Searching for details of the Crowe family: Michael Crowe and wife Mary with 1 daughter and 2 sons of Six-mile-bridge, departed 19 Sep 1837 from Limerick aboard "Strathfieldsaye", and landed in Sydney Australia (then known as New South Wales) on 29 Jan 1838. Ancestors of Crowes are visiting Six-mile-bridge in 2015 and are keen to visit addresses associated with the Crowe family - residentail or occupational or local cemetery. I am aware of Clr John Crowe and brother Tim Crowe as business proprietors in town, however no family relationship has been identified. Any help is appreciated. Many thanks.
Larry
Sunday 16th Mar 2014, 12:03PM
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Dear Larry
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out and apologies for the delay in replying to your message.
As you can see from the link below, Kilfinaghta is a Civil Parish in Co. Clare: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=2739&civilparish=Kilfinaghta&citycounty=Clare
Records for the corresponding Roman Catholic Parish of Six Mile Bridge begin in 1828. There are some missing records however in 1839 and again in 1864-1865. There are some places where you can search online, however these websites do not have complete collections and many do not cover the period after 1900:
www.familysearch.org has a huge database of genealogical records including some church records for Ireland.
www.rootsireland.ie have a large collection of Irish Church records, however you have to pay to use this site.
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ have begun a project to upload Irish church records to their site free of charge. However, so far only Counties Dublin, Kerry, Carlow and parts of Cork have been covered.
Other important sources to trace Crowe ancestors include the Tithe Applotment Books and Griffith?s Valuation:
Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1837): http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/index.jsp
Griffith?s Valuation (1847-1864): http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/
Some other websites that may be helpful are:
The National Archives of Ireland: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/ - you can search the 1901/1911 Census on the National Archives page for Crowe ancestors
The National Library of Ireland: http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm
Irish Genealogy Tool kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/
The website of Clare Local Studies will be most useful to you:
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/library/local-studies/locstudi1.htm
Remember to post any new information that you find here. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you. Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search.
Best of luck with your search
Clare Doyle
Genealogy Support
Friday 4th Apr 2014, 11:18AM