Subscribe My grandmother's name was Margaret Coffey, born 22nd March 1895. She was originally from County Clare but moved to Ballingarry in County Limerick in her teens. She married Michael O'Doherty and continued to live in Balligarry until moving to England around the 1950s. She died in 1974. We know very little of my maternal grandmother's side of the family and wondered if anyone could fill in some of the gaps or suggest where I might obtain information with such little information to go on. Pam

> > >My grandmother's name was Margaret Coffey, born 22nd March 1895. She was >originally from County Clare but moved to Ballingarry in County Limerick in her >teens. She married Michael O'Doherty and continued to live in Balligarry >until moving to England around the 1950s. > You are very fortunate to be researching a recent family from Ireland. Civil registration started in Ireland in 1864 for births and deaths and RC marriages (1845 for Protestant marriages). Then there are both the 1901 and 1911 Ireland censuses that are available to you. All then needed records have been filmed by LDS. They have the births indexed by year. Since you already know the date of birth you can send for her birth certifcate from the General Register Office on this website: http://www.groireland.ie/ The certificate will give place of birth and then you can check the 1901 census for family member, same with 1911. After you get the area, you can also get some church records. Good luck. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus