Suggest contacting Dublin City Archives and Library, Pearse St, Dublin 2. They have recently digitised electoral lists for Dublin City and his parents might be listed at Comeragh Road. Street directories might also list the father. It may be that the family were moved from the slums in the inner city to Comeragh Road and Dublin Corporation probably owned the house. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: <irl-dublin-request@rootsweb.com> To: <irl-dublin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:31 AM Subject: IRL-DUBLIN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 179 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Help proving Date of Birth (Catherine Jackson) > 2. Free DNA test Kit (Hal) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:13:51 +0100 > From: "Catherine Jackson" <Catherine.Jackson@oldham.gov.uk> > Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] Help proving Date of Birth > To: <IRL-DUBLIN@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <7F4498397A957648933D50B458FBB21A0D95B3DB@maggie.oldham.gov.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error you must delete > it and notify the system manager (e-mail: postmaster@oldham.gov.uk). > ********************************************************************** > > I am trying to help an elderly man to find and prove his age/date of birth > so that he can claim his pension. > > He says he was born in Dublin in August 1938. > > The pension service have said that they have tried to trace his birth > certificate but have not found it. > > I wondered about Catholic parish records to try and trace his baptism. The > local LDS only has records up to 1931. I know I am probably looking for a > needle in a haystack as the man can't remember much about his life in > Dublin. He moved with his family to London in the early 50's. The only > thing he can remember is the address Comeragh Road and that he thinks he > lived near a hospital! He can't remember if that was in Dublin or London > and that name features in both Cities and are both near hospitals. He > can't remember any of the schools he went to. > > Is there anyone who can help me? I have his name and his parents names but > not his mother's maiden name and names of 2 sisters but not much else. > > Would there be any record of his emigration to London? Would he have > needed a passport? Can these be traced? > > Any help would be very much appreciated. I can provide the names off list > to anyone who can do any look ups. > > Thanks, > > Catherine. > ********************************************************************** > As a public body, the Council may be required to disclose this email > [or any response to it] under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, > unless the information in it is covered by one of the exemptions in the > Act. > > This note confirms that this email message has been swept for the > presence of computer viruses, however we advise that in keeping with > good IT practice the recipient should ensure that the e-mail together > with any attachments are virus free by running a virus scan themselves. > We cannot accept any responsibility for any damage or loss caused by > software viruses. > > http://www.oldham.gov.uk > ********************************************************************** > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:50:45 -0500 > From: "Hal" <halsheritage@tnaccess.com> > Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] Free DNA test Kit > To: <IRL-DUBLIN@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <005301c7dfa7$dd16f430$74f6b40c@REDROOM> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; > reply-type=original > > > A group in the USA is offering to purchase a 37 marker DNA test kit and > send > it to you if you have a surname of Connor/O'Connor/Conner from Co. Dublin, > and if > you have a good documented pedigree back to 1735 or before. > Contact me directly for test kit or questions: halsheritage@tnaccess.com > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the IRL-DUBLIN list administrator, send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the IRL-DUBLIN mailing list, send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of IRL-DUBLIN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 179 > ****************************************** > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.11.15/949 - Release Date: > 12/08/2007 11:03 > >