ancestors in Ballinluig East

Hi Robert,

Thank you very much for your message.

Ballyfeard civil parish belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross. Luckily, the records from this diocese have been uploaded free of charge to http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ You can search here for records relating to the Bartholomew McCarthy in that parish.

Please note however, that the civil parish of Ballyfeard, belongs to the Catholic parish of Clontead so this is where you will need to look for records.

A useful website is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. For Clontead parish follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Cork%20South-West&parish=Clountead&churchid=107

If you would like to contact the local parish clergy for assistance here is a link ot their contacts page:

http://www.corkandross.org/parishes.jsp?parishID=22

Also, did you also check the later Griffith?s Valuation (1848-64)?

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=56&Submit.y=12&Submit=Submit&familyname=McCarthy&firstname=First+Name&baronyname=&countyname=CORK&unionname=&parishname=BALLYFEARD

Some other websites that you may find useful are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/cork/index.html

Cork Archives: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/cork/index.html

Cork Past and Present: http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/genealogy/

Failte Romhat: www.failteromhat.com

I hope this is helpful. Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.

Kind regards,    

Genealogy Support