Hi all,
My PGF's birth certificate was destroyed in the records fire, so I am trying to find my PGM's. I thought I found it but when I looked at their marriage certificate her parents are listed differently so I cant use them to apply for citizenship. Any suggestions on working back from the wedding to find the birth? I requested it through the gov't website but they came up with nothing.
Thanks! Joe Doherty
Joe:
Can you give us the date of the marriage? I searched the civil marriage records and did not find an Agnes McDevitt marriage to a Doherty. I also searched the subscription site Roots Ireland with the same result.
As an aside, no civil birth records were destroyed in the 1922 Public Records Office fire.
Roger McDonnell
Possible marriage for Agnes & John ?
30th November 1916 Cambridge, groom John Francis Doherty age 25 motorman, bride Agnes Mc Devitt age 21 domestic, both born Ireland, groom's parents James (Doherty) and Catherine McConologue [?], bride's parents Dennis (Mc Devitt) and Mary McLoughlin. See extracts from the record below..
Franklin-Middlesex, Massachusetts Vital records, Boston Archives / FamilySearch
Direct link to record image on FamilySearch (free account required)
Located a likely marriage for John - Becan Catholic chapel, Malin sub-district, Inishowen registration district County Donegal.
17th July 1881 marriage of James Doherty and Catherine McConalogue
see this link (IrishGenealogy website - free)
that should read '... marriage of John's parents...'