Power

Hi Judith,

Thank you for your message.

It may be difficult to find information without a more specific place of origin in Waterford. Most Irish record sources- church records, land records, census records- are based on specific locations. Until you know a specific location within Ireland, preferably a parish or placename, it may be difficult to do anything more with these records.

There are some places where you can search online, however it may be difficult to discern whether the results are relevant to your family or not without more information:

www.familysearch.org has a huge database of genealogical records including some church records for Ireland.

www.rootsireland.ie have a large collection of Irish Church records, however you have to pay to use this site.

You could try looking for Edmund Power in Griffith?s Valuation. This is a property valuation survey that was carried out in Ireland 1848-64. It doesn?t give any genealogical information but can sometimes be used to tie a person to a specific place.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

Also, the County Waterford Library has an online database of gravestone inscriptions from some burial grounds that have been surveyed in the county. You may be lucky and find some record of the family in this database:

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

There should be a record of Mary?s birth (1865) in civil records. Civil registration became mandatory in Ireland in 1864. If you can find this it will at least give you some idea of where that family were living at the time. Also, maybe if on the off chance her parents were only just married you may be able to find their marriage records also.You should also be able to find some record of Edmund and Mary?s death in these records also. All of which will give you a more specific place in Waterford.

. 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

You could also try searching for the family in the 1901/1911 census records,

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Hopefully some of these sources will help you narrow down place of origin. Once you have this more avenues of research will open up to you. Please note however, that when you are searching for Edmund I would also use other variations of his name such as Ed or Edmond.

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

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

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

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.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support