My Grandmother

Hi Martin,

Thank you for your message.

Have you tried looking for information on Agnes and family in Church records? Do you know their religious denomination? Most Catholic records are held locally. One website which may be of help to you is the irishtimes. Here they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. For Athboy Parish follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Meath&parish=Athboy&churchid=902

For Church of Ireland records check: http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/.

You could also do a search in Griffith's Valuation. This was a property survey carried out between 1848 and 1864. You can search this here:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ 

The family may also appear in the 1901 and 1911 census records. Lots of useful information can often be found in these. You can search them here:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Some other websites which you may find helpful 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: https://familysearch.org/  

Genealogy Links:  http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/meath/index.html

I hope that this helps. Remember to post as much information as you can with regard to the people you are researching. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you. Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

I hope you don't mind me joining in the conversation but I'm also looking for Fagans in Athboy Meath. I've got a Margaret Fagan born abt 1821 in Athboy my 3rd great grandmother and her parents were Peter Fagan and Mary Meeghan (unknown marriage on birth dates) and I was wondering if they meant any thing to you or if they where on your tree somewhere?