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    Looking for the birth/baptism of Thomas McAndrew(s) born ~1839 in either Aughamore, County Mayo, or in County Clare father's name James McAndrew(s). Also appears to have brothers John b~1839 and Anthony b~1840.

    We think the Catholic parish is in the Diocese of Tuam but unfortunately the registers do not appear to be on microfilm in the National Library of Ireland.

    He may have married Mary (Robinson? ~Sep 1857) in Liverpool (Registry Office) after coming across from Ireland to England. In 1861 he is with Mary, and father James, in Bury as a Labourer in a Cotton Mill

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks for your time.
    Last edited by Geoff Devon; 29-07-09, 13:41.
    Woodcock(Dudley...Worcestershire Broseley...Shropshire) Woodley & Allen(Herts/Essex/London/Kent/Surrey... & NSW/Vic/Queensland... AUS) and MANY, MANY more...!

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    What makes you think the registers are not in the Dublin National Library? The only Diocese Registers unavailable in Dublin National Library were the Diocese of Cashel and Emly which was most of Co Tipperary and parts of Co Limerick but since June 2008 these have now been accessible through NL and no other Diocese has ever had a complete ban. About three others asked for letters from Bishop for access but I think even this has now been abandoned. Have you looked at the NL website?

    There are three Catholic Diocese in Co Mayo: Achonry, Killala and Galway. Tuam is the Archdiocese and would not really count for genealogical searching purposes in NL in Dublin. It is the Diocese that count, not the Archdiocese.

    Co Clare is in the Diocese of Killaloe.

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    The dates you are after are indeed parish records. Are you sure they are Catholics and not Protestant? Protestant records are at Dublin National Archives but as these were the ones that were destroyed in the fourcourts fire of 1922 not all protestant records survived.

    Have you tried to find them on this pay per view site?

    Online Irish ancestral Birth, Death and Marriage records for Ireland. Irish Genealogy research center - Irish Family History Foundation


    The above site is very expensive and not all the records are on here, so not finding who you want on here will not necessarily mean that their records do not exist.

    If the records cannot be found through NL or through the pay per view site then you will either have to make a trek to Ireland searching all the churches of possibility, get somebody in Ireland to research for you, try the IGI though very few are on here or go through one of the other sites such as roots web putting up a general notice of interest or searching to see if anybody else is searching the same family.

    Janet
    Last edited by Janet; 29-07-09, 14:41.

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    • #3
      The Irish Times has a very useful Irish Ancestors site which includes listings of transcripts of Roman Catholic records and where to find them.
      This page shows what's available for Aghamore: Irish Ancestors/ Roman Catholic records - Aghamore
      Sarah

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      • #4
        Strange 'cause that's the bit I cut and paste from an answer from the National Library in Dublin from last month!

        The family are still catholics to this day and every cert back to 1860 has them as catholics, so we assumed that they would be before that?

        Thanks Janet and Cloggie I'll have a look at that websites.
        Last edited by Geoff Devon; 29-07-09, 15:49.
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        • #5
          Just one other thought there is a Protestant "Diocese of Tuam" so if you asked Nl for info on "Diocese of Tuam" they might have thought you meant the Protestant Diocese, hence the reason for them saying that this would not be available in Nl, but of course they should then have suggested trying NA Dublin. All very confusing! Never mind, Irish tracing can get you like that!:D

          I agree that if they are Catholics in 1860 then they will in all probability be Catholics further back.

          Janet
          Last edited by Janet; 29-07-09, 16:21.

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          • #6
            I've just been watching an interesting interview with someone Armagh Ancestry in which he says that Mayo Family History Centres have finished transcribing all the church and civil BMD records for Mayo. I'm not sure whether this means they are all online on the IFHF site yet though. This link shows what's currently available on the IFHF Mayo site: Mayo Family History Centres

            Here's a link to the interview:YouTube - Part 2: The Genealogy Gems Podcast: Irish Genealogy

            This is part 1 of the interview, in which he says that the vision of Roots Ireland/IFHF is to have all Irish BMDs computerised in the next 5-6 years: YouTube - Part 1 The Genealogy Gems Podcast: Roots Ireland
            Last edited by Cloggie; 30-07-09, 06:17.
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