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Hi I am looking for any info/help on finding my ancestor Edward Driscoll he was born in 1847 in Cork Ireland, he had 4 sons and 7 daughters with Mary Ann Haggerty his eldest Son (my great grandfather) was born in London in 1869, not sure when he moved to England and unable to find records of his marriage so must of married in Ireland. If anyone has any info of his parentage brothers/sisters that would be great thank you

Leigh
the problem with irish records is that a lot of them were burnt in the troubles out there .back in the early 1900s. have you tried ancestry, there might be something there . good luck . iris

You could try Irishgenealogy.ie

It would help if you could post the census that you have him on, just for our ref to work back from.

Hi yes I realised when I researched a while back came to a complete standstill with the records getting burnt that's why I thought long shot there maybe a distant relative on here that knew more than me I am on ancestry as well have been for a couple of years now will copy the census on here also I am sure I have tried the irishgenealogy.ie in the past will go take another look thank you :)

There is also the recent release of Irish registers at

http://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx

but it is not indexed by name so you have to search by Parish, and it isn't a quick process!

Leigh

it is extremely unlikely that you will get someone who actually knows anything about ancestors just passing by.

You have the Search All Trees, and then contact the member(s) who have the name in their tree ............. go to Search at the top right, Search All Trees, follow instructions.

Hi thank you for all your help definitely going to look on records, I also put a post on here yesterday about another relative and someone saw and now we are in contact so I think it was a good idea you never know it could happen again for this relative as I have now found doing it this way about 5 distant relatives that gave me loads of info!!!

Leigh ..



you've really been very lucky!!

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Not being pessimistic, but do make sure any info you are given is correct, there are a lot of Edward Driscolls out there, it is very easy to go down the wrong path when quite common names are involved. :-)

I know its a long shot but spoke to a couple more relatives and they have given me precisely where the family comes from in Ireland and some other info so hopefully that will help in my search :)

Leigh...I suggest you post this thread on Find Ancestors Board...I rarely look on here and am sure lots of others don't either...In the meantime I will have a look for you...

Is this Edward in 1871...???

Name Edward Driscoll
Event Type Census
Event Date 1871
Event Place St Mary Whitechapel, London, Middlesex, England
Enumeration District 7
Gender Male
Age 23
Marital Status Unmarried
Occupation Labourer
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Birth Year (Estimated) 1848
Birthplace Cork, Ireland


There were only 2 Edward Driscoll's b Cork about the time frame you mentioned and both were 1849...
Edward Driscoll son of Jerh.Driscoll and Cath Walsh Jan 12
Edward Driscoll son of Ed.Driscoll and Ellen Sullivan April 15
Parish of Schull East.
Diocese of Cork and Ross

I know the family came from Baltimore in Cork (as according to family) we owned most of it lol not sure how true that is though

Leigh....Always believe the family..!!!
It always was and still is Driscoll territory...
Its a beautiful fishing village on the most south west tip of the County Cork and comes under the Parish of Rath and the Islands....Surely you should know that..! The southern part of West Cork was the Barony of Carbery and the O'Driscolls of Baltimore were one of its pre-eminent clans.

I have had family members from abroad go to Ireland and visit but never been there myself unfortunately would just love to know more info on Edward than I have lol

Leigh...
Where was Edward and Mary Living when your g.grandad was born....?