Looking for info on Gorman family from Keady Armagh

 

Hi,

 

Thank you for your message.

 

Have you tried looking at civil registration records for information. Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864, so if James was born after this date you should be able to find his birth record. You may also be able to find Patrick?s birth record in these records. These should give you information on their parents? names.

 

Civil records are availabe from the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is a link to their website:

http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

You can search the indexes to these registers here:

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

 

Once you have the parents? names you can then try searching in Church records for inforamtion on them. Most Catholic records are held locally so you may have to write to the parish priest for possible assistance. One website which you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. For parishes in Armagh follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/armaghrc.htm

 

For information on Church of Ireland records check: http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. 

 

Family Search also have some church records available online so it may be an idea to search here: www.familysearch.org

 

You could also try searching the census records from 1901/1911 for information. These are available here:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

 

Some other websites that you may find useful are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

The US National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/armagh/index.html

 

Alternatively, you could contact Armagh Ancestry for assistance- a fee may apply. Here are their contact details:

Armagh Ancestry,

40 English Street,

Armagh,

BT61 7BA,

Northern Ireland.

Phone: +44 28 3752 1800 Email: researcher@armagh.gov.uk

 

I hope this is helpful. Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.

Kind regards,       

Genealogy Support