Hi Roberta,
Thank you very much for your message. I hope that someone researching the family makes a connection with you.
However, it would greatly help if you could narrow down the place of origin in CO. Tyrone.
Do you have any documentation relating to the family that mentions a more specific place name? This can include official documents such as census records, wills, marriage/death records, or unofficial documents such as letters, diary entries, old photographs. Sometimes a place can be found inscribed on gravestones.
Have you looked into Catherine?s emigration for more information? SOmetimes you can find a place of origin more specific than a county in these records. For information on US immigration records check:
http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/
Also, civil registration became mandatory in Ireland in 1864, as a result you should be able to find James? death record, which will give you a place name. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is their website:
http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
You can search the indexes to these records online at:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347
Some other general 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
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
Family Search: www.familysearch.org
Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/tyrone/index.html
Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm
I hope that this is helpful.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
