PERRY: Irish one name studies

[vickifperry]

Hi,

I just wondered if anyone else is doing an Irish one-name study? I’ve been gathering all instances my own surname (Perry) in Ireland. It’s not originally an Irish surname (it has English, French and Welsh origins), so in theory, anyone found in the record should descend from a settler ancestor.

So far I’ve used the birth, marriage and death indexes, census, wills index and records from the registry of deeds and I’m slowly building up a collection of records and building up family trees. Is anyone else doing this in Ireland and if you what records have you used? I’ve not registered the name as a one-name study (although I’m a member of the Guild) as I don’t really fancy researching the English families of the name.

Vicki Perry

[aghadowey]

Am researching Perry families only from Aghadowey Parish Co. Londonderry (Scalty, Mullahinch, etc.) with branches in Garvagh Errigal Parish, Ballymoney Co. Antrim & Co.Galway. Many of the family quite famous (engineers, poets, photographers, etc. )