Hello,
I am looking for information about William Jennings born 1811 in this parish. His father was Martin or Arthur Jennnings, and his mother was Mary Ferrish. He emigrated to Canada in the 1840's.
Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated. I am sure he was not an only child, and certainly some of his family remained home while he travelled to a new land.
Thankyou,
Joseph
Hi Joseph,
Thank you for your message.
Have you tried looking at Church records for information? Most Catholic records are held locally. One website which may be helpful is the Irishtimes website. Here they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. For Loughgilly records follow this link:
For Church of Ireland records check http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
You could also check the land records for some record of the family. There are two:
The Tithe Applotment Books, dating from 1823-1838. You can search these here:
http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp
and Griffith's Valuation (1848-1864) which is found at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/
Some other websites which may be helpful 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
Family Search: https://familysearch.org/
Genealogy Links http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/armagh/index.html
I hope that this is helpful.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support