Ancestors Photographs and Sketches

I enjoy managing to obtain photographs of my ancestors but there are other ways to give that special touch to your records.

One of my favourite photographs is that of my grandfather who died on my 5th birthday back in 1964. I spent a number of years researching this side of my family and it gave me great pleasure too. 

I got to hear about a talented young artist from Co. Armagh who now lives here in Co. Cork. I asked him if he would be interested in sketching a picture of my grandfather as I wished to give this as a present to the family. I was delighted with the sketch and I certainly can recommend him. (see link below sketch) 

I could talk about this forever but it's best to just show you........the sketch is the 2nd image.

Feel free to e mail me if you wish to  obtain details of this fine artist.


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Griffiths Valuation & Cancellation Books

I have discussed this before but I thought I would give another example of the griffith's and the cancellation books.

I couldn't see my Savage ancestors in the griffith's valuation so I went through the cancellation books in Dublin for that area where I knew they lived in the early 1860's. This is a very good way of seeing who owned/rented the property before my gx2 grandfather.
Of course you can also see through out the years who the next and next etc. tenant was.

This not so great photograph (c.1861) is of the original entry. Arthur Savage was my Gx2 grandfather from Co Meath, Ireland.





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McCormack of Co Louth (8)

Togher -

Mary 1863 Patrick 1864 Bridget 1868 

McCormick

Laurence 1794 John 1796 Mary 1810 Elen 1815 James 1815 Bridget 1824 Mary 1826 Anne 1839 Thomas 1844 Margaret 1847 Thomas 1847 Anne 1850 Pat 1852 Rose 1854 Pat 1857 Mary 1858 John 1862 Margaret Emily 1882 Robert 1884 

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Irish Genealogy Books by County

I have enclosed a link to a website that publishes books on Irish genealogy by county.

Over the years I have found several of them extremely useful in my research and highly recommend them to researchers no matter what level you are researching from.

There are 15 titles available at the moment. I'm sure if you have any questions on how to obtain a copy of any one title I am sure they will be delighted to hear from you.
Fly Leaf Press

McCormack of Co Louth (7)

Monasterboice

McCormick (No McCormack)

Mary 1820 Thomas 1822 Ann 1828 Patrick 1851 Mary 1852

 
Faughart

Mary Anne 1863 Margaret Elizabeth 1865

McCormick

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McCormack of Co Louth (6)

Lordship  (as usual the McCormack's are followed by McCormick)

Mary 1865 Patrick 1865

McCormick

Bernard 1834 Bernard 1856 Thomas 1861.


Cooley

Elizabeth 1832 John 1835 John 1837 Hugh 1837 Anne 1840 George 1856 Anne 1858 Mary 1860 James 1863 Catherine 1863 James 1868 Richard 1868 Bridget 1868  Catherine 1870  Catherine 1870 Mary 1871 John 1871

McCormick

Pat 1836 Mary 1838 Ellen 1839 Catharine 1840 Thomas 1846 Patrick 1866 Anne 1866 Pat 1868 John 1870 Anne 1873 Bridget 1873 Peter 1874 Patrick 1875 Ellen 1876 John 1877 Thomas 1877 James 1877 George 1878 George 1878 Rose 1878 Ann 1881 Margaret 1881 Mary Catherine 1885

This now completes the parishes of Lordship and Cooley. if you believe you have another variant of the name then please click to e mail me to let me know.

