Hello Mary, There is an OUTSIDE chance that you can get that information by writing to the parish. I have had some luck by directly contacting parishes and asking what the process is for getting such records and offering to make a donation if the records are available. Contact information will be found at <http://www.corkandross.org/parishes.jsp?parishID=23 >. Good hunting, David Collins Hudson, MA, USA On 26 Jun 2009, at 03:00, [email protected] wrote: > Today's Topics: > > 1. Looking for Martin HOOLEY/HOOLY (Mary Mizzi) > > > From: "Mary Mizzi" <[email protected]> > Date: 26 June 2009 00:27:08 EDT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Looking for Martin HOOLEY/HOOLY > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > Hello list, > > I am trying to find information about my g/g/grandfather Martin > HOOLEY. I found this name in Cheshire in 1841 but he was unmarried. > My g/grandfather Thomas HOOLEY was born 1836 Ireland and on his > marriage certificate in 1857, it showed his fathers name was Martin, > who was deceased at that time. I have never found this name on any > searches I have done in Ireland. My late father said that the name > of Thomas has been carried down for many generations and I thought > all his ancestors were named Thomas. His grandfather,father,himself > and his son all Thomas. > > I found a Thomas HOOLEY in the Griffiths Valuation of Ireland > 1848-1864. > His address is Ballycatteen, Templetrine, Cork. > > Could some kind person have any ideas of how I can find the birth > of my g/grandfather Thomas Hooley b.1836 in Ireland please. > Possibly the above address might be his family. > > Are there any records I could search similar to a census of that > time please? Or any bmd's online I can search, pre 1836? > This is a brickwall for my family history and I am anxious to > complete it for my family. > > Many thanks, > > Hoping to hear from some lister, > > Mary in North Queensland Aus. > > > >