Moore

Grace:

Civil registration of births started in Ireland in 1864. I checked for births registered for Thomas Moore for the years 1864-1867 but did not locate a record for the Ennis registration district. From my own personal experince, not all births are recorded particular for the early years of the initiative.

Roger McDonnell

Hello Grace,

As you have posted on the Ennis page I assume you are sure of his county of birth.  The civil records don't always contain the registration of all children.  People were still wary of this, however in a staunchly catholic country most children were baptised so it's fair to say there should be a record for him.

Almost all of the church records are split between two sites www.rootsireland.ie and www.irishgenealogy.ie.

However Co. Clare is one of the few counties who have decided not to make their records available online.

You'll have to contact the Clare genealogy website yourself and ask them to do a search for you.  Please keep an open mind regarding dates.  Most people didn't have birth certs and only guessed their ages.

Regards,

Anne

Thank you Roger. I appreciate your help. I think I may need to check with Catholic Church records.

Grace

Thank you Anne for your suggestions. I have tried roots ireland.ie. I will check for Co. Clare website. I actually do understand the dates are not accurate. I appreciate your help Anne. Once again thank you.

Grace