I am looking for any information on the RICE family.
Michael RICE was born in Markethill according to his military records. approx 1796
he went into the army at about 14 or 15 years - went over to scotland glasgow and eventually married Agnes CAMPBELL in 1821 - they came to New Zealand as one of the "Fencible" families in 1847 the children they brought with them were James, Margaret, John, Helen (Ellen) and Michael.
we are not sure that Michael was not married before Agnes as we have found children Jane - Janet (Jessie) and possible a Frances or Patrick.
Sunday 14th Apr 2013, 09:10PM
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Hi Dianne,
Thank you for your message.
Markethill is a town in the civil parish of Mullaghbrack in Armagh:
http://www.logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=+Markethill+&streets=yes
You could try searching in church records in the parish to see if you can find any information on the family. 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.
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 Mullaghbrack/Ballymore parish, follow this link:
As you can see from this link Armagh Ancestry have baptism records available from 1798, if you would like to contact them for more information here is their email: researcher@armagh.gov.uk (please note a fee will apply)
You could also try searching for the family in Griffith?s Valuation. This is a property valuation survey carried out in Ireland 1848-1864:
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/
Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864 so any births, deaths or marriages in the family after this date would be recorded in these records. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is their website:
http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
You can search the indexes to these records online at:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347
Have you tried looking in the 1901/1911 census records to see if there are any Rice family memebers still in the area at the time? You can do this here:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/
Some other 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
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
The National Archives Scotland- family history: http://www.nas.gov.uk/familyHistory/
Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/armagh/index.html
I hope that some of this is helpful.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Monday 27th May 2013, 10:46AM