Stephen Hogan of Ireland and later Liverpool

Liz:

I searched two different sites which have Dublin RC church records and the only Stephen Hogan baptismal record I could locate was in 1848 which would appear to be too early for your ancestor. We could expand the search but the problem would be not having his parent's names which would allow us to confirm a record if available.

Have you considered a DNA test/ Possibly you will have matches on your Hogan line who have more information on the family and the origins in Ireland.

Roger McDonnell

Hi Roger.

Thanks for your help. I have done a DNA test through Ancestry and I am also using My Heritage and Gedmatch. There are Hogans in match trees, but my lack of ancestor information beyond Stephen is making it really difficult to work out who is who. I'm still learning and hopefully will have a breakthrough at some point. Is there anywhere in Dublin I might get help? I could head up there one day if so.

Thanks again.

Liz Hogan

Liz:

The available church records for Dublin and the surrounding area are available either on the free site irishgenealogy.ie (Dublin city) and the surrounding areas are available on subscription sites like Roots Ireland. Civil registration of births started in 1864 and the records are also available for free at irishgenealogy.ie  I just checked and there were no Stephen Hogan records for all of Ireland in 1864 and only one in 1865 in Co. Tipperary.

So to answer your question directly, I don't think visiting the National Archives will be of help to you.

Roger

Hi Roger,

Thanks again. It's as I suspected, any record help is what I've already looked through online. I'll concentrate more on the DNA matching side of research and hopefully get some clues. 

Liz