Thank you Reg but I have all the current information, I was just looking for local knowledge about graveyards as I have exhausted the records available online. That marriage record is indeed correct. The family were just too early for civil registration and I have a feeling that not all of the children made it to adulthood. that's why I'm interested in any burial or gravestone resources available. Having searched a number of graveyards several times I know it is a longshot whether there's anything there now! Phil On Jun 16, 2013 8:00 a.m., <irl-kerry-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Kenmare Graveyard and Headstones (Phil Stokes) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Phil Stokes <philastokes@gmail.com> > To: IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com > Cc: > Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:30:30 +0100 > Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Kenmare Graveyard and Headstones > Hi, > I'm researching a branch of my family called Godson that lived in the > Kenmare (Killowen) area. They do not appear in Griffith's Valuation for the > area. They lived there until at least 1850 and the mother, Hanora, died in > Kenmare in 1890. The father Richard died before 1873 and they had 6 > children born in the period 1838 to 1850 -Thomas, James, Margaret, Sarah, > Dorothy and Charles who I know details about. Some of the family seemed to > move closer to Killarney during the second half of the century. > > I was wondering if there are any graveyards which would have graves going > back that far. I have a feeling that the family may have worked on one of > the estates. There were two large houses in the Killowen area. Later some > of the family were employed in estate houses in the Killarney area where > subsequent generations worked in the hospitality industry. > > I know that in Kerry you are lucky to have free access to church records > and municipal graveyard records but I was wondering about access to burial > records for catholic graveyards and if they are not accessible, whether > gravestone inscriptions are recorded anywhere? > > Thanks for any help! > > Phil Stokes > > > To contact the IRL-KERRY list administrator, send an email to > IRL-KERRY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the IRL-KERRY mailing list, send an email to IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. >