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McCormack of Co. Louth (3)

St Peter’s R.C. Drogheda

Hugh 1837 Anne 1841 Mary 1841 Margaret 1849 Mary Ann 1850 Anne Maria 1871 Mary Joseph 1873 Margaret 1876 Catherine 1877 Patrick Joseph 1882 Laurence 1882 Catherine 1882 James 1883 Monica 1883 Julia Marcella 1885 Margaret 1886 Bridget 1888 Margaret Ellen 1889 Patrick 1890 Thomas 1890 Christopher Peter 1890 Francis 1891 Elizabeth 1891 Thomas Richard 1893 Margaret 1894 Mary Catherine 1894 John 1895 Josephine 1898

McCormick - Honora 1765 James 1768 Jane 1777 William 1782 Rose 1784 Mary 1784 John 1787 Daniel 1787 Ann 1788 Ally 1788 Catherine 1788 Daniel Austen 1790 James 1790 Patt 1791 Patt 1793 Catherine 1794 Mary 1794 Margaret 1803 Mary 1804 Margaret 1819 Hugh 1821 John 1823 Thomas 1823 John 1826 Margaret 1829 Mary 1831 Patrick 1832 Mary 1834 Catherine 1839 Hugh 1844 Margaret 1845 Mary 1849 Hugh 1849 Mary 1851 Hugh 1851 Catherine 1852 Ann 1852 Bridget 1853 John 1853 Margaret 1853 John 1854 Patrick 1855 John 1856 Elizabeth 1856 Michael 1857 Thomas 1857 Ann 1858 Bridget 1860 Catherine 1861 Margaret 1863 Bernard 1865 Thomas 1867 Mary 1870 James Joseph 1878 Mary Kate 1883 Anne 1885 Julia Marcella 1885

The names McCormack and McCormick are interchangeable. Some of mine here in Drogheda appear with both spellings. Obviously the priest recorded what he thought the spelling should be.
The next parish will be Carlingford.



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McCormack of Co Louth (2)

Here are the baptisms of McCormack's and McCormick's of the parish of Dundalk. Ardee I did previously and Drogheda St. Peter's R.C. will be next.

Dundalk  
McCormack- Teresa 1828 Margaret 1836 Mary 1836 Rose 1838 Margaret 1841 James 1841 Anne 1842 Elizabeth 1843 Mary 1844 Mary Anne 1845 Andrew 1845 Bartholemy 1846 Mary 1851 Patrick 1858 Mary 1861-1864 (year not clear) Elizabeth 1862 Michael Joseph 1864 Mary Anne 1869 Mary Catherine 1872 Patrick 1874 Joseph John 1875? Michael 1875 Thomas 1879 Alice 1880 Catherine 1882 George 1884 Margaret Mary 1885 Roseanne 1885 Edward Alphonsus 1886 Patrick Joseph 1887 Michael George 1888 Patrick John 1892 Patrick 1893 Margaret Esther 1894 Mary 1895 Brigid 1896

McCormick -  Aly 1790 Margaret 1790 Mary 1791 Peter 1791 Anne 1792 Biddy 1793 Charles 1793 Catherine 1793 Mary 1794 Anne 1794 Mary 1794 Margaret 1795 Judith 1795 Martin 1796 An1796 William 1797 Peg 1797 An 1797 Matt 1798 Bryn (Bryan?) 1799 Jane 1817 Elizabeth 1818 Andrew 1818 John 1820 Biddy 1822 Rose 1822 Anne 1824 Joseph 1824 Mary 1824 Rose 1825 James 1826 Bridget 1826 James 1829 Mary 1829 Catharine 1830 Rose 1831 Mary 1832 Peter 1833 Patrick 1834 Jane 1836 Anne 1838 Peter 1839 Nicholas 1839 Edward 1840 Andrew 1841 Mary Ann 1846 William 1846 Patt 1848 Ann 1848 Joseph 1848 Mary 1849 Patrick 1849 Bernard 1849 Margaret 1853 James 1853 James 1854 Mary Jane 1855 John 1856 Ellen 1856 Bernard 1858 Edward 1861 Andrew 1864? Mary A 1866 Patrick 1867 Maryanne 1869 Alice 1870 Catherine 1871 Catherine 1872 Elizabeth 1874 Mary Jane 1874 Margaret 1874 Michael 1876 Elizabeth Rose 1876 Elizabeth 1877 John William 1877 Edward 1877 Mary 1878 Mary Ellen 1878 Andrew 1878 Bridget 1880 James 1880 John Joseph 1880 Mary Anne 1881 Andrew Joseph 1881 Michael 1882 Mary Catherine 1883 Margaret Teresa 1884 Anne Elizabeth 1888 Roseanne 1897

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My DNA Results

From the start of my correspondence with Irelandsdna project  www.irelandsdna.com I found the company most helpful and professional. Every email was replied to in a short time and even after receiving the results I was encouraged to make contact if I had any questions.

