Looking for John Norton family connections

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

Unfortunately, it may be difficult to find information without a more specific place of origin. Most Irish record sources- church records, land records, census records- are based on specific locations. Until you know a specific location within Ireland, preferably a parish or placename, it may be difficult to do anything more with these records.

There are some places where you can search online:

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ have begun a project to upload Irish church records to their site free of charge. However so far only parts of Cork have been covered, and only Catholic records. Hopefully the Nortons will have been from one of these areas and you will be able to find some records relating to them.

www.familysearch.org has a huge database of genealogical records including some church records for Ireland.

www.rootsireland.ie have a large collection of Irish Church records, however you have to pay to use this site.

Norton was not a very common name in Cork during the 19th century. You can see from the Iris Times surname database that there were no Nortons recorded in the county in the mid-19th century:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=

However, I did find one reference to Norton in Cork in the Tithe Applotment Books. These were land records compiled between 1823 and 1837 in order to determine the amount which occupiers of agricultural holdings should pay in tithes to the Church of Ireland.

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=norton&firstname=&county=Cork&parish=&townland=&search=Search

The date recorded on this page is 1834, however if you look at the original image the date is actually 1825 which would tie in with your Norton. Although there is no way of knowing for sure if this is relevant for your research it may give you a starting point in terms of place of origin.

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

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/cork/index.html

Ireland Gen Projects: http://www.igp-web.com/cork/index.htm

Failte Romhat: www.failteromhat.com

I hope some of this is helpful. Remember to post any new information that you find here particularly concerning place of orign. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you. Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support