looking for McCarthy ancestors

Hi,

Thank you for your message. I hope that someone with information on this family makes a connection with you you.

Have you tried looking for more information in church records? 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 Kilworth/Leitrim parish parish, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Cork%20East&parish=Kilworth&churchid=72

For Kilmurry:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Cork%20North-West&parish=Kilmurry&churchid=70

As you can see from the above links, Mallow Heritage Centre has copies available for Kilworth parish. If you would like to contact them here is their email, however a fee may apply for their services: mallowheritagecentre@gmail.com

If the family were from Kilmurry you should be able to find their records online for free. Irish Genealogy have begun a project to upload church records to their website free of charge. It is an ongoing project so only a small number of counties have been uploaded so far including the parts of Cork that fall under the Catholic Dioesces of Cork and Ross. Kilmurry falls into this category:

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/

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 check for record of the family in the land records pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century. There are two:

The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1838) found at http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

and Griffith?s Valuation (1848-1864) found at http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

Civil registration began in Ireland in 1864 so any births, deaths or marriages in the family that remained in Ireland  after this date would be recorded in these records. Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office in Dublin. Here is their website:

http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

You can search the indexes to these records online at:

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408347

Some other websites that you may find helpful 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

Failte Romhat: www.failteromhat.com

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

Familysearch: www.familysearch.org

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