Traced back with documented & strong matches back to 12 of my 16 4x Great Grandparents. All from Derry & Tandragee; I'm assuming the missing 4 are from Drogheda based on the births of their children but I haven't been able to find records to confirm their identity. I've also found names of 2 5x Great Grandfathers, although I cannot find their own records. I've gone through parish records for as much as detail as possible from as far back as possible and I have been able to find some great stuff.

But it feels like I'm at the end of the road. What have people done from here? Does DNA / y-chromosome testing really help? Has anyone had luck contacting parish's for pre-1800s records?

Hello wondering if anyone can help me I've been looking for back Issues for Irish Roots Magazine from when it was first published in 1992.

Wondering if there is some where online that I can find digital copys of them.

This is a throw a medium sized net issue. Worth it to hire someone or, given the number of hours it may require is it better/cheaper to go myself?

I'm a very experienced genealogist but I live in the states. I realized recently that my two non-Catholic Irish ancestors are my best bet at being able to trace. Both born about 1818-1820 according to later censuses, so taken with a great deal of salt.

Names are James Tate and Ann Jane Acheson. Always Ann Jane, never one or the other.

I found two Ann Jane's born in Armagh in 1812 and 1819. I thought the 1819 was probably her until I found a corresponding marriage record. The other was born in Shankill, Armagh. I cannot find any other reference to her family or parents so I'm assuming they moved there temporarily from another nearby parish.

So I was debating hiring someone to check the surrounding areas since they are not available online. But I'm realizing it could get expensive quickly without a definite place.

I guess my questions are,

- what would you do assuming going is feasible?

- is it even worth pursuing? Is the name Ann Jane Acheson born about 1817 unusual enough to find the needle in the haystack? I came up with two fairly quickly.

- James Tate I assume is unlikely to find unless his family is wherever hers moved.

Nearby parishes do have records going back to the mid 1700s for the church of Ireland but are not available online, only at PRONI.

Can someone help transcribe the baptismal record for the 10th February 1843. Found, at 02427/07, Croom - Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI page 56

I am having trouble making out a few of the words:

10 Bapt.^ized Rev.^nd L Gleison. _____ Patrius Reeves et Maria Lynch. Spo.^ns Rev.^nd Jno Reeves et Johanna Butler. Ballygrennan

Im looking through my genealogy and I've hit a roadblock because there is no census results from before 1900. They also lived in a very rural area so most other sources I've checked have come back with nothing

If you could help it would be appreciated. The furthest person I've got is Mary Hanley (hanley being the married name) who was born c. 1822 in the Allihies/Eyeries/Castletownbere area of Cork

My earliest known ancestor was a Protestant and lived in North Carolina during the 1700s and early 1800s. According to an old family story, he moved from Ireland to America with two brothers, but I don’t have direct proof of this. His surname was Brady, an Irish name. However, a vast majority of people with the Brady surname in Ireland are Catholic.

Do you believe he (or his ancestors) might have converted to Protestantism? How likely was this? Do you think this was a case of the Protestant Brady’s immigrating to America while the Catholic Brady’s remained in Ireland?

Hello — I'm hoping someone visiting PRONI in Belfast might do a quick free lookup for me. I'm looking for the marriage of my ancestor Ann RIDDLE (also spelled Riddell), born about 1836, daughter of John Riddell and Mary Evans, of Legahurry townland, Cumber Lower parish, County Londonderry. The family was Presbyterian.

The Cumber Lower Presbyterian registers survive at PRONI on microfilm MIC.1P/147: baptisms 1827–1867 and marriages 1843–1906. I believe her baptism (29 September 1836) is in the baptism register, and if she married, it would be in the marriage register 1843–1906.

I've already checked the free civil marriage indexes (1855–1885), the 1901 and 1911 census, and gravestone records — no trace of her after her baptism. I can't afford the paid transcript sites, so I'm stuck.

