My GGGGG grandfather William Keyes Kelly was born in Antrim I think, I would like to know where and also I would like to find his parents, William immigrated to America I belive in the 1750's with his children and settled in South West Virginia.
Some genalogy sites show him being born in Donegal. He married a Margaret Barnsley and they had 4 children born in Ireland I belive.
Hi,
Thank you for your message.
1715 is very early and unfortunately, the reality of finding documentation pertaining to births/baptisms/marriages/deaths in Ireland prior to 1800 ? particularly in rural areas ? is that they simply may not exist.
Your search is made even more difficult by the fact that you do not have a more specific place of origin for him. Most Irish record sources- church records, land records, census records- are based on specific locations. Until you know a specific location within Ireland, preferably a parish or placename, it may be difficult to do anything more with these records.
It may be an idea to contact the Ulster Historical Foundation for assistance- however a fee may apply.
Ulster Historical Foundation,
49 Malone Road,
Belfast,
BT9 6RY.
Phone: + 44 28 9066 1988 Email: enquiry@uhf.org.gov
Kind regards
Genealogy Support