Farrell-Barrack Street

Hi 

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

There is lots of useful information to be found in the 1901 and 1911 census records. You can find this here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Church records may be of use to you. 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

Valuations office in Dublin (http://www.valoff.ie) will have a record of the land registry from 1855 to modern times. This will assist in seeing what happened to any land the family may have owned.

Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at ). www.failteromhat.com

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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/

Irish Newspaper Archives: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/

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Hi there Eileen and greetings from Waterford

I just came across a record in Findmypast.ie (paying site) for your ancestor Peter Farrell.  He was imprisoned in 25th August 1862 for drunkeness!  He was left off with a fine.  The record here:

http://www.findmypast.ie/record?id=ire%2fprisr%2frs00018282%2f4492774%2…

Peter's details include: Age 45, 5ft 5 inches high, grey eyes, brown/grey hair, complexion fair, a cooper by trade,  address Ballybricken, a catholic, can read and write.

I think discovering such a wonderful pen picture was well worth Peter having a short stay in Jail.  Peter didn't have far to go as the City jail was actually situated in Ballybricken.  It was demolished C>1954.  The Mayor's Walk adjoins Ballybricken.  

Ballybricken is an area in the heart of Waterford City - some say it IS the heart of Waterford City - It was outside the ancient City walls but is almost as old as the City itself - 1100 years old.  It was known for centuries and up to the middle of the 20th Century for the Ballybricken Fair.

Hope the above is of interest to you.  Happy to help the Wandering Waterfordians find their way home...

Good wishes

Tony Hennessy

Thank you, Tony.

With records so difficult to locate, I appreciate any and all references to my ancestors.

I did pay for the image and was hoping that Peter's birthdate would have been included in the report.

I appreciate you taking the time to let me know that the record exists. It's the first description of Peter that I have.

All the best,

Eileen

I think this is the line I'm following. Mine settled in Chicago.

Could you tell me what members of this family you're researching? Thanks