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Permalink Reply by LaceCurtainIrish on April 13, 2012 at 5:41pm

Thanks Neil. I thought as much about the search / clue business, but it was nagging at me that I might be wasting my efforts. I spent the afternoon trying to identify the Townland, County( Kerry, I know), Barony, Civil Parish, Poor Law Union and Province. Haven't understood yet where Ballyduff fits into that picture. It's on some maps, not on others. Ballyduff is never mentioned in any of the listed place names associated with the smaller regions within Kerry. My Great Grandfather called his home in Holyoke MA the anglicized word for Daingean Ui Chuis "Dingle", and the whole family referred to their little home as " Castle Dugdale". I won't know what records in Ireland to search until I figure this out. Thank you much for your response. Calling it a day before my head explodes. :  )

Permalink Reply by Penny on April 18, 2012 at 5:23am

In my very limited experience often the local parish can be helpful if you go there. I found a place on Google maps that I had been unable to trace on a 'real' map.

Permalink Reply by LaceCurtainIrish on April 18, 2012 at 6:58am

Thanks, Penny. I'll check out Google maps. I am struggling with the several divisions ( townlands/baronies/Poor House Unions..) trying to determine just where my family was. I am making myself a list of where records are kept pertaining to the general area ( Dingle/Kerry/Ballyduff ) so that when I do get to travel to Ireland, I'll be organized in my search. :  )

Permalink Reply by Penny on April 19, 2012 at 10:21am

If we do return to Ireland in Sept this year, I might be able to look something up for you when you are sorted. We live in the UK and were over last year and hope to go again.

Permalink Reply by Lynn on January 13, 2013 at 9:53pm

Try this search engine.  You must capitalize otherwise it will not return a correct result.  I've used this to correct missspelled townlands on records.  http://www.seanruad.com/

Permalink Reply by LaceCurtainIrish on January 14, 2013 at 8:20am

Thanks, lynn. I checked out the page and got as far as the search for parishes within the area of Kerry I was interested in, but the search ends in "page not found". I see that the site creator has passed away, so will contact the person listed and see what to do next. Thanks for the tip. ;  )

Kate

Permalink Reply by Lynn on January 14, 2013 at 10:36am

Is the name of the civil parish spelled correctly?  This search engine does not track church parishes but is useful so save it in your favorites.  Here is another link that has a limited amount of free records and has some from Co. Kerry.  I am not sure if you know about this but if not try it, http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/about/index.html   -Lynn

 

Permalink Reply by Lmarron on February 24, 2013 at 6:05pm

Lace Curtain : The boys from Kerry were the only ones that did not comply with sending the records to Dublin.  SOME RECORDS WERE SAVED and available from the National Archives of Ireland. Your search via parrish's seem your best bet. 

Permalink Reply by LaceCurtainIrish on February 24, 2013 at 7:35pm

Lmarron,

Thanks. We also just heard from a cousin that the family may have lived in Crotta before settling in Ballyduff. I have yet to begin searching for the Herberts in that area. Life keeps getting in the way of my genealogy. So annoying !