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Hi i'm looking for information on John and Mary Drake( nee Kidd) who had a son named John in county down about 1820 he went and married Elizabeth Livingstone Finch in her home town on County Armagh about 1853 and she was born about 1820.

 

They had Jane Drake and she was born in 1855

and Agnes Drake in 1867 and then they moved away over to Melbourne Australia and John managed and Sheep Station and then they had William John Drake in Victoria 1858. They then moved to New Zealand and then Settle in Kapuka ,Invercargill 

 

 

Any information would be much thanked

Saturday 2nd Mar 2013, 06:34AM

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  • Hi

    Thank you for your message. Do you have any information regarding WHERE in County Down they may have been from?

    Do you know their religion? Most Catholic records are held locally - One site which might be of use is - http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ - where you can ?browse? an overview of available records per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possible assistance.

    Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870-are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most 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. A list of all surviving registers is available in the National Archives. http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/.  The Anglican Record Project is has created an index to their records: http://ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/bunclodyunionindex.pdf

    Presbyterian registers are held in three main locations: in local custody, in the Public Records of Northern Ireland (PRONI) http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm and at the Presbyterian Historical Society http://www.presbyterianhistoryireland.com in Belfast. PRONI has microfilm copies of almost all registers in Northern Ireland and also lists of records held by the Presbyterian Historical Society. For the rest of Ireland, almost all records are in local custody. It can difficult to locate these as many congregations in the South have moved, amalgamated, or simply disappeared over the last sixty years.

    You might also try:

    British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093

    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

    The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

    The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

    Remember to post as much information as you can with regard to the people you are researching. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you. Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search.

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    Monday 4th Mar 2013, 02:46PM
  • Hi thanks for the reply sorry i would not know grandad did not have much information on them and all i know

     

     

    But i have done a Freeholders search and I think i have find  John Drakes Father John in Clogher and Ballykeelloughaghry but i'm not sure

    Tuesday 5th Mar 2013, 02:46AM

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