Searching for John Jacobs

Hi,

Thank you very much for your message.

Do you know if John was from Dublin City itself, or somewhere in the county of Dublin? It may be difficult to find information on him without knowing a more specific place of origin as most Irish record sources- church records, land records, census records- are based on specific locations.

Do you have any documentation pertaining to the family that mentions any place names in Dublin at all? This can include wills, marriage/death records,census records, letters, diary entries etc.

There are some places where you can search online, however it may be difficult to discern whether the results are relevant to your family or not without more information:

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.

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ have begun a project to upload Irish church records to their site free of charge. Only some areas have been covered so far. this includes Dublin City. Hopefully if John was born in the city, or married there you should be able to find record of it here.

Have you tried looking into the family?s emigration? Sometimes more infomation can be found at the port of arrival rather than that of departure. You may be lucky and find a place name here. For information on Canadian immigration records check  http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html

Do you know his father?s name? If you do you may be able to find a record of him in Griffith?s Valuation. This is a property valuation survey that was carried out 1848-64. I did a search for Jacob in Dublin here is what came back:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=30&Submit.y=11&Submit=Submit&familyname=jacob&firstname=&baronyname=&countyname=DUBLIN&unionname=&parishname=

There was no Jacob/Jacobs recorded in Dublin city.

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

Dublin Heritage: www.dublinheritage.ie

Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/dublin/index.html

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

Alternatively, you could try contacting the Dun Laoghaire Heritage and Genealogy Centre, however a fee may apply. Here is their email address: cmalone@dlrcoco.ie

Remember to post any new information that you find here. 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