I am really stymied on this one. I know that William Alexander Russell died 1 Mar. 1922 at Skibbereen. He was Presbyterian but the funeral was at the Abbeystrewry Church which I understand is Anglican. Burial was at Creagh. I was about to send for his death registration but now am aware that the document will not include the names of his parents. It's the parents I am searching for. He was born about 1857/8 before civil registration was required and although I know he was born in Co. Cork, I don't know where. Will the church have a record of his parents? Any suggestions where to look now? Help please! Virginia _________________________________________________________________ Create a cool, new character for your Windows Live™ Messenger. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9656621

Virginia - you might want to contact the Skibbereen Heritage Centre - Terri Kearney or Margaret Hurley - to seek advice from them. Barbara in St. Louis, Missouri -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of virginia bell Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 8:14 PM To: Cork at rootsweb Subject: where do I go from here? I am really stymied on this one. I know that William Alexander Russell died 1 Mar. 1922 at Skibbereen. He was Presbyterian but the funeral was at the Abbeystrewry Church which I understand is Anglican. Burial was at Creagh. I was about to send for his death registration but now am aware that the document will not include the names of his parents. It's the parents I am searching for. He was born about 1857/8 before civil registration was required and although I know he was born in Co. Cork, I don't know where. Will the church have a record of his parents? Any suggestions where to look now? Help please! Virginia _________________________________________________________________ Create a cool, new character for your Windows LiveT Messenger. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9656621 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

  Hi Virginia - did your William marry? If so, and it was in Ireland, you may be able to find it on the BMD indexes online at Family Search. http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start   Click on Europe and scroll down to Ireland. It will help if you know the bride's name of course - there is one William Alexander RUSSELL marriage but it is in Antrim in 1877..   A marriage certificate should give father's name at least.   I looked on the Irish Family History Foundation website (Mallow Heritage Centre) but did not see anything hopeful - the centre does not cover all of Co Cork however.   Apologies if you have already looked into these.   Best wishes, Patsy - New Zealand --- On Fri, 15/5/09, virginia bell <[email protected]> wrote: To: "Cork at rootsweb" <[email protected]> Received: Friday, 15 May, 2009, 1:13 PM I am really stymied on this one. I know that William Alexander Russell died 1 Mar. 1922 at Skibbereen. He was Presbyterian but the funeral was at the Abbeystrewry Church which I understand is Anglican. Burial was at Creagh. I was about to send for his death registration but now am aware that the document will not include the names of his parents. It's the parents I am searching for. He was born about 1857/8 before civil registration was required and although I know he was born in Co. Cork, I don't know where. Will the church have a record of his parents? Any suggestions where to look now? Help please! Virginia

There should be useful information available about a man who died in 1922. Get his civil Death Certificate Then ask the church what records they have. Check the Cork (Examiner and Constitution) and Skibbereen (Skibbereen Eagle and Southern Star) newspapers for death notices and obituaries. I am not aware of any separate Presbyterian graveyard in West Cork. There is an agreement in Cork City that Presbyterians may be buried in the graveyard of St Luke's, C of I, Douglas. It is worth remembering that the C of I was the Established Church up to 1870. This meant it was officially the church for the whole community. That is often why people other than members of the C of I are buried in C of I graveyards. It is as though it were a public or civil facility. Creagh is an old ruined church between Skibbereen and Baltimore. It is accessed through a field. The famous and learned Canon James Goodman was a Curate there and is buried there. It may be that Mr Russell had a grave plot in Creagh belonging to his family or perhaps to his wife's family. Someone should visit Creagh and see if there is a headstone with information. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of virginia bell Sent: 15 May 2009 02:14 To: Cork at rootsweb Subject: where do I go from here? I am really stymied on this one. I know that William Alexander Russell died 1 Mar. 1922 at Skibbereen. He was Presbyterian but the funeral was at the Abbeystrewry Church which I understand is Anglican. Burial was at Creagh. I was about to send for his death registration but now am aware that the document will not include the names of his parents. It's the parents I am searching for. He was born about 1857/8 before civil registration was required and although I know he was born in Co. Cork, I don't know where. Will the church have a record of his parents? Any suggestions where to look now? Help please! Virginia _________________________________________________________________ Create a cool, new character for your Windows LiveT Messenger. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9656621 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message