O'Connor from Kerry

Hi

Do you know much about their emigration? The dates, the reason why they left, who they may have travelled with?..etc..Generally more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g. Liverpool, New York, etc.), this could be a good place to find more information. And perhaps even find out an exact place of origin.

Most Catholic records are held locally - One site which might be of use is - http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ - where you can ?browse? an overview of available records per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possible assistance.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/.  The Anglican Record Project is has created an index to their records: http://ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/bunclodyunionindex.pdf

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Kind regards,                    

Genealogy Support

Ireland Reaching Out

Dear kyorp,

961 marriages between John O'Connor and Catherine Mc Carthy

 http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?name2fm=Catherine&name2l=Mc+Carthy&namefm=John&namel=O+Connor&location=&dd=&mm=&yy=&submit=Search&sort=&pageSize=100&diocese=KERRY+%28RC%29&parish=&century=&decade=&exact=&ddB=&ddM=&ddD=&mmB=&mmM=&mmD=&yyB=&yyM=&yyD=&locationB=&locationM=&locationD=&member0=&member1=&member2=&member3=&member4=&member5=&member6=&member7=&member8=&member9=&namef0=&namef1=&namef2=&namef3=&namef4=&namef5=&namef6=&namef7=&namef8=&namef9=&namel0=&namel1=&namel2=&namel3=&namel4=&namel5=&namel6=&namel7=&namel8=&namel9=&keyword=

Have you checked birth/baptismal/marriage records of children of the marriage for any further information?

Waterbury was a destination for many Kerry families. Census records may give other families nearby who may have stated an exact place of birth which could give your family's parish name. 

Old newspapers in Waterbury may also assist, obituaries, or marriage announcents.

Do let me know if you come across anything which might help us narrow down the search.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Martine