I am having great trouble in finding my great great grandparents, Anthony McGrath and Ellen McNamara. Recent research has indicated that Anthony McGrath lived in Ballytarsna, Kilshanny, in the 1830s and 1850s (Ejectment & Griffiths records). They had at least five children between 1824 and 1838 (John, Susan, Jane, Patrick and Bridget - all of whom migrated to Australia in the 1850s). These shipping records have not helped me on this matter, except to confirm that they came from County Clare. Would anyone on the list be able to assist or advise me in trying to find a marriage record for Anthony McGRATH and Ellen McNAMARA in that area around 1815-25? Or baptism records for any of the children? Tony O'Grady Melbourne.

Unfortunately, it looks like the filmed Kilshanny records don't begin until 1869. Diane -----Original Message----- From: Tony O'Grady <tonyogrady26@gmail.com> To: IRL-CLARE-L <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Mar 15, 2013 5:44 am Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Anthony McGRATH - Ballytarsna, Kilshanny I am having great trouble in finding my great great grandparents, Anthony McGrath and Ellen McNamara. Recent research has indicated that Anthony McGrath lived in Ballytarsna, Kilshanny, in the 1830s and 1850s (Ejectment & Griffiths records). They had at least five children between 1824 and 1838 (John, Susan, Jane, Patrick and Bridget - all of whom migrated to Australia in the 1850s). These shipping records have not helped me on this matter, except to confirm that they came from County Clare. Would anyone on the list be able to assist or advise me in trying to find a marriage record for Anthony McGRATH and Ellen McNAMARA in that area around 1815-25? Or baptism records for any of the children? Tony O'Grady Melbourne. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Tony, When you say shipping records are you talking about transcribed indexes or images of original shipping lists? And are you using Ancestry of other free sources? Ancestry transcriptions are notorious for dittoing all locations for all entries on the same page. You really need to look at images of original documents. Assisted Immigrant records have a wealth of data. Unfortunately you don't give arrival dates and locations, so I can't look. Peter