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LimerickAdare (Limerick)

My great grandmother, Catherine Bridget Fitzgerald, was born on 16 November 1847 in Shanagolden to James Fiztgerald and Cathrine McMahon. She was baptised on 1 January 1848 and her address registered on her record is Cregard, Shanagolden paish

Catherine lelf Ireland and settled in NZ. With the help of an Ireland Reach out volunteer I have the baptism records for my great grandmother and her siblings as well as the marriage record of her parents.

I am now looking for other records for where else in the district they would have lived, where James and Catherine may be have been buried, if here are any passenger lists for ships leaving Limerick for NZ etc.

Can anyone help?

thank you for your help

kind regads

Maria McEntyre

13 years ago

2 replies

Hi Maria,

Thank you for your message. I hope that someone with information contacts you and helps you to further your research.

In the meantime, I found a record of James Fitzgerald in Griffith?s Valuation. This is a property valuation survey carried out in Ireland 1848-64, it shows him as living in the townland Ballycormick in the parish of Shanagolden:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=29&Submit.y=16&Submit=Submit&familyname=fitzgerald&firstname=james&baronyname=&countyname=LIMERICK&unionname=&parishname=SHANAGOLDEN

Here is Ballycormick on the map:

https://goo.gl/maps/oDCGS

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

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

Irish Genealogy Tool kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/limerick/index.html

From Ireland: www.from-ireland.net