Hello, I am trying to get information on a Catherine Murphy, born 1836, roman catholic. Her mother was a Mary Murphy alias McPolan who was single, but named the father of Catherine as Andrew Murphy. Catherine was believed to have been born County Down. Mary, her mother was convicted for stealing 3 pigs from Mr McCarthy in 1843 and tried at Hillsborough, sentenced to 7 years to Tasmania. Prior to sailing both Mary and daughter Catherine were held in Grangegorman Female Prison in Dublin and arrived on the ship Greenlaw in July 1844 at Hobart Tasmania. Mary's convict record showed that her name was Mary Murphy alias McPolan. She had a brother Hugh.
Gail Williamson; Mt Gambier; South Australia.
gailyellen
Saturday 23rd Nov 2013, 02:18AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi - Thank you for your message. Some sites & services which might be helpful to your research include:
British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093
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 Newspaper Archives: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
Also - Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at ). www.failteromhat.com
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Tuesday 28th Jan 2014, 09:38AM