My (G2) Great Grandparents were from Ireland and lived in the Newcastle and Gateshead area of the UK. I have the family tree for their children and grand children.
I am trying to find the family that remained in Ireland and decendants who will be alive today. They would have the same G3 grandparents probably from Derry.
My tree is on Genes Reunited Named for my grand father Patrick Cassidy the son of Henry Cassidy and Margaret Henry.
I can connect to over 300 family members alive and dead.
Henry Cassidy came to England and married Margaret Henry also from Ireland at St Mary's Cathederal in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Henry Cassidy was Born in Derry about 1846 - Catholic so there was a Christening that year somewhere in Derry.
His father in Derry born about 1820 was Patrick Cassidy mothers name was Ann and I dont have her family name.
They could have been Inn Keepers and probably had many children who will have families alive today.
I would like to correspond with the Irish family - I am age 77 a retired Engineer.
Our family are Catholics and we have 6 children, 7 grandchildren. The extended family is now in the UK, the USA, and in Australia.
I founded a research Charity www.dsrf-uk for Down syndrome research to find new medicines.
Please Email me at dsrf_uk@yahoo.com
Peter Elliott
Peter Elliott
Tuesday 31st Jul 2012, 10:58PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi Peter,
You could try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64). The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38): Microfilm copies of the books for all of Ireland are available at the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/tithe-applotment-books-and-the-primary-griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS)https://familysearch.org/ . Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at.
Records which may be of use to you in finding other family members: Valuations office in Dublin (http://www.valoff.ie). Which will have a record of the land registry from 1855 to modern times. This will assist in seeing what happened to any land the family may have owned (as it usually passed on to a relation). Also the 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 .
There is lots of useful information to be found in the 1901 and 1911 census records. You can find this here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/ which may help to identify other relatives.
If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance regarding records.
One database for genealogical records for Derry is available for a fee from http://derry.rootsireland.ie/.
I wish you the best of luck with your search.
Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Ireland Reaching Out
cynoconnor
Friday 10th Aug 2012, 02:43PM