Looking for relatives Duffy

Hi Melissa,

Thank you very much for your message. I hope that you had a lovely time in Ireland!

It will greatly help your research if you can narrow down Susan?s place of origin to a parish. 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.

Do you have any documentation pertaining to the family that mentions any place names in Armagh 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.

Have you tried looking into her 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 US immigration records check http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/

Do you know her father?s name? If you do, you could try searching for him Griffith?s Valuation. This is a property valuation survey carried out in Ireland 1848-64. It doesn?t give any genealogical information but can sometimes be used to tie a person to a specific place. You can search it online here:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch

Some other websites that may be helpful 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

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

Irish Genealogy Tool kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/

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

Alternatively, you could try contacting Armagh Ancestry for some assistance however a fee may apply. Here is their email: researcher@armagh.gov.uk  

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,

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Hello, Looking for relatives of Patrick J. Duffy born 1881, Newtownhamilton, baptism 1881, Parrish of Creggan,Lower.

   Parents were Parick Duffy and Catherine McMahon, Sponsors were Hugh and Ann Murphy.

 Lived at 5 Shambles Lane, his father died in some kind of railroad accident , he left a widow and two children

  Patrick J. Duffy , my grandfather  left Ireland at age 16 via Liverpool  in 1898, from there, Brooklyn NY, Dover N.H. and settled in Portsmouth NH. Sent for his mother and sister later. Then he left for the Spanish-American War.

Returned to Ireland in 1930s and 1950s to vist friends, Shines, Slanes and Ned McGee, 

More info available