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Hitting a block.

  • 19-02-2013 5:23pm
    #1
    googled eyes
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    I'm fairly new to tracing my family tree. My mothers family had been fairly easy so far as they had lots of stories about grannies and uncles etc.
    But im starting to hit a block. I was looking up baptisms and weddings for names I have on churchrecords.irishgeonology which so far has been able to help my search.
    Im finding that the records are starting to come up N/R ( can't be read ?) in the majority of entries. Is this as far as I can go down this path?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    L1011
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    The Church Records site has only limited records from certain areas.

    Have you used the 1901/1911 censuses and the free births/marriage/death indexes on Familysearch? After that its a case of paying for access to other services or physically going places on the ground.

    N/R is Not Recorded as far as I know, e.g. the record they've digitised has less info than they have fields for.


  • #3
    shanew
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    agree with MYOB - N/R = not recorded

    In general for parish records, the earlier they are, the less detailed they are..


  • #4
    googled eyes
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    Hey thanks for your replies. I've tried familysearch but in these cases I'm afraid its no help.
    Im planning to head into the GRO soon to check up for records on my dads side. Maybe I should contact the pro-cathedral.?

    Now the records im looking for are back around 1850ish and on the previous wedding record the family name is down for both parents ( not mothers maiden name) which is also going to make things harder.


  • #5
    dido2
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    If you'd like to see if anyone can help post names and dates..

    The Gro is very good, but you'd have to have some idea of the years of births, they are done alphabetically by each year, they only start from 1864


  • #6
    shanew
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    googled eyes wrote: »
    ....
    Maybe I should contact the pro-cathedral.?
    ...

    as far as I know most, if not all, of the historic records for St. Mary's are included on the IrishGenealogy website, so not sure they would be able to add anything

    The RC parish of St. Mary's goes back further than the church on Marlborough St. If I remember correctly the parish church was on Liffey Street for a time..


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  • #7
    googled eyes
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    I was thinking maybe if you could physically see the record you may gain some glimmer.

    Basically dido2 the list goes...

    Mary Ellen Caffrey married William Curtis in 1900
    Her parents were :
    Patrick Caffrey and Catherine Maguire married on 27 nov 1875

    Patrick Caffrey's parents are down as:
    Patrcii and Mariae Caffrey. There is a record for a Patrick Caffery and Mary Savage married in 1850 - st. Andrews parish

    Catherine Maguires parents are down as:
    Patricii and Elanae Maguire. There is a record of a marriage for Patrick Maguire and Ellen Toole in 1851 - st. Nicholas parish.

    Obviously I think I'm kind of clutching at straws as there is nothing to confirm these are the correct records


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