ANCESTRY
Genealogy Research
The wish of everybody researching their ancestry is that hidden somewhere in the old homestead is an account of the family in bygone days. For some that becomes a reality but for most it never happens. So that your descendants will have access to such a resource in a hundred years time, before you enter in any of the websites underneath write down everything you know about yourself, your family, extended family, the neighbourhood and the times in which we live, and you will have left a very valuable resource which you should share with many people.
The above site gives us the R.C. parish records up to 1880 for the parish of Myross and others in the Dioceses of Cork and Ross.
This site gives us access to the index of births, marriages and deaths from 1864 for R.C. and from 1845 for the Church of Ireland.
· Click on Europe
· Click on Ireland
· Click on Ireland Civil Registrations Index 1864 – 1958
· When filling in details, “Place” refers to Poor Law Union which might be Skibbereen for many but could be Cork for some, Bantry for others, Clonakilty for others and so on, depending on where the person was born, married or died.
· Having accessed your information, copies of certificates may be had for research puposes from:
Government Offices,
Convent Road,
Roscommon.
Your application must state the page and volume of the particular record you are seeking as well as any other details that you are aware o. Enclose €4 per cert.
Information on the parishes of Castlehaven and Myross can be obtained from www.skibbheritage.com. The dates on these records vary parish to parish but start around 1825.
If you know of other useful sites, please let us know