> > >How do you know the RC parishes? > This is a good question and I will start off the lesson and hope if others have more to add, that they do so. All are invited to add to this thread. This is how I find the RC parish, if I know the townland. 1. Go to the following website to find the civil parish: http://www.seanruad.com This website is a database of all the townlands listed in the 1851 Ireland census, so remember names change, borders change, but this will give you a good idea about where your townland is located. Also, remember that this database is quite strict when doing a search. So, if you spell the name wrong, don't put a capital on the first letter, you may not be able to find your information. Check out the SEARCH METHOD, if you can't find your townland. If you know the beginning or ending of the townland's name, try those options. 2. After you get the civil parish, barony and poor law union, you can use a some other resources, here are a few. --Book, 'A Guide to Irish Parish Register' by Brian Mitchell. This book is arranged by county. You go to the county, look up the civil parish and it will give you the RC parish and the dates of available records. However, if there are more than one RC parish in the civil parish, you won't get a definite answer here. --Book, 'Irish Records, Sources for Family and Local History' by James Ryan. This book also is arranged by county, and gives the civil parish and corresponding RC parishes and dates of available records. At the end of each county chapter, there are civil parish maps but like the above book, if there are more than one RC parish in the civil parish, you won't be able to use this source to figure out what your RC parish. --Book, 'A New Genalogical Atlas of Ireland, 2nd Edition' by Brian Mitchell. This is a book of maps for each county. Not only does it have the civil parish, barony and poor law union maps but also have RC parish maps. (For some of the northern counties, there are also Presbyterian Congregation maps.) When there are more than one RC parish in a civil parish, if you use the barony and poor law union information that you obtained from the SeanRuad website to figure out the RC parish. NOTE: The 1st edition of this book does NOT have RC parish maps. If you don't have any of these books, how else can you figure out the RC parish? 1. Use google to find a website that may give you the information. 2 Use the Catholic Ireland website index: http://www.catholicireland.net/parishes/index.php 3. Try the Irish Times website (part is free, part they charge, check out all the free areas): http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/ 4. Try asking on the county mailing list, someone will probably be able to help you. Here is the index for the Republic's county mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/ Here is the index for the Northern Ireland county mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NIR/ -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus

I have just returned from the Republic and located my ancestors abode and forge in Knockballynameath. Can anyone assist me in finding any resources that give information of that parish in the 1850's? I am still trying to locate a burial place for James Minahan post 1855. I have visited two parish priest in Parteen and Limerick to no avail. John Minahan 1 Orange Grove, Essendon North 3041 Tel: 9379 3418 Mob: 0411 181 158 -----Original Message----- From: ConnorsGenealogy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 18 April 2005 3:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ROLL CALL] RC parishes > > >How do you know the RC parishes? > This is a good question and I will start off the lesson and hope if others have more to add, that they do so. All are invited to add to this thread. This is how I find the RC parish, if I know the townland. 1. Go to the following website to find the civil parish: http://www.seanruad.com This website is a database of all the townlands listed in the 1851 Ireland census, so remember names change, borders change, but this will give you a good idea about where your townland is located. Also, remember that this database is quite strict when doing a search. So, if you spell the name wrong, don't put a capital on the first letter, you may not be able to find your information. Check out the SEARCH METHOD, if you can't find your townland. If you know the beginning or ending of the townland's name, try those options. 2. After you get the civil parish, barony and poor law union, you can use a some other resources, here are a few. --Book, 'A Guide to Irish Parish Register' by Brian Mitchell. This book is arranged by county. You go to the county, look up the civil parish and it will give you the RC parish and the dates of available records. However, if there are more than one RC parish in the civil parish, you won't get a definite answer here. --Book, 'Irish Records, Sources for Family and Local History' by James Ryan. This book also is arranged by county, and gives the civil parish and corresponding RC parishes and dates of available records. At the end of each county chapter, there are civil parish maps but like the above book, if there are more than one RC parish in the civil parish, you won't be able to use this source to figure out what your RC parish. --Book, 'A New Genalogical Atlas of Ireland, 2nd Edition' by Brian Mitchell. This is a book of maps for each county. Not only does it have the civil parish, barony and poor law union maps but also have RC parish maps. (For some of the northern counties, there are also Presbyterian Congregation maps.) When there are more than one RC parish in a civil parish, if you use the barony and poor law union information that you obtained from the SeanRuad website to figure out the RC parish. NOTE: The 1st edition of this book does NOT have RC parish maps. If you don't have any of these books, how else can you figure out the RC parish? 1. Use google to find a website that may give you the information. 2 Use the Catholic Ireland website index: http://www.catholicireland.net/parishes/index.php 3. Try the Irish Times website (part is free, part they charge, check out all the free areas): http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/ 4. Try asking on the county mailing list, someone will probably be able to help you. Here is the index for the Republic's county mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/ Here is the index for the Northern Ireland county mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NIR/ -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus ==== IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS Mailing List ==== To Unsubcribe from L: mailto:[email protected] To Unsubscribe from D: mailto:[email protected] Put the single word 'unsubscribe' in the message subject and body -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.6 - Release Date: 6/05/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.9 - Release Date: 12/05/2005