Goodness booked up to October! I have been in GRO office quite a few times in former times and only a handful of people in a very large room.
Don't know about the Gilbert, but the GRO is appointment only with no availability until October. However, I'd be hopeful that they'll do away with appointments then based on the new relaxing rules.
Delighted to hear your news Hermy, a great sense of completion for you, a very significant detail for your 'tree'. Just an idle query, what is the state of research facilities these days for example the Werburgh St BMD place and the Gilbert Room in Pearse Library? Being lazy of course so thought I would ask here. I heard that public libraries do not let you linger but just in/out with book.
Thanks Virginia.
Jelly
Despite their comprehensive coverage there are gaps in the Irish News Archive and your search might just fall into one of them.
When I'm searching for deaths I find entering a surname and place name works well.
If I have a good idea of when the event took place I will manually browse the notices paper by paper.
I still might not find anything but at least I'll know it's not down to the OCR missing it.
Hermy, I just saw your post about finding your birth father after your long search. I am so glad to hear of your success and hope it brings you much satisfaction. Congratulations. Many here, including me, must be very happy for you.
Questions:
Is it possible there was no death notice placed in a paper?
Which newspapers were you looking in? I find the Indo and the Evening Herald best for Dublin.
Where you giving too narrow a field? I.e. if you know the year, just put the entire year in the dates field 1/1/1970-31/12/1970
Have you put in names of family members in the "might include" section? I also put phrases like sadly missed, deeply regretted, etc.
Have you checked that there wasn't a glitch on the site at the time? I saw someone mentioning finding no results the other day on Twitter and presumed a temporary fault.
The disappointment was due to the fact that I didn't find anything relating to my searches for my family. I was also checking a date of death of a neighbour of ours in the 1970's in Dublin which I couldn't turn up and I wondered if I was searching correctly. Any suggestions for doing that, i.e. for a 'Gerard Mongey' (not the real name) how would I enter it? I've tried 'Deaths-Gerard Mongey' also 'Deaths Mongey Gerard' and in desperation 'Deaths Mongey' and zilch came up!!
Well done (in public) to Hermy - such a huge success along with all the emotion.
I've been quiet because I've been finishing my Masters.
The changeover to Vanilla on Boards has been a nightmare.
Thanks Molly. I think the overriding emotion at the time was relief but there has been much contentment too.
That is exciting, Hermy, congratulations and well done. I hope it brings you lots of joy and / or contentment.
The books I have on the go at the moment are Equine Sports Coaching (Alison Lincoln). I'm thinking of doing a course. Also Discovering Irish butterflies & their habitats (J M Harding) as there have been so many butterflies in the garden recently, I wanted to (re)learn their names.
I'm plugging away with a little research, though not finding anything too exciting. Jelly, have you done a DNA test? I did one at Ancestry and uploaded it here and there, and it's brought me hours of fun, and enough discoveries to keep me ticking over.
And I'm taking up Kundalini Yoga in a week or two - which should be a laugh, if not even a healthy pastime for the winter.
The joys...
Thanks Jelly! Yes, just short of ten years since I began my search.
What disappointed you about the Irish News Archive?
Mollymoo you're right, it's quite the desert these days. It's a pity really. But congratulations to you Hermy on finding your birth father, I know you've been slogging away for so long. I haven't been doing much research as every search produces zero results for me. I no longer have my Ancestry sub and I'm pretty disappointed in the Irish Newspaper Archives too. Wondering what to do next as I doubt if Findmypast will be any better.
I don't know if it's just me but it just seems like Boards has lost its soul (for want of a better expression) since moving to the new platform.
At the same time, I finally found my birth father earlier this year and have been on an extended hiatus from research ever since, as the final months of that particular search were very demanding.
I'm currently reading Deirdre Barr's biography of Beckett which is a really good read.
Anyone else reading, listening to or watching anything good?
This site has gotten awfully quiet of late. Never any craic, anymore. Anyone found / doing anything interesting, genealogy or otherwise?
Aha! Thanks so much 😁
A little bird tells me that the record is misindexed as 1, should be 51 - see last entry Holywell no. 2 sub-district Oct-Dec
Gosh it's quiet here these days!
I'm wondering if anyone has a trick for getting around an incorrect link on Irish Genealogy. The image link given for Cecily Christy's death in 1905 in Enniskillen goes to a page of Donegal records: https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1905/05579/4566873.pdf I've reported the error but I'm not sure how long it might take to be corrected.
Yes. I agree, but I think they're unlikely to agree to them being put on Rootsireland when they're already there for free. At one stage, there was nothing for Clare on the site but it's much improved. https://rootsireland.ie/clare/online-sources.php
Do you mean the excel sheets that are on ClareLibrary.ie? I have used these before for some tracing where I knew what file to search in but I feel they would benefit from being included in a large searchable database.
Roots' search function is really helpful, especially is the family have have moved parishes or counties even over the years.
Because Clare county library has that market cornered.
Why is it that RootsIreland is lacking in records for Co. Clare?
Every other county seems to be accounted for in Births/Marriages/Deaths etc.
Looks like Gedmatch have changed their classic page layout. How am I able to see my most recent matches? The site used to have the match date listed but I don't see that now.
mindhorn wrote: » A minor enough complaint but I'm not a fan of the new layout of FTDNA. It's a bit messy when scrolling down through the list and worse when using the table view (should really freeze the top pane). And am I right in saying that there's no sort by match date option in the table view?
mindhorn wrote: » It also looks like they've changed the calculation of shared DNA. Someone who was near the top of my list previously shared 95 cM with me whereas now it's down to just 29 cM.
Rmulvany wrote: » Trying to spend some time on the lesser know side of my tree, the family of my 3xG-Grandmother Judith/Judy Hartneady. Her husband is William Brady I'm going through whatever records I have for mentions of other Hartneadys or Bradys (sponsors, witnesses etc) I have the following baptism in Kilnoe Clare: Jan 1839 24th: William, William Brady, Judy Hartneady S: Owen Brady, Judy Hartneady, Ballinahinch My main Q is who is the Judy who is sponsoring? Surely it can't be the child's mother... Could it be the child's grandmother? If so, could Owen be his Grandfather? Could it, by chance, be the child's aunt by marriage (taking the married name Hartneady) I tend not to look at sponsors or witnesses for clues as they could be anyone! But I appreciate any input Are there any traditions for RC sponsors, parents, siblings?
mrslancaster wrote: » Where can you sign up for the on-demand talks? Thanks.
Garlinge wrote: » To answer the Q about a sponsor.... they tend to be close friend or family and of same age as parents such as a brother /sister. They are meant to take over the care of the child in this world should their parent(s) die so not just overview their spiritual welfare. For a firstborn, it is traditional that the witnesses to the marriage act as Godparents/sponsors.
