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John Moran

TipperaryGrangemockler (Tipperary)

Hello I am looking for family of my 4th great grandfather John Moran 1829-1890. My research says he was born in grange parish, Tipperary. My Great grandmother went to Ireland to visit family when I was little, but she has since passed, so I cant get her help. John had siblings James, Maria "Mary", Jeremiah, Lawrence and Catherine (Bridget). They moved to the united states around 1850. Any help finding information on his parents and any living relatives would be amazing.

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Jamie:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

The baptismal records for Ballyneale/Grangemockler RC parish start in 1839. I searched on Roots Ireland from 1839-1849 for any Moran baptismal records and did not locate any records. I also reviewed the 1850 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing for Grangemockler civil parish and there were no Morans listed. I also checked the 1833 Tithe listings for the parish and no Moran records.

I assume you do not have the parents names for John and his siblings?

You may want to add John's story to our XO Chronicles site. Possibly someone may recognize the family and comment.

https://www.irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-dat…

You may want to consider autosomal DNA testing.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

Roger-

 

Thank you for the quick response. I have done the ancestry DNA test, Everyone that is related to this line has hit a brick wall with John's parents. Is there another site I can compare DNA? Once in America all of the brothers and sisters stayed together, from Ohio to Kansas.  I figure they all came here together, but have yet to have any luck with passanger lists.  Again thank you for the help!

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Jamie:

I would go to Gedmatch www.gedmatch.com ; Gedmatch is a volunteer run site where you can load your raw DNA data and see if you match someone who tested with another company (and also loaded their data to Gedmatch).

Roger

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

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