Fowler Family Brookeborough

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

Have you tried looking in Church records for George?s birth records as proof that he came from there? Up until c. 1816, Methodists in Ireland usually had dual membership as both Methodists and also members of the parish church. As the Church of Ireland was the official church of the country these are the registers that that you should be looking at in terms of births, marriages and deaths.

For information on Church of Ireland registers check http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. 

For some more general information on Methodists in Ireland go to the following link:

http://www.irishmethodist.org/about/genealogy.php

Have you already tried checking for records online? If you have not, you can search at Family Search, which has a huge database of genealogical records at www.familysearch.org

There is also www.rootsireland.ie , however please note that you have to pay to view the records on this website.

Some other websites which 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/fermanagh/index.html

Alternatively you could contact the Irish World Heritage Centre for assistance-a fee may apply. Here are their contact details:

Irish World Heritage Centre,

51 Dungannon Road,

Coalisland,

Co. Tyrone

B71 4HP

Phone: +44 28 87746065  Email: info@irish-world.com

I hope some of these links are helpful.

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