I am looking for my great great grandparents Michel and Ann who were born in Mayo Co. They had a son Richard Bourke born in 1829 in Ireland. There is alsoa great great grandparents Richard Bourke born 1799 and Brigit Smiith born 1809 in Mayo Co.. Richard and Brigit ere married in Canada in 1834.Michael 1801 and Richard 1799 were possibly brothers or cousin as they had grandchildren who needed church permission to marry. The family lore is that we came from east of Ashford castle so I joined the Cong parish.I also have Michael Lynch B. 1800 and{Mary] Ann Long b.1797 in Ireland, they were my GReat grandmother,s grandparents.The story is that Michael Lynch was a protestant tax collector who lost his job because he married Ann a catholic. There first child John was born in 1826. I only have that the Lynch,s were born in Ireland.
Sunday 27th Jan 2013, 03:42PM
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Hi There
The oldest records you can search online are the TITHE APPLOTMENTS (1823-37)
http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?…
(Search by name or Browse by townland)
Then there are the Griffiths Valuations (1850's), where you can locate the townland of origin.
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNam…
More recent records are the 1901 and 1911 Census
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/
These are the Irish Records available at Familysearch.org
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927084
You could also Browse through these Sites with Mayo Gravestones
Cong Cemetery on Findagrave -
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSvcid=244803&CRid=226…;
http://www.irishgraveyards.ie/search_page.php
Some townlands to consider near Cong would be Clonbur, Cross, Ballinrobe, The Neale. (East of Cong as you mention would be Cross, Shrule, Headford, )
http://www.irelands-directory.com/Mayo/Cong/maps.html
I come from West Mayo, but someone else maybe able to supply more information about the local area.
Good luck with your research, feel free to ask/email me if you have any difficulty with the above sites
Sl?inte
Dympna