Dromore and Drumgooland Martins

DownDromore (Down)

I'm wondering if someone can tell me what records are available for the Dromore Parish. My family, known to be from Legananny, may possibly be from Dromore, at least some of them. As far as denomination goes, My Great Grand Parents belonged to the Church of England(Ireland). I don't know about this family.

Robert Martin believed to have been born around 1801, his father is Robert Martin and his mother is believed to be Jane Patterson. There is a christening record in Dromore Parish 7 July 1896 with these parents, could be him. Death date unknown. He married Jane Nicholsen. The only sources I have are a history written by my Great Grandfather and a transcript from family search with the christening information.

Jane Nicholsen believed to have been born around 1799. No information on her death. Only source I have is the history from my Great Grandfather.

Their children:

James Martin, birth date unkown, thought to be in County Down. Death unknown. Married Jane Smith 25 September 1848 in Ireland. No sources. Don't know where he belongs in birth order either.

William Martin, believed to be born around 1824 in County Down, Death unknown. Married Eliza Martin(this is her surname, not his) in Annaclone, County Down, Ireland. There is a family tree transcript to source this. No other sources.

Mary Martin, my 2x Great Grandmother, believed to have born in 1827 in Legananny, Banbridge, County Down. Death 14 March 1916, County Down, Ireland. Married William Armstrong, my 2x Great Grandfather. Sources include history written by my Great Grandfather, 1901 & 1911 census, William Armstrongs will, find my past and family search transcripts of marriage in Drumgooland Parish

David Martin, believed to have been born around 1828 in County Down, Death unknown, married Eliza Ann Kennedy 20 March 1848 in Banbridge. Only source is family search transcript of Ireland Marriage Index.

This information is as accurate as I can offer; we have so little information that it keeps getting merged into other families in family tree.

I've pretty much exhausted my resources outside of Ireland, so I'm hoping someone can tell me what's available at Proni or elsewhere.

Do you think imore information can be found in Drumgooland and/or Dromore Parish records? I don’t know what parish Annaclone is in. How about Civil indexes, could any of them be there?

Thanks for your help!

lotsahunters

13 years ago

2 replies

Hi - Thank you for your message. Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870-are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. A list of all surviving registers is available in the National Archives. http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. The Anglican Record Project is has created an index to their records: http://ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/bunclodyunionindex.pdf

Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm Valuations office in Dublin (http://www.valoff.ie) will have a record of the land registry from 1855 to modern times.

You may also try:

British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093

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

Kind regards,

Genealogy support

IrelandXO member

13 years ago

Hi, I too have Martins from Dromore. In my searching I found several listed living in Drumgooland in the Tithe Applotment Books at the National Archives, which may be your family. Clicking on the links should take you directly to the pages. I was impressed that the Drumgooland tithes listed 3 of my Down surnames: Martin, Little and Jamison, but haven't been able to link them directly to my line yet. My 3rd ggf was Joseph Martin, b ca 1810, m Mary Elizabeth Jamison before 1830. Children: Elizabeth, Thomas and George. Mary Elizabeth d 1836 and Joseph married Mary Adair several months later. This family came to the US in 1856, first settling in NY and then permanently in MD. Would be great if we have a connection!

every good wish,
Beth

Martin

Hugh

Benraw

Drumgooland

Down

1828

Martin

Saml

Clanmaghery

Drumgooland

Down