Lokking for any info on family of Patrick Kelly and Margaret Carroll of County Louth. They had a family of 6 children: Rose b1830, Mary, Richard, James b 1840, and 2 other girls, names unknown. Family, with possible exception of Patrick, immigrated to U.S. in 1848. Margaret died several days after landing in port of New York. Would really appreciate any info. Thank you.
M John
Hi There
Louth is the smallest county but the name Carroll is found throughout the county and Kelly is also popular. I am giving you various websites to help and the JB Hall site is dedicated to County Louth.
The earlier sites are just lists of people who were the main person in the household so the two subscription sites are the ones with baptismal records which should be most helpful.
The Irish Census of 1901 and 1911 are available online at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/ and the default census is 1911.
Griffiths Valuation of property owners and tenants is available at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ and is only the head of household and was done between the 1847 and 1864 the year of publication is given on the information and it includes small area map.
The tithe applotments were carried out between 1823 and 1837 and are only of landholders of 1 acre and more who were registered to pay a tax to the Church of Ireland and the divisions are of their parishes, urban dwellers are not included. See http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp
The Flax Growers List of 1796 is available at http://www.failteromhat.com/ This is just a list of farmers who agreed to grow flax at the time. This site also contains the Hearth Money Roll lists of the 1660s for some counties (not all counties available). This site also contains other information mainly for the Cork area.
For County Louth see http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/ and for the Termonfeckin area see http://www.termonfeckinhistory.ie/
Two subscription sites are http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/ and https://www.rootsireland.ie/
Irish civil records only commenced in 1864 but Protestant marriages commenced in 1845.
Church records go back to the early 1800s for Catholics and a few decades earlier for the Church of Ireland (Protestant).
The Family Search website is free and has detailed information but I find it can be difficult to use but here it is https://familysearch.org/
Please revert if you think I can find out more locally as I live in the south of the county.
Regards
Pat
good Morning from Washington State. I just returned from an incredible trip to Ireland, focusing on County Louth and particularly the Cooley Peninsula where my Kelly and Carroll family lived prior to Immigrating in 1851. I noted that you said you live in the southern section of Co Louth and I wondered if you had any information or resources on Togher Parish? My great great grandfather and his siblings were born there in early 1800s before relocating to the Cooley Peninsula, sometime before 1825. We drove through the area but I was not successful at finding any churches or cemeteries or resources that might help connect me with their life there. I believe they came to Corstown Dunany from Haggardstown and possibly had relocated from Co Offaly sometime in the 1700s. Thank you so much. I know it has been 13 years but I thought I would start with a post directed to you and then I will reach out to the larger group.