Gill and Fagan in Parish of Streete in Westmeath

Hi,

Thank you for your message. I hope that someone with information on the family makes a connection with you and helps you to further your research. In the meantime, here are some resources that you may find helpful:

Church Records:

Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For the parish of Streete, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&churchid=179&CityCounty=Westmeath&CityCounty=Westmeath&parish=Streete

As you can see from the above link the Family History Centre in Westmeath have copies available. If you would like to contact them here is their email, however a fee may apply: dunnasimoate@eircom.net

Most surviving Church of Ireland records are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. Here are their websites: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ and http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42

Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.

Land Records:

You could also check for record of the family in the land records pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century. There are two:

The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838) found at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

and Griffith?s Valuation (1848-1864) found at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

Immigration Records:

Have you tried looking into the family?s emigration? Sometimes more infomation can be found at the port of arrival rather than that of departure.. For information on US immigration records check http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/

Here is a link to some other useful websites in terms of emigration:

https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Ireland_Genealogy_Websites?goback=.gde_3030105_member_230205486#Emigration_Records_.2FPassenger_Lists

Some more general websites that you may find useful 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: www.familysearch.org

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

From Ireland: http://www.from-ireland.net/county-westmeath-genealogy/

Westmeath Library: http://www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/ourservices/tourismartsrecreation/libraryservice/localstudies/genealogy/

I hope this is helpful.

All the best,

Genealogy Support

there is one family of gill in streete I will make contact with to see if I can help you in any way 

regards

kevin brady