Family members.

John:

Very few church records are available back to 1790. I searched the Roots Ireland indexes for Co. Kilkenny from 1785-1795 and the only record I located was a Michael Lynch in 1794. The baptism was in St. Canice's RC church in Kilkenny town and the parents were Patrick and Mary.

Roots is a subscription site.

Next summer, the National Library plans to put the parish registers online for free searching.

Roger McDonnell

Roger,

Thank you so very much for serching the records for this information. My records show Michael Lynch as born in 1790, However it could very well be 1794. In addition my records show Michael's parents as Edward Lynch and Helen Lynch (Masterson)., no dates. Do your records show his parents names ?

To further complicate things, my verbal family history has it that Michael Lynch may have come from County Cork.

Realy appreciate your help.

John.

John

The record I located for 1794 had the parents as Patrick and Mary.

Roger

Roger I have Michael Lynch and his wife Catherine Lynch (Gorman). Can you also search the records from County Cork? John.

John:

I searched Roots Ireland and www.irishgenealogy.ie  (The Cork church records that are available are split between the two sites). I could not find a record of a Michael Lynch with parents Michael and Catherine.

Many churches do not have records existing back to the late 1700s.

Roger

Roger

Possibly I should be looking for his son Thomas Michael Lynch 1821.

Again I think Kilkenny and/or Cork County.

John.

John:

No luck in Co. Kilkenny. I did find an 1821 baptism in St. Finbars church in Cork city.Thomas Lynch parents Michael Lynch and Ellen Donovan. What was the name of Michael Lynch's wife?

Roger

Roger,

While looking for "Family" it is hard keep from hoping over disiplined thought. I naturaly very much hope that we are on the correct trail.

My records show; Thomas Michael Lynch 1821 - 1879. His father was Michael Lynch 1790 - 1895 and his mother was Catherine Lynch (Gorman) 1792 - 1895.

Do you have any record of a Catherine Gorman in County Cork in this time frame,

Do you think it possable that Ellen Donovan could have been Michael's first wife ?

Roger in your experiance and access to information, do you ever see records of imagration ?

Thanks,

John.