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    1. Re: [IRL-TIP] Church of Ireland, Newport
    2. Tish: The Church of Ireland facility in Newport ceased to exist a number of years ago, sorry. The original Newport Parish records are now in the custody of the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. The records themselves are not in the best of shape, falling apart and pages just stuck here and there. In addition, a later rector took some pains to copy all the registers, in roughly 1920 or so, and those are in the custody of a local Newport historian. I've viewed both sets. I am particularly interested in the Burgess family, as they married a number of times into the Powell family, whom I've been researching for a number of years. I suspect, based on what I've found in Newport C of I and Catholic registers, that the Burgess family of the mid 1700s was actually a product of a mixed marriage, with subsequent descendants marrying equally often in the Church of Ireland and the Catholic Church. The actual registers for Newport did very often list the burial site for the person, so for starters I would recommend that you get someone to look at the actual register and see if it does show the burial place for Isabella. However, I would also tend to think it very possible that your Alexander (1834) and John (1836) could very well be the Alexander born in 1825--variances in ages is pretty common in that time period. Generally, lacking a christening, about all you can assume is that the person knew they were old enough to do something. If you email me off list, I can probably give you some further assistance. I have a friend in Dublin who is regularly in that Newport register and maybe she could do some looking for you. Cindy

    09/12/2006 01:37:10