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Just blogged about physical descriptions of my Dublin great granny and her close family, including both her parents. Fortunately for me all recorded in Irish prison registers. The family was extremely poor, and in and out of prison a lot for petty crimes.
Reminded how many eye colours I know for my Irish ancestors, thanks to them being in prison a lot for minor offences. I need to draw up a family tree annotated with eye colour! Fun task soon. I should also note their hair colour and height. My Dublin g-granny was 4 foot 11 inches per prison records.
Found granddad's Catholic baptism
Feb. 17th, 2024 01:36 pmJust had another look for granddad's baptism in the Leeds Catholic registers on FindMyPast. He is there! Right names for him, dad and mum, also correct birthdate. Recorded under Moor not Moore, which is why I missed him initially. So chuffed with this! I will tell my auntie (his daughter), and also cousins in Ireland (descendants of his Dublin aunts). So that's him in there, as well as all his full siblings.
Catholic baptisms
Feb. 16th, 2024 03:08 pmDelighted to find Catholic baptisms for siblings of my granddad in Leeds. Though can't see granddad - the records are often very faint, so he may be there but not indexed. Thanks to FindMyPast for these records. I didn't realise until just a few years ago but granddad and his siblings were brought up initially as Catholic, their Dublin-born mum's faith. Sadly she died young in childbirth and there was a huge family split between the children and their dad. So it made tracing the Irish family tree extremely hard. But I managed it. And proved it by DNA testing with Irish cousins. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/leeds-roman-catholic-bmds-ripon-gazette
Lost Dublin book
Oct. 28th, 2023 01:21 pmThe very rare book that I ordered showing lost Dublin streets in pictures and text arrived safely. Huge thanks to Ulysses Rare Books in Dublin. The book is in great condition and was extremely well packed. I am really looking forward to learning more about the streets where my great granny and her family lived. Some of the very poorest parts of the city then, largely demolished and rebuilt over now.
It took me many decades to trace my Irish great granny. For a long time we thought she was from Northern Ireland. Even when I did finally trace her the documentary record was extremely incomplete, combined with zero family knowledge. We needed DNA testing to prove I’d traced her right. Her family was extremely poor, and constantly in and out of the workhouses and prisons. The latter means I have physical descriptions for great granny and both her parents, as well as other relatives! And while many Irish genealogical records were lost, it’s remarkable just how much detail I’ve traced about her family.
It took me many decades to trace my Irish great granny. For a long time we thought she was from Northern Ireland. Even when I did finally trace her the documentary record was extremely incomplete, combined with zero family knowledge. We needed DNA testing to prove I’d traced her right. Her family was extremely poor, and constantly in and out of the workhouses and prisons. The latter means I have physical descriptions for great granny and both her parents, as well as other relatives! And while many Irish genealogical records were lost, it’s remarkable just how much detail I’ve traced about her family.
