I'm looking for the names of the parents and siblings of John McNulty born 1 Apr 1834 and the names of parants and siblings of Elizabeth Kelly born 29 Nov 1830. We've been told they were born in Dormore, Tyrone.
Any help or direcction would be appreciated, thank you
LV
Lorna Thorburn
Monday 24th Apr 2017, 11:11PMMessage Board Replies
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LV,
You don’t say what denomination they were, but I’ll assume RC. Unfortunately Dromore RC baptisms don’t start till 1835. Marriages start in 1833. So both John & Elizabeth’s baptisms are before the start of any church records. Their siblings born after 1835 might be in the records but without parents’ names it’ll be difficult to know you have the right families. Both are common surnames, and there will be multiple entries in the parish records. Have you searched marriage and death certificates for parents names? Possibly DNA testing might help you locate a family that matches.
Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Thursday 27th Apr 2017, 07:30PM -
Thank you for your response Elwyn, I believe they were indeed RC and as I've been volunteering to log old documents from Ireland your statement that they are common names is an understantment! I'm running into the same problem with the ships log books as well. Without their parents names so far I'm at a stand still, but as more and more documents are being processed I hope to find a match soon.
Thanks again!
LV
Lorna Thorburn
Friday 28th Apr 2017, 05:54PM