Hi I am looking for Samual Conniss dob abt 1821 poss Clifden Galway he married a Jane Best unsure when. They moved to Scotland not sure if this was after they married they lived in Lanarkshir later in Middlesex then back to Scotland by 1873,and I have found the birth of a child in 1853 in Scotland , It is Samuals Irish family I am looking for .
Thankyou for any help you can give .
Lynds
Dear Lynda
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
Records for the Roman Catholic Parish of Omey and Ballindoon (Clifden) begin in 1838 for baptisms and 1839 for marriages. There are some missing dates in the mid-1850s however. If, as you say, Samuel was born in 1821 there will be no church record of his baptism in if he born there.
I searched www.rootsireland.ie but could not find any record of a marriage for Sameul and Jane in Co. Galway. This may mean that the records are lost, that they married in a parish before records exist or that they married in the UK/Scotland as you suspect.
What record do you have of the spelling of the name, do you have an actual record listing it? In the meantime I will speak to a volunteer in a neighbouring parish about the spelling of the name.
Best wishes
Clare Doyle
Genealogy Support
Hi Clare thankyou for your reply . Like you i could not find him in roots ireland . I have found the name spelt Coneys , Coniss,Conis, Conniss.
The family appear to have spent periods living in both Ireland and Scotland this has caused problems tracking them down.
Regards Lynda