Hi, I'm trying to track down a parish or birth record for Catherine Ferres who was born in Armagh in 1853. It is possible her parents were John Ferres & Catherine Ferres (nee Kelly) and they emmigrated to Australia prior to 1868. Catherine married in Ipswich Queensland in 1868. On all documents she states her birth place as "Armagh"
Any ideas on how to narrow down to a parish or anyone with any links would be appreciiated
Gags,
It’s quite important to know what denomination the couple were in order to identify the right set of records to search. However if they were RC I do see a marriage between a John Ferris & Catherine Kelly on 3.11.1844. I don’t have an Ancestry subscription at present so can’t tell you where it was, but you might want to look it up. (It’s in their Catholic Parish Registers collection). Likewise I see a baptism for Cath Ferris in Armagh on 14.12.1852, parents John & Cath. If you search the site leaving the child's forename blank and just put in the parents names, you should get any siblings too.
If you let me have the details, particularly of the baptism, I’ll see if I can add anything more.
Thanks Elwyn. They were RC and with your suggestion and a bit of digging I've worked out they were Lurgan, Shankhill in Armagh. Thank you - its allowed me to get back 6 generations and now proove connections to Armagh and Ballybofey in Donegal. Still working on two more: A link to Clare and a link to Fermanagh.
Thanks again for your help