I was kept up to date on the progress of the tests and I have been very impressed with my dealings with them.

In my earlier post I clearly stated I did not know that much about the topic. I wasn't sure what to expect, I guess a lot of us have notions of being descended from the High Kings of Ireland and in ancient times our ancestors were fierce Gaelic warriors....they may well have been but in reality these results show where we originated from and what route we took.

Of course the results give me plenty to think about and in time I will read up on the subject more and find out what these markers mean in the grander scale of things. The main marker is as follows-

S145 and Pretani

Along with these markers is the route taken to Western Europe many thousands of years ago. Also where the clusters of people with these markers are to be found in Europe. Primarily Britain, Ireland and Iberia. What I found most interesting is a large cluster in Co Monaghan with certain names........ Co Monaghan borders Co Louth where my immediate paternal line is from (over 200 years ago).

We all know about family history but this really gives us an insight into ancient Ireland, who we are and where we came from. Many of us are from a varied ancient background but all of us make up the Irish race.

I can't help but compare ancient Ireland to modern day Ireland. We may have part of us from Scandinavia, Spain, Scotland, Wales, Ancient Britain, Brittany etc. and then we have modern day Ireland where people from all over the world have settled here recently. That is something that will benefit Ireland in generations to come and hopefully in generations to come Irish people will be looking at their results and seeing what part of the world their ancestors came from to make up the Irish race.

There's one thing we should know....... many thousands of years ago a few thousand people walked away from NE Africa and that's something that we all have in common.

A fascinating subject and one story which will give me something to think about for sometime.

Feel free to take a look at their website and I for one recommend you take the test if you have been considering it.

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McCormack of Co. Louth (1)

I intend to cover all parishes for Co. Louth (R.C.) and will also add variants in time as I find them.

Ardee - Anne 1850 Mary 1850 Peter 1861 Thomas 1879 Joseph 1881 Bridget 1881 Catherine 1887 Mary 1891 McCormick - Caty 1763 Bridget 1763 Hugh 1764 Mary 1766 Mary 1775 Catty 1782 Mary 1783 Anne 1789 Joseph 1789 Catty 1791 Mary 1791 Bridget 1791 John 1793 Mary 1793 Mary 1795 Peter 1795 John 1796 Joseph 1797 Thomas 1797 Caty 1798 Thomas 1798 James 1799 George 1799 Margaret 1801 Margaret 1804 Jean 1806 Laurence 1806 Bety 1806 John 1807 Catharine 1808 Patrick 1811 Patrick 1811 Alice 1812 Bridget 1813 Laurence 1820 Hugh 1822 Peter 1825 Mary 1826 James 1827 Bernard 1827 Patrick 1827 Anne 1828 Mary 1829 Cathe 1830 John 1830 Alley 1830 Margaret 1831 Margaret 1832 Mathew 1832 James 1832 William 1833 Mathew 1834 Laurence 1835 John 1837 Cath 1837 Margaret 1837 Elizabeth 1837 James 1838 Margaret 1839 James 1839 Margaret 1840 Catherine 1840 William 1841 Michael 1841 Cath 1841 Hugh 1841 Sally 1844 John 1844 John 1845 James 1845 Mary 1849 Pat 1877 James 1884 Mary Bridget 1889

The parishes to follow next will be Dundalk and Drogheda. Each parish will have their own page. Email me! click here