Star or Starr of Mountmellick

Paul, If you contact the Library Representative Church Body, Braemor Park, Dublin, Email: library@ireland.anglican.org Phone: 3534923976 they may be able to assist you. They offer a genealogical service. Regards,

Paul, Here's contact details for the Mountmellick Library: Phone: 057 8644572 or 057 8644588 Email: mountmellicklibrary@laoiscoco.ie Address: O’Moore Street, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, R32 PX61 If they do not have a local history librarian, perhaps they might refer you to someone who might be able to assist you.

In Griffith’s Valuation of Laois, 1851-52, there were two Star heads of household. One is in Ballycullenbeg townland, which is in Mountmellick. Star William Borris In Ossory Main St. Aghaboe Co. Laois Star Jane Ballycullenbeg Ardea Laois I did not find any Star/rs in the Tithe Applotments.

Thanks for these responses. Good to be reminded of the William Star in Borris (in Griffiths Valuation, so does that mean we are looking at 1850-51?), though I haven't found anything about him. It could be the same man as the William Star of Pound Street Mountmellick (though I only know he was there because he left there - name crossed out - before the valuation office book of 1843). I am pretty confident the Pound Street William is the ex-soldier, Frederick's brother William, and presume this is also the William who joined the Mountmellick Freemasons in 1834. Still looking for information to confirm this. The on-line list of gravestones at the COI church in Mountmellick unfortunately has a page missing, so many with 'S' surnames (like Star, possibly) cannot be checked on it. I have so far not found anyone who has a hard copy of this published record, which would indicate whether or not there are Stars listed there (some COI Dugdales are listed). I think the early COI parish records for Mountmellick and other local parishes remain my best bet, but it would take a thorough hunt through the archives in Dublin to find anything, and I am 18,000 km from Dublin! It is great that Dublin's COI records (for instance) are on-line and free. Is there a particular reason why so many others have not been digitised (beyond usual constraints of time and money and, perhaps, limited demand)? Paul Star. NZ.