Hi all I have traced my family back and my great, great grand parents came over to London sometime in the early 1800's. They were Mathew Donovan (b 1824 Cork) and his wife Catherine Donovan (b 1825). they lived in Sunbury, Middlesex in 1851 according to the census. so I assume they came to England between 1824 and 1851. I believe allot of the records were destroyed about that time. What I be grateful for is some help on the shipping lines/boats that left Cork during that period and did boat trains to London. I have searched the Internet with little success. Do the passenger list still survive for that period? Also any advice on my next step in tracing my Irish heritage in Cork. Thanks for any help whatsoever it will be much appreciated. Best regards Alan Donovan

Alan <mykin@btinternet.com> wrote: : I have traced my family back and my great, great grand parents came over to : London sometime in the early 1800's. : They were Mathew Donovan (b 1824 Cork) and his wife Catherine Donovan (b : 1825). they lived in Sunbury, Middlesex in 1851 according to the census. so : I assume they came to England between 1824 and 1851. See http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl for the Free Birth Death and Marriage Records database of England and Wales civil records. You should also visit the soc.genealogy.britain news group. : I believe allot of the records were destroyed about that time. What I be : grateful for is some help on the shipping lines/boats that left Cork during : that period and did boat trains to London. I have searched the Internet with : little success. Do the passenger list still survive for that period? Also : any advice on my next step in tracing my Irish heritage in Cork. There was no government requirement for passenger lists between the various parts of the United Kingdom. There was regular passenger traffic between Queenstown (now Cobh) in County Cork and Liverpool and other British ports. In fact, in the early 19th century, before the prevalence of steam vessels, Irish emigrants to North America and Australia had to go to England to get a ship. While many Irish records have been lost, particularly census records and most of the Church of Ireland parish registers, Roman Catholic can be found on microfilm at the National Library and elsewhere, including heritage centres in most counties where they are being indexed. Cork, the largest county is made up of the Diocese of Cork and Ross and the Diocese of Cloyne, of which only the latter is indexed and available from the heritage centre in Mallow. It covers mostly North and East Cork. See: http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/Geneal/Cork.htm Cork Family Heritage Centres computerizing parish records Provides search service for a fee See http://tiara.ie/results.htm for customer comments http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/munster/index_co.htm Cork sources for genealogy http://www.sci.net.au/userpages/mgrogan/cork/ire.cork.htm Searchable Pages for County Cork http://www.corkcorp.ie/ourservices/rac/archives/ Cork Archives Institute http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ County Cork GenWeb http://tiara.ie/cork.html Local historical societies in County Cork http://homepage.tinet.ie/~chasoc/index.html Cork Historical & Archaeological Society http://www.skibbheritage.com/index.htm Skibbereen Heritage Centre http://www.4qd.org/youghal/ Youghal Genealogy http://www.ginnisw.com/Cork%20Landowners%201876/Thumb/Thumbs1.htm Landowners in County Cork 1876 http://members.cox.net/hayes1966/guy.htm Guy's Postal Directory 1914 for County Cork http://www.execpc.com/~mcarthey/Irish%20Ancestors/IA-Estate%20records.html Estate Records of County Cork http://www.corkcorp.ie/ourservices/rac/library/ Cork City Library http://www.henneberry.org/data/corkparishes.htm Parishes of County Cork http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4889/civil.html The Civil and Catholic Parishes of County Cork http://www.execpc.com/~mcarthey/Irish%20Ancestors/IA-Church%20records.html Roman Catholic Church Records for County Cork http://www.cork.anglican.org/Genealogical%20stuff/Cobhgen.html Church of Ireland Parishes of County Cork http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/cork.html County Cork Genealogy Links http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/igsi_published/casey.htm Casey bibliography of North Cork; "O'Kief, Coshe Mang, Slieve Lougher and the Upper Blackwater" http://www.xs4all.nl/~tbreen/Journals/Cork.html Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society http://www.foundmark.com/Ireland/lists/DownMap/BigMap.JPG Map of Cork County http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hanson/mapindex.html Civil Parish Maps of County Cork http://www.corkcorp.ie/maps/ Detailed Street Map of Cork City http://www.sci.net.au/userpages/mgrogan/cork/cork_map1.htm Baronies of County Cork http://homepage.tinet.ie/~aocoleman/ Cork Genealogical Society http://www.familia.org.uk/services/eire/cork_city.html Cork City Library Family History Resources http://www.corkandross.org/ Diocese of Cork & Ross http://www.sci.net.au/userpages/mgrogan/cork/cork_map2.htm Map of the Diocese of Cork and Ross http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colin/Ireland/CorkGraveyards.htm Graveyards of County Cork http://www.askaboutireland.com/pilots/four/index_main.html Estate Papers of County Cork http://www.cork.anglican.org/Parishes_overview.htm Church of Ireland parish registers database for County Cork