mcglue and Bannon records

Hi,

Thank you very much for your message.

You do not mention in your message what religion the family were. This is important as it will help determine what records are relevant to your research. You will have to look in either Church records or civil records for record of the couple's marriage:

Civil Records:

Depending on when they were married and their religion you may be able to find their marriage record in civil records. In 1845, the Irish civil registration was first introduced, however it was restricted to only non-Catholic marriages. So if Patrick and Rose were not Catholic you may be able to find their record here. Registration only became mandatory for all births, marriages and deaths in 1864. So if they were Catholic they would have to have been married in 1864 or after for their to be a civil record of it.

Civil records are available from the General Register?s Office. Here is their website:

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

You can search the indexes to these records up to 1958 online at:

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

Church Records:

Prior to civil registration marriages would have been recorded by the local parish church. 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 Kilkeel parish, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Down&parish=Kilkeel&churchid=433

As you can see the Ulster Historical Foundation have copies available. If you would like to contact them here is their email, however a fee may apply: enquiry@uhf.org.uk

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 can also try searching at:

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.

With regard to Patrick and Rose?s birth records you will need to know what parish they were born in in order to know which parish records to look at. The above web links may help you. Also, the parish where the marriage took place may be a clue if they were Catholic as generally (although not always) weddings took place in the bride?s parish of origin.

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

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

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

Irish Genealogy Tool-kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/index.html

I hope some of this is helpful.

All the best,

Emma

Genealogy Support