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Offline linda51

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Leeper Family
« on: Friday 15 July 16 19:37 BST (UK) »
I'd like to find the baptism for my mother Muriel Leeper b 1928 registered Stranolar. Father was Oliver Leeper and Marion Kilpatrick. Birth certificate shows she was born in Cappry - which appears to be the name of a road. Also interested in the baptisms of any siblings together with marriages for Murial and any siblings............
Have these records been returned to a Records Office, as in the UK? Where would I find these records please?
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Re: Leeper Family
« Reply #1 on: Friday 15 July 16 19:53 BST (UK) »
Cappry is a townland
See here for an good explanation http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-land-divisions.html

Can't answer your other question but it would likely help to say which religious denomination they were.

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Re: Leeper Family
« Reply #2 on: Friday 15 July 16 20:02 BST (UK) »
Many Irish Catholic parish registers are now online but there are very unlikely to be such recent records available online to protect the privacy of potentially living people (just like Rootschat doesn't allow us to post details of living people).

The civil registration index, however, is online and goes up to 1958 for Republic of Ireland and 1921 for N.I. counties-
http://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/

There are 19 Leeper births in Stranorlar district but none with mother's maiden name of Kilpatrick. There is a marriage in 1926 for Oliver Leeper & Marianne Kilpatrick- as well as possible birth for Oliver in 1900 and death in 1963-
http://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/84a0a96335377
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Re: Leeper Family
« Reply #3 on: Friday 15 July 16 20:11 BST (UK) »
Many Irish Catholic parish registers are now online but there are very unlikely to be such recent records available online to protect the privacy of potentially living people (just like Rootschat doesn't allow us to post details of living people).

Looks like the Leepers were Church of Ireland-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Stranorlar/Lettermakenny/1199561
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Donegal/Stranorlar/Lettermakenny/509479
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Re: Leeper Family
« Reply #4 on: Friday 15 July 16 22:39 BST (UK) »
Thank you everyone for your replies.

Is there nowhere that more recent records can be accessed? I'm quite happy to travel to Ireland to research this.

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Re: Leeper Family
« Reply #5 on: Friday 15 July 16 22:56 BST (UK) »
Maybe you will find the answer here
http://ireland.anglican.org/information/64

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Re: Leeper Family
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 16 July 16 08:00 BST (UK) »
Excellent! Thank you one and all. I hopefully have enough information now to make some progress.

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Re: Leeper Family
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 16 July 16 11:52 BST (UK) »
Andrew Leeper died 22nd June 1924
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTNY-N47

you can order a testamentery copy of his administration papers here
just enter his name into search archives
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/search-the-archives/

if you just enter the name Leeper on it's own you will get more Wills but not sure if they are related.

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Re: Leeper Family
« Reply #8 on: Friday 22 July 16 08:42 BST (UK) »
Andrew Leeper died 22nd June 1924
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTNY-N47

you can order a testamentery copy of his administration papers here
just enter his name into search archives
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/search-the-archives/

if you just enter the name Leeper on it's own you will get more Wills but not sure if they are related.

Looks like Andrew Leeper didn't leave a Will. The administration paperwork may contain minimal detail or letters and other clues.
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