Hi,
My great grandmother - Mary Bridget POWELL CASEY was born in Mullaghroe in 1845 (according to her emmigration papers). I'm not exactly sure where Mullaghroe is since there seem to be several but I understand there is a Lower and Upper Mullaghroe in co Kildare and my mother and aunt used to speak frequently of TIMOLIN, so perhaps this is the correct area. Mary Bridget POWELL married Patrick CASEY, who worked for the Irish Railroad. My grandmother was born in Baltinglass and at some later time moved in / near the village of MOONE in co Wicklow where they rented a cottage and farm "on the road to the big grey house" according to my mother. I have no other information on either family prior to these great grandparents and would love to know anything. My husband and I will be coming to Ireland in November of this year and are so excited!! We will be able to rent a car and drive to these family areas. Thanks for any help anyone may be able to give me.
Mary Lowrey Georgia, USA
Sunday 14th Jul 2013, 07:55PM
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Hi
Thank you for your message. Do you have any additional information concerning this family which may assist others in furthering your research?
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
Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at ). www.failteromhat.com
Some sites which may be of use to you are:
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/
Irish Newspaper Archives: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
Kildare Genealogy: http://kildare.ie/heritage/genealogy/
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Wishing you the best of luck with your research.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Monday 15th Jul 2013, 02:51PM