According to our family Bible, John Mullen married Mary "Burns" in County Meath. I have found John Mullen and Mary Byrne's marriage in Culmullin in the year 1838. They had 5 sons recorded in the parish records. Son Thomas, my gg grandfather, married Jane Gogarty of Kilcloon in 1861 in the city of Salem, Illinois, USA. The Mullen/Gogarty families travelled the USA together settling in Kansas in 1870. They came with the railroad but also became farmers and businessmen and even teachers. They were hard working and determined people. I hope to find some living relatives in Ireland and would love to meet eventually.
terracottairish
Sunday 29th Jul 2012, 01:00AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi Stephanie,
Usefull sites for searching for relatives of John and Mary may be 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.
Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864 and also the Valuations office in Dublin (http://www.valoff.ie) will have a record of the land registry from 1855 to modern times. 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/ .
The Irish Genealogy database for Meath is available at a fee from http://meath.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.
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cynoconnor
Friday 10th Aug 2012, 12:17PM