, covering almost 60,000 individuals, were published in 1796, and record only the names of the individuals and the civil parish in which they lived. The majority, were in Ulster, but some names appear from every county except Dublin and Wicklow. A microfiche index to the lists is available in the National Archives, and in PRONI. www.failteromhat.com There are 1,170 names for County Cork. This is a very useful website for lots of early records and has a particular emphasis on County Cork.

There is a useful book you might find interesting by Tim Cadogan called 'Tracing your Cork Ancestors', 1998.

This link from the Irish Times shows the frequency of the name Millerick in the mid-19th century:http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=

Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.

Kind regards,

Sinead Cooney

Genealogist (Ireland XO)

My gggrandfather, Michael Millerick married a Margaret Fitzgibbon on 23 Jan 1847 in Ballynona, County Cork, IRE. Witnesses were James Fitzgibbon and William Millerick.

Known children are:

William Millerick bapt 21 Dec 1847 in Ballynona North. Sponsors were Charles Connell and Mary Fitzgibbon.

Bridget Millerick bapt 13 Jan 1850 in Ballynona. Sponsors were James Fitzgibbon and Ellen Callahan.

Philip Millerick bapt 30 May 1852 in Ballynona. Sponsors were Denis Collingham and Margaret Carthy.

Might these families be related?

I am sure we are connected, but I do not know exactly how.  My gggrandfather was also a Michael Millerick, born May 10, 1836 in Castlemartyr Parish and died January 4, 1892 in San Francisco.  His parents were John Millerick and Mary Connell.  He had at least three other cousins named Michael Millerick who came to California (none married to Margaret Fitzgibbon) and the names Philip, Bridget, and William occur man times in our tree.  I have a cousin who has done a great deal of work on other colateral Millerick lines and she would probably know the connections.  Did your gggrandfather and his descendents stay in Ballynona or did they move?  Email me at kquattrin78@comcast.net and I will see what I can find.

Kevin Quattrin

Pacifica, CA