Robert Henry from Mullinabrone

Hi John,

Thank you for your message.

Have you tried looking at church records for more information? Most Catholic records are held locally. One website which you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. For Aghadowey/Coleraine parish follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Derry&parish=Coleraine&churchid=341

For Church of Ireland records check http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/.  The Anglican Record Project is has created an index to their records: http://ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/bunclodyunionindex.pdf

Some marriage and baptismal records can be found online at Family Search. This is a huge database of genealogical records compiled by the Church of the Latter Day Saints. If you have not already used it, it may be worth your while: www.familysearch.org

Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864 so you may find some records of the family up until their emigration here. You also may find records from other family members that remained in Ireland. These records are available at the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is their website:

http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

You can also search the indexes at Family Search. Here is the link: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

Have you tried searching for the family in the land records pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century? There are two:

The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838) found at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

and Griffith?s Valuation (1848-1864) found at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

You can also try searching the 1901/1911 census records for any family members that stayed in Ireland. These records can offer some really useful information. You can search these here:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

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

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/derry/index.html

I hope that this is helpful .Best of luck with your research!

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support