James O'Brien of Thomas O'Brien & Johanna (Connell)?

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I have passed this to our Aghada Volunteer who should be in touch shortly

Best wishes

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support 

I have no way of establishing this connection.

Sorry I can't be of more help but query is far too vague.

Hi again

Is there any further info you can provide jobrien? Given the early period of the search it will be difficult to provide info re a connection. Parishes in the south and west were particularly hard hit because of famine and emigration and records can be quite patchy for those early periods. Both rootsireland.ie and irishgenealogy.ie offer access to records for Cork, the former is a subscription site but you can subscribe for as little as one day.

Best wishes

Clare 

Genealogy Support 

Hello Clare,

Thank you for your reply. Yes, I do know that records are sketchy, and that I may never find this connection. Still, I wanted to try. And yes, I have used Roots Ireland to find this information, and also doing DNA testing to see what connections that might surface. It sounds like all available records are online, so I will continue to search on my own. Now, based on your volunteer's response, I realize that I am unsure: what might Ireland Reaching Out realistically help with? Under what circumstances is it appropriate to ask IRO for any assistance?

Thank your very much, JoAnne

Hi again

Sorry to be less positive than I would like - you have obviously done a lot of this research already, some people are not as advanced in their search.  In terms of what we can offer and under what circumstances, our door is always open for questions. It may be the case that new record sources become available, sometimes in a local context and this is what our volunteers can offer, as well as any knowledge they have of local oral history that has been passed down and is not recorded as other information might be in a paper format/digital. Oral history alongside headstones are probably some of the most important sources we have in Ireland. 

Please get back to us here with anything new that you learn or any questions you might have. We love to hear how research is progressing and will provide what answers we can 

Best wishes

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support