This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: AnnetteCode Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.kid.general/2289.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I can't think of how many people would be pleased to even know those dates of their ancestors. I've been to Ireland 4 times and still can't get back further than 1808 for one side of the family. Fitzgerald is a much more used name in Kildare than Fields. For example when the 1853 Griffith Valuation came out there were 77 Fitzgerald's and 17 Field's. www.failteromhat.com or www.askaboutireland.com There were 4 Parish's that Field's lived in Ballynafagh, Donadea, Kilcrock, Timahoe. Fitgerald's lived in all but Kilcock. Most lived in different townlands within the Parish's.There is a website for Kildare bmd's and within that are 42 James Fitzgeralds, 1664, 1678, 1761, 1784 marriages for James 1773 within the range you are speaking of. There are no Field'S recorded on that website but Field is recorded the dates as follows - no Christina (unusual name for the times) 1693 gap 1714-1718 gap to 1777. www.censusfinder.com United Kingdom Ireland Co. www.igp-web.com County - memorial inscriptions from gravestones sometimes the only thing left in some counties. Most records including parish records were destroyed in 1922 in a fire in a government building in Dublin, only those copied by parish or not sent to Dublin survived. RC records to 1890 are at the National Library in Dublin on microfilm and make up some of the records on www.familysearch.org there are birth records from ancestoral files, the International Index, and Pedigree Resource files. The 1850 US Census is also on the PILOT of this program which is found under search records top left corner. Annette Code 'genealogy for fun' Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.