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Valentia Lynches?

KerryValentia (Kerry)

My uncle did quite a bit of research to find that some of our Irish ancestors are from Valentia. I have been trying to find records for my gg grandfather,John Lynch, born 26 May 1840. He came to the U.S. around 1860 and married Margaret Cuff, from County Wicklow, although I cannot find any marriage records in Pennsylvania, where they settled and where census records indicate a marriagearound 1872, so not in Ireland. I believe that John'sfather was William Lynch and his mother was Catherine. Church records that I have searched online do not match the parents and birthdate. A sisterHelen or Ellen Lynch was born around 1849.

With such a common name, can you help me how I may narrow it down or where I should search next?

Thank you!

Deborah

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Hi Deborah

www.irishgenealogy.ie/ is good for Kerry records but I couldn't find John there. You may want to double-check though.

nli R C registers is also a free site which these original records you can trawl through:

Valentia

Diocese of Kerry | County of Kerry

Microfilm 04287 / 04

Baptisms

07 Mar. 1825 to 05 July 1864

Marriages

08 Feb. 1827 to 14 Apr. 1856

111 images

Microfilm 04287 / 05

Baptisms

15 May 1867 to 10 Mar. 1880

68 images

Go to the site rather than trying to use these links - good luck!

Col

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ColCaff,

Thank you so much! 

Deborah

 

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