rafferty
i am looking for james rafferty born in aug 12 1825 , in county tyrone ,ireland and a brother hugh born around 1827 or so .
eileenoreo
3 replies
Eileen:
Welcome to ireland Reaching Out!
I looked on Roots ireland and the earliest Co. Tyrone baptismal records for a James or Hugh Rafferty are 1833 or later. Not all Tyrone RC parishes have records back to the 1820s and some parishes are not on Roots. I also checked on Find My Past and did not see a good possible record. Also, you would need to know the parents names in order to confirm any records located.
Have you considered autosomal DNA testing?
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer
Hello Eileen,
Only reading your post now,
I have both names in my history and there is also a story that has been handed down in the family, there were 2 brothers in the 1700's.... James & Patrick Rafferty......each of them had 7 sons named Patrick, Peter, James, John, Michael, Joseph & Hugh.....names that still exist today in my family of origin..
In Termonmaguirk/Carrickmore
R.C graveyard the oldest gravestone in our family is for Peter Rafferty 1731-1811.... He lived in Ballintrain townland.
We have never been able to trace or prove that the story of the 7 sons etc. is true but as I began looking at the the parish records for Termonmaguirc/Carrickmore & Ballintacker/Beragh parish....I was surprised to find that the RC Chuch had recorded in the marriage register Dispensations for a number of Rafferty marriages....so it looks like there is some truth in the story.
An Australian branch of our tree that we now have contact with also tend to hold on to the names as well.
We may resort to DNA testing to tease out our ancestors..
Briege
altadrum123
Hello Eileen...
I hope you are still a member....
I along with some Australian cousins are building a fairly extensive family tree of the Rafferty's....our tree has it roots firmly rooted in Termonmaguirc and the neighbouring parish of Beragh (Ballintacker ...old name of Parish)
We have DNA tests taken with Ancestry and matches are coming from all over the world...
If you would like to contact me ....brieraff@gmsil.com
altadrum123