Hello, I am seeking a birth/baptismal record or any other information on my relative, Richard Dollard. His Spanish American War enlistment papers list his place of birth as Dysart/Dysert and date of birth as May or June of 1868. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
AdrianD
Thursday 25th Apr 2013, 06:40PMMessage Board Replies
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Hello Adrian
Thanks for your message
You could get a copy of the civil record of Richard’s birth. Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
This record would give you his parent’s names, his father’s occupation and possibly their place of residence at the time of his birth.
I did a search on familysearch.org for the Dollard name in county Clare, there were some results and there is a Richard Dollard among them.
His date of birth is given as June 1864. I am not saying this is definitely your Richard but have linked it for your consideration.
Using the parent’s names on the records, I think this is the same family on the 1901 census (there is only one Dollard recorded on the 1901 and the 1911 census).
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Clare/Templemaley/Rinerrinagh/1068926/
Also this newspaper article might be of some interest to you
http://www.clareherald.com/2013/03/clare-gathering-festival-explores-irish.html
Best regards Michael
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Michael Browne
Friday 26th Apr 2013, 11:07AM