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Where in Ireland ?
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Edward | Report | 8 Sep 2005 11:09 |
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Traced my family tree in Lancashire to Gt.Grandfather Edward Gannon b.c1861 Ireland(?). From marriage certificate found his father as Patrick Gannon {weaver} Ireland(?) Can anyone tell me best way of finding out WHERE IN IRELAND my family come from !!! Have no further info at all and hitting brick wall !! All census in Lancashire just show 'born IRELAND' not where in Ireland.l |
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Margaretfinch | Report | 8 Sep 2005 12:18 |
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Hi Edward this is where I have got stuck 1841 census just says both were born Ireland so I don't know if they married over here or in Ireland their first daughter was born here but as it is before registration started can't find her birth either. hope you can find out more Margaret |
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Christopher | Report | 8 Sep 2005 12:53 |
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Hello Edward. In short, I think you will have great difficulty taking your investigations further. From my own investigations on Irish connections I have found it impossible unless you know the county the person was born in. When the enumerator visited property in England he would very rarely give any further details other than the country of birth. This was especially prevalent in streets where all the occupants were all of Irish decent. The only Irish family connections I have found are where there was only one Irish family in the street so the county was added along with the ‘Ireland’. Also to give you an insight into how difficult it is to find the family connection even with the county listed. It has taken me over 10 months to view 16 parish registers for the former named county of Queens, and you can imagine my consternation when it was the second to last of the parish records before I found the people I was searching for. It may be worth looking in other census records to see if the enumerator has added any further details. Again from my own experience that was how I found the county I was looking for. Happy hunting. Kind regards, Chris |
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