Looking for Flood surname from Rathgaren

Hi,

Thank you for your message. You have done a great job of your family history so far! I hope that someone is able to help you further.

In the meantime have you tried looking at church records for 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. For St. Mullin?s parish, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Carlow&CityCounty=Carlow&parish=St.Mullins&churchid=731

Here is a link to the parish office details of St. Mullins:

http://www.kandle.ie/parishes/st-mullins/

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

Hi Rosanna,

I have searched the Borris Parish records for James Flood b. 1820 and Michael Flood b. 1828.

First of all, I want to let you know that I could not find any Floods at all listed for Rathgeran townland in this time frame, 1820 -1830. However, there are Floods listed below from the nearby townlands of Ballyglisheen and Knockmulgurry.

I could not find anything for James b. 1820 because the Baptismal Register for Borris Parish for the years 1814 to 1825 was lost/destroyed, so there are no records for 1820. It is possible that the Flood family was living in Rathgeran when James was born and then moved to Ballyglisheen or perhaps that the children were born there and the family then moved to Rathgeran. Rathgeran is a much larger townland than Ballyglisheen.

The following is the only record for a Michael Flood, address given as Borris for 1828. (The spellings are as written).

Borris Baptisms 1825 to 1840

Name   First Name   Townland   Year  Mth  Day     Parents Names     Sponsors Names     Extra Data

Flood    Michl.          Borris       1828     1   28      James Flood &       Ned Foly &             -----------

                                                                         Bridget Ryan         Nancy Foly

Michael's siblings:

Flood    Bridget    -----------         1830    9   25       James Flood &       Thomas Riley &       ------------

                                                                         Bidy Ryan              Ann Malone

Flood    Bryan   Ballyglisheen  1833    12  15       James Flood &       James Corcoran &   -------------

                                                                        Biddy Ryan            Nancy Dunne

Flood   Patt   Ballyglisheen      1839     5     5      James Flood &       Matthew Corcoran &   ------------

                                                                        Bridgt. Ryan          Mary Flood

If the names James, Michael, Bridget, Bryan or Pat run in your family, then there is a strong possibility that the above are the correct family.

Having made some enquiries locally, there are four Flood families currently living in Ballyglisheen, none of whom are related, (or the exact relationship to each other has been lost over time). I have been told that the best person to contact for family history is Paddy Flood, Ballyglisheen, Borris, Co. Carlow.

I hope this has been of some assistance to you.

Regards,

Bridie

Hello I'm one of them, my great great grandfather was John Thomas Flood, my great grandfather was Lester Francis Flood Sr, my grandfather was Lester Francis Flood Jr and my dad is Darin Michael Flood Sr

Michael,

Joseph Flood was my grandfather the sibling to Lester. I am the family historian. I am going to Ireland in September to see their birth place and walk in the towns and visit their Church and graveyard. I had a recent DNA match on Ancestry to Kristin F. who is related to you. I am on Facebook with her. You can email me at rjhogarty at gmail dot com 

If you are interested, I can connect you to the family who still lives in Illinois and still farms on the same land of James Flood and his children. 

Rosanna