Sally Coghlan married John Carroll in Eglish, June 1, 1829.
They had 2 children, James Peter Carroll (who changed his name to Michael later) and John Carroll. Their father John #2310 served in the British Army and dies in India during the Sutlej campaign.
Both boys were admitted to the Royal Hibernian Military School on Fe.15,1849. their mother Sally is listed as deceased. Our relative James Peter was in the Charge of the Light Brigade and survived.
Looking for marriage/birth/ baptismal records for sally and John.
What caused Sall's death?
Who applied to have children admitted to Royal Hibernian?
Is there any of our family still in the parish?
Hibernian
Saturday 23rd Feb 2013, 02:03AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi,
Thank you for your message.
Civil registration did not begin in Ireland until 1864, so for birth/baptism/marriage/death records before this date you need to look at Church records.
Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. For Eglish parish, follow this link:
For information on Church of Ireland Records check: http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/.
www.familysearch.org also have some church records available online
www.rootsireland.ie has a huge collection of Church records, however yo uhave to pay to use this site.
I did a quick search and found that records of some soldiers? children that attended the Royal Hibernian Military School, later known as The Duke of York?s School can be found in the UK National Archives class WO 143. Perhaps, if you can find record of James and John in these records ,it may give you information about who enrolled them. Follow this link:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C14350
Some other websites that you may find useful 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
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm
Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/offaly/index.html
You may also want to contact Irish Midlands Ancestry for some assistance, however a fee may apply. Here are their contact details:
Irish Midlands Ancestry,
Bury Quay,
Tullamore,
Co. Offaly.
Phone: +353 (0) 57 932 1421 Email: info@offalyhistory.com
I hope that this is helpful. Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Tuesday 23rd Apr 2013, 02:57PM