looking for info. on Tully ancestors, County Cavan

Hi Jonathan,

Thank you very much for your message.

It will be difficult to find information on the family without a more specific place of origin in Cavan as 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.

The fact that you have Bailieborough mentioned on a document is as good a place to start as any so I suggest that you join the Bailieborough parish page and also post your message there. Here is a link to the page:

http://www.irelandxo.com/group/bailieborough-cavan

In the meantime here are some places you could try looking:

www.familysearch.org has a huge database of genealogical records including some church records for Ireland.

www.rootsireland.ie have a large collection of Irish Church records, however you have to pay to use this site.

Have you heard of Griffith?s Valuation? This is a property valuation survey that was carried out in Ireland 1848-64. There are a lot of Patrick Tully?s in Cavan recorded in this, however one is in Bailieborough:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=47&Submit.y=15&Submit=Submit&familyname=tully&firstname=Patrick&baronyname=&countyname=CAVAN&unionname=&parishname=

You could also try searching the 1901/1911 census records to see what Tully?s were in the area at teh time:

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

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

US National Archives/Immigration info: http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/

Castlegarden: http://www.castlegarden.org/

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

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=516&civilparish=Bailieborough&citycounty=Cavan

Cavan Library: http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/Default.aspx?StructureID_str=35

Best wishes,

Genealogy Support

 

Hello Emma,

Thank you very much for your thorough response and resources. I hadn't previously seen some of the Griffiths Evaluation entries you mentioned. I also wasn't aware of the message board for Bailieborough. I posted the same inquiry there. Wish me luck.

Thanks again,

Jonathan