Searching info on family/ relatives of Matthew Cobey, b. 1806 in Kilkeen, Co Down, Ulster. Matthew married 1) Mary Farley, 2) Bridget Gibbons, and emigrated to Templeton, Quebec, Canada ca 1840.
Hi,
Thank you very much for your message. I hope that someone with information on the Cobey?s makes a connection with you.
In the meantime, have you tried looking at church records in the parish for more information?
Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For Kilkeel parish, follow this link:
Most surviving Church of Ireland records 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. Here are their websites: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ and http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42
Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.
Some other websites that you may find 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: www.familysearch.org
Irish Genealogy Tool-kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/
All the best,
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