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We are looking for our 3G grandparents. John Casey B about 1800, married to Elizabeth Dalton/Dawton B?  They had at least two childen Robert B 1828 and Maria B 1836, who both came to Australia. We believe John and Elizabeth (Betty) may have emigrated to Australia.There is a large gap between these two children, so it is possible that some children remained in Ireland.

We have Roberts Baptism information as follows:-

Robert married Mary Moran in Kilkenny in June 1854 and they emgrated to Victoria Australia in December 1854.

Robert, Baptised 13/8/1828 Grove. Parish St Johns, Kilkenny, Ireland

Father John, Mother Elizabeth Dawton Sponsors Edmund & Catherine Healy Note: mother given as Betty Denominatiom Roman Catholic. They had 10 children, and William the 6th child became our grandfather.

We do not have knowledge of the finer details of Irelands towns counties and Parishes. I will try to add an image of Robert and Mary, I have asked my sister to make a jpeg for me.

Thanks Bel Casey

 

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Hi Bel,

Thank you very much for your message. I hope that someone with information makes a connection with you and helps you to further your research.

Here is a link to Irish Genealogy Tool-kits site where they give an explanation of the different land divisions in Ireland, which can be very useful when doing family history research here:

 

http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-land-divisions.html

Grove is actually the name of a townland in Kilkenny. This is the smallest division of land in Ireland-sometimes it may just refer to a few fields. Grove townland is found in the civil parish of Kilkieran, which is beside St. John?s.

 

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=1369&civilparish=Kilkieran&citycounty=Kilkenny

I did a search for John Casey in Griffith?s Valuation. This is a property valuation survey carried out in Ireland 1848-64. There was a John Casey recorded in Kilkieran in 1850:

 

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=29&Submit.y=18&Submit=Submit&familyname=casey&firstname=john&baronyname=&countyname=KILKENNY&unionname=

It is possible that this is where the family lived and St. John?s was the closest church which is why Robert was baptised there.

Have you tried looking at church records in the parish to see if you can find records of any other children? 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 Kilkenny city parishes, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showlikerecords&CityCounty=Kilkenny&CityCounty=Kilkenny&parish=Kilkenny

As you can see from the above link Kilkenny Family History have copies available. Here is their email if you would like to contact them, however please note that a fee may apply:

kilkennyfamilyhistory@rothehouse.com

You could also try checking online at:

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.

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/kilkenny/index.html

From Ireland: www.from-ireland.net

IGP: http://www.igp-web.com/igparchives/ire/kilkenny/

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

 

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Thanks Emma you have provided me with a lot ol links and I look forward to the hunt

 

bel

 

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