Austin and Hoben

Hi Gill

thank you for your query. You mentioned that you acquired the information that you have from the census, have you checked the emigration records?Do you know much about their emigration? who they may have travelled with?..etc..Generally more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g. Liverpool,etc.), this could be a good place to find more information. -And perhaps even find out an exact place of origin.

You will need to find a place name of origin in Waterford to search for any existing records e.g Parish or Townland.

You could try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp  or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/     or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/        

The Tithe Applotment List might be of use to you, or at least interesting for you. These lists constitute the only nationwide survey for the period, and are valuable because the heaviest burden of the tithes to the Established Church, the Church of Ireland, fell on the poorest, for whom few other records survive. For Parishes where the registers do not begin until after 1850, this information can be useful, as they are often the only surviving early records. They can provide valuable circumstantial evidence, especially where a holding passed from father to son in the period between the Tithe survey and Griffith's Valuation. ( You can search Griffiths Valuation under family name)

Here are some other websites that may be of help to you:

http://www.waterfordcountylibrary.ie/en/familyhistory/

http://www.goireland.com/genealogy/county-centres/locations/waterford-c…

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/

http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/?gclid=CKLT_Pa4wrUCFYUf4Qod4EoAGg

Gill I hope that this information is helpful to you. Do not hesitate to contact us again.

Kind regards,                    

Genealogy Support 

Hello there Gill and greetings from Waterford 

I did a quick check for your great great grandparents and am happy to say that I found that Richard Austin and Margaret Hoban were married in Waterford in 1844.

References to baptisms of their children Ann (1844) and James (1851) were also found

Further details of these records ie. parish, address, date, godparents etc requires a payment to the site.  If you would like me to follow up on investigations for you drop me a line at waterfordorigins@gmail.com

Hope you find the above of interest.  I'm always happy to welcome back one of our own!

Warm wishes to you

Tony Hennessy

Good heavens!

I go to my email and find that I have not one but TWO messages from this site... wonderful!

Thank you to Genealogy Support for all the information you have included with your message...there's certainly a great deal to go at there! I'll probably be scouring the sites/records for ages... thank you again.

Then the message from Tony Hennessy!!! WOW! However, I shall contact him this very minute via the email address he's given!

Cheerio for now,

Gill