My direct bloodline ancestor was Thomas Casey. He was born in 1636 in Ulster, but I have no information on which parish in Ulster. He was orphaned on the battlefield in the Massacre of 1641. He was then taken to Gloushere, England and used a child laborer by an English lord. At 22, he escaped and sailed from Plymouth, England to Rhode Island, USA.
Research has told me he was part of the planatation movement as we are Prodestants.
How can I find any records or genealogy of his parents and ancestors before that?
Tuesday 21st Aug 2012, 02:47PM
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Hi Thomas,
Record keeping during the 17th century was patchy at best but there are some sources you might try.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Northern-Ireland-genealogy.html
Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870 are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. A list of all surviving registers is available in the National Archives. http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. Presbyterian registers are held in three main locations: in local custody, in the Public Records of Northern Ireland (PRONI) and at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Belfast. PRONI has microfilm copies of almost all registers in Northern Ireland and also lists of records held by the Presbyterian Historical Society. For the rest of Ireland, almost all records are in local custody. It can difficult to locate these as many congregations in the South have moved, amalgamated, or simply disappeared over the last sixty years.
I wish you the best of luck with your search.
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Ireland Reaching Out
Tuesday 21st Aug 2012, 03:50PM -
Hi there.
In checking with the Cavan Muster Rolls of 1630, the only name that comes close to "Casey" is Casselden. I bet these peole listed were ancestors and your Casey name was a shortened version.
William Casselden - Sword and Snaplance
Richard Casseldon - Sword only
Located in the Barony de Loughty under command of the Lady Waldrum - Undertaker of 2000 acres. Seems to me that these two gentlemen had arms and would of been men of means. Not like mine that show up with "No Arms".
Best of luck. I finally had to resort to DNA testing.
Regards
Brian Mavity
Wednesday 24th Oct 2012, 08:26PM