Hi,
I am looking for information on my grandmothers family. She was born 13th june 1920, her name was Margaret Pearl Doyle. Her birth was registered in the parish of baltinglass (her family came from Rathdangan). Her father was James Doyle, we believe to be born around 1900. He was a Blacksmith & Farmer.
Her mother was Catherine Bulmer. They had 5 children: Margaret, Marie, Winifred, William & Richard.
James remarried & had another 2 children: James & Percival.
Link to ancestry tree: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/pt/RSVP.aspx?dat=MTU2Mzk2OTc4Ozs…
Thanks,
Natalie.
Gracemonkey
Tuesday 26th Feb 2013, 04:07PMMessage Board Replies
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Hello
A good place for you to start would be to obtain a copy of the civil record of your grandmother’s birth. This would give you both her parents’ names. The next step you could take is to obtain a record of their marriage. This will give their respective fathers names and the place name where they resided at the time of the marriage. Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
Also if you were to obtain church records of these events, they could provide more information to work with. Sponsors at baptisms and witnesses at weddings would quite often be family members or close neighbours. Most Catholic records are held locally - One site which might be of use is - http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ - where you can ‘browse’ an overview of available records per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possible assistance.
Best regards Michael.
Friday 19th Apr 2013, 09:19AM