Parishes in Cork

Hi Diane

Thank you for your query.  Firstly do you know what the religious denomination of your family was? you can view what Roman Catholic records exist for Queenstown and Schull through the link below: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/  (Browse Roman Catholic Parish Map) You can also search the distribution of your surname on this website.

For Church of Ireland records see: http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/.  The Anglican Record Project is has created an index to their records: http://ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/bunclodyunionindex.pdf

If your unsure about the parish name and the land divisions it falls under you can go to the link below and type into placename:   http://www.irish-place-names.com/ 

You could try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp  or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/     or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/        

The Tithe Applotment List might be of use to you, or at least interesting for you. These lists constitute the only nationwide survey for the period, and are valuable because the heaviest burden of the tithes to the Established Church, the Church of Ireland, fell on the poorest, for whom few other records survive.

Here are some other websites that may be of help to you:

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

http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/?gclid=CKLT_Pa4wrUCFYUf4Qod4EoAGg

I hope that this information is of help to you Diane. All the best in your future research. Do not hesitate to contact us again.

Kind regards,                    

Genealogy Support