Ballybrit / Roscam COYNE/KYNE

In this example I was looking for a Minnie and Catherine Wiley sisters parents unknown.

How I did it was to use the pay to view site

http://rootsireland.ie/

I did firstly a national search for Minnie which threw up a couple both in Antrim. I then switched to County Antrim.

By playing about with the date range I was able to narrow down the baptism to a specific year. I still have not used the pay to view option yet nor used up any of my limited number of free previews. Once I had a Minnie I had to find her parents first names. I started with father first name a - this would bring up any firstnames starting with "a". Working through the alphabet got me to H when I got a hit adding further letters and worked out father was Hugh. Search then for Wiley children no firstname father Hugh within ten years of Minnie. Got 6 hits and using same technique was able to work out the 6 names - but no Catherine. Minnie is a common nickname so reverted to Catherine. Broad search found two which narrowed down to one in 1868 and one in 1872. Was able to work out 1868 was daughter of John and Mary. Broad search found no other children to this couple. 1872 Catherine was daughter of John and Jane and a broad search threw up 9 children. Plodding through the alphabet got me Alexander, Eliza, Catherine, Eleanor, Francis, John, James, Samuel, Wilhemina, which was more complicated since it is usually spelled WilheLmina.  Catherine I knew was 1872, and bit of playing about with date range got me 1881 for Wilhemina. Age gap fits the two sisters although the ages are well out - no surprises there!

You can play about with the dates until you match up the other 7 children. You can refine it a bit more by choosing one child then working your way through the drop down menu of the various parishes until you get a hit. Then you can see if all the other children were also in the same parish. Bearing in mind couples did move about as well as changing churches. It is quite possible that these 9 children were born to more than one couple named John and Jane.  Getting one transcript should give mothers maiden name and doing a broad search for baptisms to John and Jane with new surname hopefully should confirm 9 children. However many older records do not list mother's maiden name. Using this technique you can gain a lot of data without using up your limited number of free searches or having to buy any transcripts.

Bob Graham (County Fermanagh XO)

I found a death index record for a Thomas Kyne born 1844 and died In the January-March quarter of 1907. The death was registered in the Galway district Volume 4 page 172. You can write to the GRO www.groireland.ie fill out the form and provide the quarter, district, volume and page number

There is also a marriage index record for Thomas Kyne and Judith Molloy
In Galway for the January-March quarter 1879. Volume 4 page 258.

Roger McDonnell

Thanks, will give your system a go.

Hi Roger

Sorry for delayed reply; school life hectic, but now on teaching break so I now intend to apply for both records you have discovered tomorrow.  Thanks a great deal for your time and interest,

Maria Coyne

Hi If still interested this is my grandmother Margaret coyne people please contac t me here

Hello Finn

Thankyou for messaging me after what has been no action on this message board for a fair while.

Would you care to email me on coynie@xtra.co.nz to discuss further?

Maria Coyne

Or continue comparing notes on here??

Apologies Finn, just noticed your comments in the Hanley/Coyne message board.

As you say in the Hanley Message Board, your Margaret Coyne resided at 2 Breanloughan, as per 1911 census (16yrs old).

My Margaret COYNE's maiden name is WALL from Killtullagh.

I am aware of your COYNE family as I have walked on the land at Breanloughan; and I am interested in seeing if there is a link between your COYNE family there, and my COYNE/KYNE family, as the lived down the road from each other.

Hi Coynie Thanks  for your email. my email is phel;anre@tcd.ie great to talk more