Looking for information about ggrandparents

Hi,

Thank you very much for your message.

Unfortunately it may be difficult to go back further than Eliza and George as often the reality of finding documentation pertaining to births/baptisms/marriages/deaths in Ireland prior to 1800 ? particularly in rural areas ? is that they simply may not exist.  Some registers for urban areas pre-dating 1800 may exist ? though often these can be fragmented- as there was an increased need in cities or larger towns to document the population. The good news is that as he Church of Ireland was the official church of the country the bulk of information that does survive for earlier periods is often from these registers.

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.

It may also be an idea to contact the Irish World Heritage Centre in Tyrone to see if they can be of any further assistance, however a fee may apply. Here is their email: info@irish-world.com

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

Thank you so very much for replying Emma.  It is so encouraging to receive a response to my request.  I will now submit some of my other family names.  I found George & Eliza Little in the Church microfilm at PRONI.  I have had a search done by the UHF (although perhaps not comprehensive enough.)  It is very challenging but I do enjoy visiting Ireland.  Thank you again.