St Etchen's Church, Killucan, Westmeath

Miriam, thank t you very much for your post.

I have seen a copy of Whitesides transcription of the Killucan registers. In fact it is where I found almost everythinhg I know about Thomas and Elizabeth Berry (Dames) and their children. However, it does not have a  record of the burials in St Etchen's. There was just a reference to one of Thomas and Elizabeth's infant children being buried "in the body of the church".

Patrick

Miriam

Thank you very much for your useful suggestions. I have been in contact with the  Librarian at the RCB with no success. If the St. Etchen's graveyard records do exist, which seems unlikely, they have not yet been digitized. I have also been in contact with the Mullingar library in an attempt to find the Burgess  papers, which I think might contain relevant information. However, your suggestion to contact the Westmeath Heritage Officer is a good one. I'll have a go and let you know what transpires!

Patrick

Since adding the following post in August 2019 I still have had no success finding the graves of my 6x g. grandparents, despite some excellent suggestions from Miriam:-

 " I believe it highly likely that my 6 x g. grandparents, Thomas and Elizabeth Berry were buried in the St Etchen's churchyard in Killucan. Their names appear as parisheners in vestry minutes from 1703 to 1730 and the baptisms/ deaths of 11 of their infant children are also recorded. Can anybody tell me if there is a record of burials available for this churchyard? I can get no respons from the contemporary church. The RCB does not appear to have any record of burials."

Is there possibly someone who might be able to visit St Etchen's Church and graveyard to look for the graves for me? Perhaps the sexton might know.