I am looking for Patt Burke married to Mary Murphy. also Patrick Jospeh Burke (may be related to Patt) born on Jan. 17, 1867. and Thomas Fleming who married Katherine Higgins. and their son was James J. Fleming b. 1868 died 1924 in Minnesota and James was married to Honora Burke in Ireland Feb. 18, 1885 in Castleconnor County Sligo. Honora's parents were the above mentioned Patt Burke and Mary Murphy. from Anne Gilbert of Minnesota
Sunday 24th Mar 2013, 07:59PM
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Hi,
Thank you for your message.
Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864 so you should be able to find record of any marriages, births and deaths that happened after this year in these records. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is their website:
http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
You can search the indexes to these records online at:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347
There will also be records of these in the local parish church, however these records will go further back than 1864.
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. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For Castleconor parish, follow this link:
Most surviving Church of Ireland records 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. Here are their websites: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ and http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42
Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.
You could also check for record of the families in the land acts pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century. There are two:
The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838) found at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp
and Griffith?s Valuation (1848-1864) found at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/
Finally, have you already tried looking up the family in the 1901/1911 census records? These can give lots of useful information. Here is the link:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/
Some other websites that you may find useful are:
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
Family Search: www.familysearch.org
Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/sligo/index.html
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
Wednesday 15th May 2013, 08:31AM