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From: Pat Connors <>
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC Digest, Vol 2,Issue 144
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 08:38:19 -0700
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>
> I'm travelling to Ireland on June 15th for 2 weeks (and then one week in
> Wales). I have no real idea which County my ancestors came from, though the
> surname (Guilfoyle) is most common to Offaly and Clare.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas about how best to use limited time to try to
> track them? I'll only be in Dublin for 4 days. I believe my Guilfoyles
> arrived in 1849 at the Port of New York, aboard the DeWitt-Clinton.

Without, at least, knowing the county your ancestor is from, research in
Ireland (Dublin) can be limited. You might want to go to the National
Library of Ireland first. Upstairs in the main library, you can find
the Surname Indexes (they are in a small room past the desk on the
right. The books are located on the bottom shelf, on the right side of
the bookcase in the middle of the room. The books are by county. I
really love these books. Choose one of the counties, in the beginning
of the book, there is a surname list and shows where in the county the
names was located in either the Griffith's Valuation or the tithes.
Once you find a civil parish (arranged by baronies) where your name is
mentioned, go to the civil parish page and search for your name. (If the
cp is in two baronies, you have to check both.) If in the GV, it will
give the number of times it was found in that civil parish in the GV.
However, if in the tithes, it doesn't give the number of times. (I have
a section describing this resource on the Tipperary webpage on my
website). BTW, these are all filmed by the Family History Library for
those who can't get to Ireland.

Then you might want to go over to the Ireland National Archives. They
have a genealogist there who will give you free advice and what to look
at there. It is worth a day of checking out their resources.

Now, if you have a county where you think your ancestors are from and
they were Catholic, before going, check out this website:
http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/
Click on the county. Then click on all the RC parishes, you will find
the dates of the records available and under Reference you will find the
NLI film numbers (starting with POS). You can copy all of these before
going to save time when you get there.

To get a film to look at, you go to that same room upstairs, and when
you enter the main room, over to the left is another room where the
viewers are. First you go get a viewer, note the number. Then go to
the desk, using a form to order the film (someone will help you fill
them out), then go back to the viewer and they will bring you the film.
You can view most RC films from Ireland except those from the Cashel and
Emly Diocese (most of Co. Tipperary, some of Co. Limerick).

If you have more questions, write me off list, I'll be happy to help you.

--
Pat Connors, Sacramento CA
http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

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