I've hit a brick wall and I am looking primarily for more resources (books & lists) to use that could help me in my quest to narrow down a firm location of my family in 1851 Limerick County. I have access to the Wisconsin State Historical Society, which according to them is second only to the Smithsonian Institution for artifacts and books. Even there, I have run into an Irish brick wall. Thank you in advance for any assistance. The basic facts that I have on my family: Cir. 1830 - Patrick Guiry was born in Ireland (Source: 1860 Census) Cir. 1829 - Mary Enright was born in Ireland (Source: 1860 Census + newspaper report of death) 1851 - Patrick Guiry married Mary Enright in Limerick County (Source: Family Bible) April 13, 1856 - Julia Gary was born in the State of Illinois, USA (Source: 1860 census) August 7, 1860 - Patrick & Mary Gary and their children Julia, James, Mary, and John lived near Woodstock (McHenry County), IL, USA (Source: 1860 Census) March 11, 1882 - Mary Gary dies in Fond du Lac, WI at the age of 53 (Source: Family bible & newspaper report of death) March 18, 1895 - Patrick Gary dies in Fond du Lac, WI (Source: Family bible & newspaper report of death) Other important facts I gathered on the Limerick County area from Griffiths Valuation of Limerick County (1853): 3 pair of Patrick & Mary Guiry are listed living in Kilmeedy 1 pair of Patrick & Mary Guiry are listed living in Mahoonagh More 1 solo Patrick Guiry is listed living in Rathkeale Things I want to find but have had little success finding: Marriage record of Patrick & Mary Guiry in 1851 Name of the date, boat and port of entry used by Patrick & Mary Guiry coming to North America (No online or Historical Society books have helped, yet)

I've hit a brick wall and I am looking primarily for more resources (books & > lists) to use that could help me in my quest to narrow down a firm > location > of my family in 1851 Limerick County. > > Other important facts I gathered on the Limerick County area from > Griffiths > Valuation of Limerick County (1853): > > 3 pair of Patrick & Mary Guiry are listed living in Kilmeedy > > 1 pair of Patrick & Mary Guiry are listed living in Mahoonagh More > > 1 solo Patrick Guiry is listed living in Rathkeale The GV gives you a starting place(s) to look. Assuming they were Catholic, if I were you I would first find out what church records are available for the three areas (civil records for Catholics started in 1864). You can find out that info at this website: http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/ Note, County Limerick is divided into West and East and you need to research the three townlands to find where they are and what RC parish they are in. This is a good place to start researching the townlands: http://www.seanruad.com/ Here you can at least find out what civil parish the townlands are in. If you don't have any resources (Brian Mitchell's, A New Genealogical Atlas, 2nd Edition), try posting to the Irl-Limerick list and someone there will give you the RC parish. The first website will give you the dates of the RC records that are available, where they are located and whether they have been film by the Family History Library (sorry, not many from Co Limerick have been filmed). If you find that there are records available for you time period but not filmed by FHL, you have a few choices. If the parishes are not located in the Emly & Cashel Diocese, you or you can hire someone to search the films at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin. Or, you can pay a fee and have the Limerick Ancestry do the research for you. http://www.limerickgenealogy.com/ Personally, if you can manage it, I prefer going to Dublin. Good luck. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com