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From: "Moira Forde" <>
Subject: RE: Help on research in Cork
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 03:54:08 +0100


Dear Jean,

You wrote:
<< I'm looking for inf. on an ancestor who was born in Bandon, County Cork
in 1852, and/or
> anything on his family - his father is shown on said ancestor's marriage
certificate as >"farmer".>>

It might help us to help you if you were a little less cagey with your
information :-) For example, if we knew his name, his occupation, religion
etc. All those things help us point you in the right direction - otherwise
the advice is so general that you might not get too much out of your time
there.

Many of us on this list are descended from the Bandon Protestant settlers of
the 1500/1600 period and so might know a fair bit about the records for
names and churches associated with those groups; however, if his name was
Patrick Murphy and he was a staunch Fenian, a different group on the list
might have suggestions for you ... do you see what I mean? Or he might have
been one of the few Quakers or Jewish people ... who knows?

Also, give us a clue as to what experience you have of Irish records
already. We hate teaching granny to suck eggs here :-) but it is so often
the case that you try and help by saying "Search here" or "Try that" only to
be told "I know all that -- done it -- got the tee shirt"; alternatively,
you might get the response, "what exactly is a parish register?" and you
know you pitched it too high!

Failing which, you could read some of the information at these web sites:
(thanks to Dennis Ahern):

http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/Geneal/Cork.htm
Cork Family Heritage Centres computerizing parish records
Provides search service for a fee
See http://world.std.com/~ahern/results.htm for customer comments

http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/munster/index_co.html
Cork sources for genealogy

http://world.std.com/~ahern/cork.html
Local historical societies in County Cork

http://www.mainstreetauto.com/parishes.htm
The Catholic Parishes of County Cork

http://homepages.iol.ie/~irishrts/CorkNames.html
County Cork Surnames

http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/igsi/casey.htm
Casey bibliography of North Cork; "O'Kief, Coshe Mang,
Slieve Lougher and the Upper Blackwater"

http://www.xs4all.nl/~tbreen/Journals/Cork.html
Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society

http://www.foundmark.com/Ireland/lists/DownMap/BigMap.JPG
Map of Cork County

http://www.sci.net.au/mgrogan/cork_map1.htm
Baronies of County Cork

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~aocoleman/
Cork Genealogical Society

http://www.iol.ie/~thefold/dioc.html
The Diocese of Cork & Ross

These, and other useful links, can be reached from the TIARA web site.

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Dennis Ahern | The Irish Ancestral Research Association
Acton, Massachusetts | Dept. W, P.O. Box 619, Sudbury, MA 01776
| http://world.std.com/~ahern/TIARA.html
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Hope some of this helps, (and I am *so* jealous of you having a week to
research in Cork - what bliss!!)

Best wishes,

Moira
Clevedon, Somerset
Researching FORDE, DOODY, CUMMINS, CHURCH, HAZEL and REID in Co. CORK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean Gamble [mailto:]
> Sent: 03 June 1999 13:47
> To: ;
> Subject: Help on research in Cork
>
>
> I'll be on holiday in south west Ireland in a couple of weeks
> time, and will
> be allowed one day for research! (aren't I the lucky one). I'm
> looking for
> info on an ancestor who was born in Bandon, County Cork in 1852, and/or
> anything on his family - his father is shown on said ancestor's marriage
> certificate as "farmer".
>
> How can I best utilise my limited time in the area - where can I
> go to find
> any info.
>
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jean Gamble (Folkestone, Kent, UK)
>
> ______________________________

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