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Hi there,

Do you have any family documents, such as tickets, letters, family bible, etc. that might give you some clue about the place of origin of your ancestor?

There are 36 parishes in County Cavan, so it would be a very long and arduous task to go through all of the parishes for church records. Perhaps you could check civil records instead?

Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864 however. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

There were only 6 Lyons' in the mid-19th century when Griffith's Valuation was taken. You can see the statistics here: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=

You could also try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64). Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at. Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38). Microfilm copies of the books for all of Ireland are available at the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/tithe-applotment-books-and-the-primary-griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS).

Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.

Kind regards,

Sinead Cooney

Genealogist (Ireland XO)