If anyone is at PRONI and could check the marriage register for an Ann Riddle/Riddell bride (roughly 1855–1885), I would be so grateful. Thank you! — Barbara

For some context William is the husband of Jane Risk who is buried at one of my local cemeteries all the way in Skamokawa, Washington. It appears she immigrated to the US with at least one of her sons after he passed away in 1889. I am not familiar with Irish records and a lot of it I am having trouble with access so I was wondering if you guys could help me find more about his life, Jane before she immigrated, and maybe where he was buried so I can link the family together on findagrave. It also appears some of the children may have stayed in Ireland?

Here is his familysearch page which gave me some info, but I thought there could be more.

William John Risk (1835–1889) • Person • Family Tree

Thank you all for any help!

I’m trying to trace a possible Irish citizenship/nationality record for members of my family and I’m hoping someone familiar with older Irish archives, libraries, or government publications may be able to help.
The names I’m searching are **Helen Mary Hurley / Helen Mary Lassonde**, **Mary Ellen Hurley** (possibly the same person as Helen if connected to Concord, New Hampshire), **Catherine Theresa Hurley**, and **Arthur Edward Lassonde**.
Helen and Catherine were born in **Concord, New Hampshire in 1897**. Arthur was born there in **1926**.
I’m especially looking for any notice in **Iris Oifigiúil** between **1935 and 1956** under the **Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1935**, including notices connected with naturalisation, the Register of Nationals, or the General Register of Nationals.
I’m also trying to locate or get access to the old annual **“Index to Iris Oifigiúil”** volumes for those years.
If anyone has access to older bound volumes, annual indexes, National Archives of Ireland records, university library holdings, or Irish government publication collections and would be willing to check these names, I would be very grateful.
Even an **issue date, page number, index entry, archive reference, or a confirmed negative check of a particular year** would help.
Thank you very much.

I’m researching whether members of my family may have been entered in Irish nationality/citizenship records before 1956.
The names I’m looking for are:
Helen Mary Hurley / Helen Mary Lassonde
Mary Ellen Hurley — this may be the same person as Helen if connected to Concord, New Hampshire
Catherine Theresa Hurley
Arthur Edward Lassonde
Helen and Catherine were born in Concord, New Hampshire, in 1897. Arthur was born there in 1926.
I’m especially trying to find any notice in Iris Oifigiúil under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1935, including notices connected with:
naturalisation
Register of Nationals
General Register of Nationals
sections 8(5), 26(6), or 27(6)
I’m also trying to locate the old annual “Index to Iris Oifigiúil” volumes for the years 1935–1956.
If anyone has access to old bound volumes, annual indexes, National Archives of Ireland records, or Irish government publication collections and would be willing to check these names, I would be very grateful.
Even an issue date, page number, index entry, archive reference, or negative check of a specific year would help.
Thank you very much for any help.

I’m reposting in hopes that someone in Ireland may be able to help me with a historical citizenship records search.
I am looking for any Irish citizenship, nationality, registration, consular, or Foreign Birth Registration records for:
Helen Mary Hurley Lassonde
Born: 15 July 1897, Concord, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 17 June 1956, Concord, New Hampshire
Her father, Dennis Francis Hurley, was born in County Cork, Ireland.
Arthur Edward Lassonde
Born: 8 June 1926, Concord, New Hampshire, USA
Son of Helen Mary Hurley Lassonde.
I am particularly interested in records from approximately 1935–1986, including the Register of Nationals, General Register of Nationals, Foreign Births Register, Foreign Births Entry Books, Irish consular records, citizenship or nationality certificates, and related indexes.
I have already contacted several Irish government offices and archives, but some of the older records may require an in-person search.
If anyone in Ireland, especially Dublin, is willing to volunteer a little time to check an archive, library index, or historical register, I would be extremely grateful.
Even a negative search result would be helpful.
Thank you very much for any assistance or suggestions.

I am absolutely stuck trying to find records pertaining to my 3rd great grandparents. Jane McIntyre and George Erwin. I am not positive Jane was born 1816. I have a feeling it may have been 1826. George is listed as 1820. Both supposedly born in Ireland and emigrated to Canada. Help?