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Cork Genealogy

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Betty

Betty Report 16 Jun 2011 16:10

In the near future I am going to Cork on holiday. Both my great grandparents came to England from Ireland and married here. On the marriage certificate and consequent census records it states Cork as their places of birth. Most Irish counties have a central place you can contact to research family born there, but this doesn't seem to apply to Cork.
I don't know if the great-grandparents were from Cork City or Cork County (also problems because of alternative variations of their married surname), so has anyone out there any information about a central place in the Cork area where one can start initial searches.
Any help gratefully received.

Joy

Joy Report 16 Jun 2011 16:56

First, you could subscribe (free) to the rootsweb mailing list for Cork -

http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-CORK.html

You can browse, too, previous posts.

And have a look here
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/COR/index.html

Maura

Maura Report 16 Jun 2011 17:45

You could try finding them on this site free to search but to view the full record you have to pay http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 16 Jun 2011 18:27

There is this site...


http://www.irishfamilyresearch.co.uk/


http://www.mycinnamontoast.com/


http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlmahs/index.htm


http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-CORK-MALLOW.html



All for County Cork..there is also Mallow history centre which is just outside of Cork City..buses pass it.

mgnv

mgnv Report 16 Jun 2011 22:12

Most City of Dublin parish registers are free online at:
http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/
[There are also Carlow, Cork & Kerry OPRs there too]

Betty

Betty Report 17 Jun 2011 14:34

Thanks for your help. Will now try all of the above. Will also let you know if I get any further info. when in Cork.

Once again, many thanks.

Betty

Joy

Joy Report 17 Jun 2011 15:04

Betty, wherever you go in Cork, if you can and have time, please do visit the Michael Collins Heritage Centre, the heritage centre in Cobh, and ring the bells in the Church of St. Anne Shandon :)

Betty

Betty Report 18 Jun 2011 18:42

Thanks for the extra message Joy. Have Michael Collins Heritage Centre on my list already, and visited Cobh some years back - although none of my relatives left for America (as far as I know), it was still very moving to visit the heritage centre.
Now just hoping for a good sailing - it's very windy here on the west coast today. Fingers crossed it will have died down before next week, but will take seasickness tablets just in case!
Will let you know if I find out anything.