I have detailed information regarding the immigration of William Owen Cahill, his wife Mary (McEnroe) Cahill and childrin Edward, Michael, Catherine and Patrick from County Cavan, Parish of Castlerahan, home land of Knocknaveagh in November 1866 to Lowell, Massachusetts. I also have baptismal records that show that William's parents were Edward Cahill and Catherine Munford.
I would like to get additional information about William and Mary Cahill, specifically where they were married and the name of the homeland town were they lived before immigrating to the United States. I would also like to learn more about Mary McEnroe.
I also have a complete family history of William and Mary Cahill following their arrival in Lowell, Massachusetts until the present day.
Monday 31st Dec 2012, 03:25PM
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Hi,
Thank you for you message.
Have you tried looking in Church records for William and Mary? Baptismal and marriage certificates can sometimes give a place of residence.
Most Catholic records are held locally. One website which may be of help to you is the irishtimes. Here, they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. For Castlerahan follow this link:
For Church of Ireland records check 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
You could also check Griffith's Valuation for some record of the family before they emigrated. This is a land survey that was carried out between 1848 and 1864. Although it doesn't give any genealogical information it can sometimes help tie a person to a specific place. You can search this here:
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/
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
Family Search: https://familysearch.org/
Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/cavan/index.html
I hope that this helps you continue your research.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Monday 25th Feb 2013, 01:12PM