My Great great grandparents on my mother's side John McCracken and Sarah Mc Ilroy were married in Dromara, Down in 1852. They had 1 daughter Sarah who was born in Dromara and then John Mc Cracken was sent to Dharjeeling in India where they had 2 more children, namely Margaret (my great grandmother) and James. He was subsequently sent to Cape Town where he served in the army until he retired in 1879. John Mc Cracken died on 31/01/1914 in Cape Town and Sarah Mc Cracken died in 1914 in Cape Town.
Can anybody please help me trace their ancestors and also the family ties to the present day.
I have quite an extensive family tree on genebase which I would be happy to invite anyone to view if they are in anyway connected to my family.
Look forward to making contact.
Kind regards,
Marion
mariono
Friday 3rd May 2013, 11:42PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi
Thank you for your message.
Have you tried checking Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/ or the 1901 and 1911 census records (You can find this here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/ ) for any of John and Sarah's relatives?
Some sites which might be of interest to you are:
British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093
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
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm
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Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
cynoconnor
Friday 17th May 2013, 11:44AM