looking for a cusack family patrick cusack was born abt 1838 in clare county ireland his father was thomas cusack .patrick cusack arrived in south australia in 1865 on the ship matilda atheling from london 2nd november via plymouth 23rd november 1864 arrived at port adelaide south australia 20th february 1865 i believe they were government passengers all i know is he came from clare which parish i am trying to find out thankyou
Hi Noeleen,
Thank you for your message. I hope that someone with information makes a connection with you and helps you to narrow down a parish of origin.
In the meantime have you tried searching on :
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.
I did a search for Thomas Cusack in Griffith?s Valuation. This is a property valuation survey carried out in Ireland 1848-64. It doesn't give any genealogical information but can sometimes be used to tie a person to a specific place. There was a Thomas recorded in 9 parishes in Clare in the 1850?s.
Although there is no way to know if any of these are relevant to you they may act as a starting point if you can not find any other leads.
Have you been on the Clare County Library?s Genealogy webpage? They have an excellent collection available so it may be worth your while to have a look at it:
www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm
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
Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/clare/index.html
From Ireland: www.from-ireland.net
Irish Genealogy Toolkit: www.igp-web.com/tipperary/index.htm
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
In response to your much earlier enquirey regarding Cusack realtives, my Great Grandfather was from County Mayo Phelim Cusack and was from Doohma Blacksod Bay near Bellamullet- I know the name Cusack is very popular in that area of Mayo. Hope this is of some use.
Kerry x