In search of Dominick Lynden

Hi Diane,

Unfortantely baptism records going back as far as the 1700s are rare in Ireland. So the chances of finding one for Dominic are small. 

There are  a few websites that hold records.Hopefuly you may be able to find something.

 
www.rootsireland.ie has a searchable database of Catholic Church records. There is a fee for using the site but it can be purchased on a daily, monthly or yearly basis.
 

Civil records are available on the link below

https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/  

The census 1901/1911 census are available to search on http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ 

Property records

Records of a place can provide useful information about where your ancestors lived. The main sources for records of place are Griffith's Valuation, the Tithe Applotment Books, estate papers and maps.They are available at https://www.nli.ie/en/griffiths-valuation.aspx

Diane,

I am not related but I am interested in local history and genealogy of County Longford people and their descendants.

On the Roots Ireland website I found the following Templemichael Church of Ireland, County Longford burial record:

Dominick Lynden, Aged 86, Glack, 19 October 1846

(this indicates he was born c1760)

The Military records refer to a Dominick Lyndon, born St. James's Parish, County Kilkenny c1774.

On account of the time difference, c14 years, and location distance, c100 miles apart, these could be two different people.

David Leahy

from Glack, Longford, County Longford

now living in Limerick, Ireland

Thank you so much! It's such an unusual name that I kept hoping there was only one, LOL, but I think you are right and there must have been two. My working theory is that the Glack Dominick is my 3d g-granduncle, brother to a Henry Lynden born in 1768.who died in Mullolagher. Henry and his wife Isabella Adams were pretty definitely the parents of my g-g-grandfather John Lynden. You know, I sort of find these names "floating in space" and try to connect them by birthdates, location, and what they named their children... but I could so easily be wrong. Without birth records, Henry and Dominick Lynden could as easily be cousins as brothers. Very frustrating.

I haven't found a death record for the military guy, however, which leaves the question open. How they could be the same man: I'm wondering if being in the military might have moved him around the country to a certain extent, in which case a man from Kilkenny might very well end up in Longford. And could he have lied about his age and pretended he was younger than he was, in order to get into the military and obtain a steady paycheck?? Sounds rather far-fetched. But our man in Glack was apparently a shoemaker, which would be a good occupation for a man who had, in fact, sustained a leg wound in the military. 

A death record for soldier Dominick would be extremely helpful! So far, only finding a death record for one Dominick, and birth records for none, I just can't be sure.