Looking for info on Power Thomas Behan Hanora

Hi Charlie,

Thank you for your message.

Have you tried looking in church records for 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 Stradbally parish, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Waterford&parish=Stradbally&churchid=1093

Most surviving Church of Ireland records are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. Here are their websites: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ and http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42

Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.

You could also look for record of the families in the Tithe Applotment Books, these are land records dating from  1823-1838.

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

Have you tried looking into their emigration to see if you can find any more information, sometimes more information was given at the port of arrival rather than that of departure. For immigration information in Canada check the National Library and Archives at:  http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html

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

Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/waterford/index.html

Familysearch: www.familysearch.org

Alternatively, you could try contacting Waterford Heritage Services, however a fee may apply. Here is their email:mnoc@iol.ie

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

Thanks Emma, first a profesional researcher found a baptism redord for James Power in Stradbally in 1841. I contacted the Priest in that parish but his secretary wasn't able to confirm the find. Anyway was hoping to make contact with any possible Power or Behan family in that area.

Thanks again

Charlie Donohue