"\"kls\"" <karen.shaw1ONE@ntlworld.com> wrote: : All I have from English Census records are that an Unknown Casey born in : Cork had at least two sons: Dennis Casey b. 1813 and James Casey b. 1816 : both born in Cork. : Dennis (or Denis) married an unknown Mary b. Ireland 1811 and had a son John : b. 1835 and a daughter Elizabeth b. 1837 both born Ireland. : James married an unknown Mary b. 1814 in Ireland and had a son Benjamin : Casey b. 1843 in Cork and then had further children in Bradford, West : Yorkshire, England. : I don't know what towns in Cork they were born so any tips on where to go : from what I have would be most welcome. The good news is you have a family group with names and years of baptism or marriage. There are heritage centres in almost every county with computer indexes of parish records which, for a fee, they can search for this combination of parents and children. The bad news is that Cork, the largest county, is not completely covered. The Mallow Heritage Centre has parish records for the Diocese of Cloyne, which is mostly North and East Cork. There is no functioning heritage centre providing assistance for the Diocese of Cork & Ross, which is mostly South and West Cork. It's a gamble, but it may be worth your while to request a search from the Mallow Heritage Centre. If nothing else, it would suggest the possibility that the family you seek was in the Diocese of Cork & Ross. Either that or they were in the Diocese of Cloyne, but in a parish for which no records have been indexed. See http://tiara.ie/contact.htm for list of heritage centres. -dja

"Dennis Ahern" <ahern@world.std.com> wrote in message news:dm4ige$rvd$1@pcls4.std.com... > "\"kls\"" <karen.shaw1ONE@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > : All I have from English Census records are that an Unknown Casey born in > : Cork had at least two sons: Dennis Casey b. 1813 and James Casey b. 1816 > : both born in Cork. > > : Dennis (or Denis) married an unknown Mary b. Ireland 1811 and had a son > John > : b. 1835 and a daughter Elizabeth b. 1837 both born Ireland. > > : James married an unknown Mary b. 1814 in Ireland and had a son Benjamin > : Casey b. 1843 in Cork and then had further children in Bradford, West > : Yorkshire, England. > > : I don't know what towns in Cork they were born so any tips on where to > go > : from what I have would be most welcome. > > The good news is you have a family group with names and years of baptism > or marriage. There are heritage centres in almost every county with > computer indexes of parish records which, for a fee, they can search for > this combination of parents and children. > > The bad news is that Cork, the largest county, is not completely covered. > The Mallow Heritage Centre has parish records for the Diocese of Cloyne, > which is mostly North and East Cork. There is no functioning heritage > centre providing assistance for the Diocese of Cork & Ross, which is > mostly South and West Cork. It's a gamble, but it may be worth your while > to request a search from the Mallow Heritage Centre. If nothing else, it > would suggest the possibility that the family you seek was in the Diocese > of Cork & Ross. Either that or they were in the Diocese of Cloyne, but in > a parish for which no records have been indexed. > > See http://tiara.ie/contact.htm for list of heritage centres. > > -dja > Thank you very much Dennis, much appreciated! I will do some investigating. Karen :))