McMurray, Newtonhamilton

Hi Di,

Thank you very much for your message.

Newtownhamilton is actually a parish itself in Co. Armagh:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=398&civilparish=Newtownhamilton&citycounty=Armagh

There is a James McMurray recorded on the parish in 1864 in Griffith?s Valuation. Is there a James in your family tree?

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=40&Submit.y=22&Submit=Submit&familyname=McMurray&firstname=First+Name&baronyname=&countyname=ARMAGH&unionname=&parishname=NEWTOWN+HAMILTON

You could try looking in church records to see if you can find any more information. Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. Newtownhamilton belongs to the RC parish of Lower Creggan, to see what is available there  follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Armagh&parish=Creggan-Lower&churchid=205

Most surviving Church of Ireland records are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. Here are their websites: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ and http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42

Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.

Some other 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

From Ireland: http://www.from-ireland.net/county-armagh-genealogy/

Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/armagh/index.html

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

Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.

Kind regards,    

Genealogy Support