An island off the west coast of Britain, which in turn is off the west coast of mainland Europe. Currently it is divided into Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom) in the north-east one-sixth of the Island, and the Republic of Ireland in the remainder. Between 1801 and 1922, the whole of ...
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Spanish Armada records
In my family, there is a long held verbal history that we were on the Spanish Armada and were stranded in Ireland when the Armada was sunk.
This may be a long shot, but is there anyway to access ...
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Andrew Wilson remains an enigma
I am trying to find the parentage and immigration for Andrew Wilson my 2nd great grandfather. According to family search he was born on August 1, 1838 in Gulladuff, Maghera Parish in Londonderry ...
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Circus Ancestors
I am trying to find the family name of the trapeze act (and ideally the individuals) who toured Ireland back in the 1950's with the Chipperfield Circus.
I'm struggling to find any resources that ...
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Passenger Lists to USA 1923-1925
I'm trying to locate the following family on the passenger lists.
Richard Richardson born c1897
Mary/Molly Richardson born c1895
Jane Richardson born c1923
All born in Co. Cork, Ireland.
They ...
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Where was Timothy Kelly born (married in London, died in Herefordshire)?
My ancestor Timothy Kelly, died in Weobley, Herefordshire, in 1839, and was born around 1774, according to his death certificate.
Supposedly, his son told descendants that his father was from ...
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Merchant marine - how to research people who worked on ships?
I am researching a relative who disappears from conventional genealogical records. He married and fathered children regularly until his wife died but does not appear in census records with his family ...
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G Grandparents brickwall - Kilkenny/Charles and Sweeney//Magovern [closed]
On both sides of my father's line, I have hit brick walls.
I have not learned much information about these grandparents, nor do I know about any of their parents.
Here s what I have:
Anthony ...
