Mason Family - Parteen area to Chicago

Hi Judith,

Thank you very much for your message. I hope that someone with information on the family makes a connection with you.

In the meantime have you tried looking in civil records for any information on the family? 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 searching for record of the family in the 1901/1911 census records? These can give lots of useful information. You can search them here:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

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

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

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

Irish Gen Projects: http://www.igp-web.com/clare/index.html

Clare Library: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/library/local-studies/locstudi1.htm

Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.

Kind regards,    

Genealogy Support