Hello. Looking for Info about the Goodwin family

Hi KJ,

Thank you for your message. I hope that someone with information on the Goodwin?s contacts you and helps you to further your research. In the meantime, here are some resources you can use if you haven?t already:

Church Records:

Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For Drumsnat/Kilmore parish, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Monaghan&parish=Drumsnat&churchid=306

In  the19th century new Catholic parishes were created so starting dates can sometimes be misleading. Many parishes changed their geographical spread so you may find earlier records relating to your family in the records of adjoining parishes

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/monaghanrc.htm

Civil Records:

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. Here is their website:

http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

You can search the indexes to these records up to 1958 online at:

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

Census Records:

Census records from  1901/1911 are available online. These can give lots of useful information. You can search these here:

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

Land Records:

You could also check for record of the family in the land records pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century. There are two:

The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838) found at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

and Griffith?s Valuation (1848-1864) found at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

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

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

Monaghan: http://www.monaghantourism.com/people.aspx

Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/monaghan/index.html

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

Thank you Ms. Emma Carty! I appreciate your very useful links. Through a cousin, we have been able to find birth records for a few of the children of my 2nd Great Grandfather (Peter Goodwin/ McGuiggan) and his wife Mary (nee McEnally) We have been able to establish that He was born in County Monaghan abt. 1814 and died in 1884. We are hopeful that we can identify his birth parents and siblings. And of course, we'd like like to find their parents and so on... Any information that you or a friend may have will be greatly appreciated, and I thank you again for taking the time to respond. God Bless!