Parish Registers, Clonakilty? - Robert Bennett

[StephenFNQ]

Thank you again Sinann, very helpful.  The earlier Kilgarriff records are coded green and do not have any RCB Library or PRONI entry in the far right hand column.  Does that mean that these records for Kilgarriff may not be available?

Thank you for any assistance.

[Sinann]

Thank you again Sinann, very helpful.  The earlier Kilgarriff records are coded green and do not have any RCB Library or PRONI entry in the far right hand column.  Does that mean that these records for Kilgarriff may not be available?

Thank you for any assistance.

I did notice that, there is no key or comment so it does look like they were totally destroyed but I guess the only way to know for sure is the ask the Library in Churchtown.

I've never needed to search COI records so I'm not the best person to advise, hopefully someone who knows more will see this.

[StephenFNQ]

Thank you very much Sinann for your assistance.  Your information has progressed my search significantly.  Off to RCB then, I'll report back any findings.

And, I had a friend from 1993 - 2009, a border collie puppy (she was always a puppy to me) that is still missed.

Thanks again.

[Sinann]

Your welcome, hope you get a result.

[StephenFNQ]

I have been in touch with RCB and unfortunately the earlier records for Kilgariffe Parish have been lost.  RCB only hold records of Baptisms 1882-2000, Marriages 1845-1997 and Burials 1879-2000.

As the information I am mainly looking for is prior to these dates, would this information still exist anywhere?  Would the Parish Church/s have this information?

Any information, advice or assistance greatly appreciated.

[Sinann]

Unfortunatly that's very unlikely, I think the originals were sent to Dublin not copys. You can read about the fire and what was lost here
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/irish-records-burned.html

[StephenFNQ]

Thanks, I was afraid that might be the case.  I'll continue searching.

Could you clarify something for me, looking in the 1901 & 1911 Ireland Census records for family of Thomas Bennett, in the 1901 record it shows address of House 10, Kilgarriffe, Clonakilty etc while in 1911 Census, address is House 12, Kilgarriffe, Clonakilty etc for same family.

Would it be the same house renumbered for some reason or did the family move houses?

And, what would the chance of finding this house/location today?

Thanks.

[Sinann]

The numbers are Census form numbers not house numbers, houses in rural Ireland rarely have numbers.
So it depends on which house the enumerator started from as to what number the family get in different census.

If the family were in the same house in the 1860s it may be possible to find the house on Griffiths's Valuation
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch

[Sinann]

You can see here it's a Form number and there is no house number.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001832155/