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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Cork => Topic started by: lollthetroll on Wednesday 11 May 11 19:02 BST (UK)
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Can anyone help, please? I'm looking for a George Henry O'Keeffe born 1934 and died 1935. His parents were Maurice Christopher O'Keeffe and Ellen (Nee Pritchard). They had 3 other children - Julia Christina (B.1929), Eileen Mary(B. 1930) and Maurice Cornelius (b.1937). I've found records for Julia Christina & Maurice at St. Finbarrs South (South Chapel), but no record of Eileen though I did find a copy of her birth certificate. But nothing for George Henry. It's as if he didn't exist. The family were living in South Main St in 1930 and the O'Keeffe's have lots of family in the Blackrock area. Unfortunately I have completely lost touch with this branch of the family and would welcome suggestions as to how to trace them. I'm wondering if the baby was buried in a family plot. Aonghus O'Brien, the Parish secretary at St Finbarr's has looked but can't trace him in the church records.
My aunt Julia Christina (Known as Sheila) emigrated to Canada in the 1950's but is making a trip to Cork in a few weeks. She also knows nothing about where her brother is buried. It would be lovely to give her some info.
Many thanks
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Do you have paper evidence that George died in 1935?
In researching my own family history, I have found that what people remember can be generally accurate, though fuzzy or slightly off, which complicates the act of laying your hands on a paper record, when you need precision.
Name: George H O'Keeffe
Registration District: Cork
Event Type: BIRTHS
Registration Quarter and Year: Jul - Sep 1932
Estimated Birth Year:
Age (at Death):
Mother's Maiden Name: Pritchard
Film Number: 101232
Volume Number: 5
Page Number: 99
Digital Folder Number: 4195647
Image Number: 00150
Name: George O'Keeffe
Registration District: Cork
Event Type: DEATHS
Registration Quarter and Year: Jan - Mar 1933
Estimated Birth Year: 1933
Age (at Death): 0
Mother's Maiden Name:
Film Number: 101739
Volume Number: 5
Page Number: 112
Digital Folder Number: 4202046
Image Number: 00204
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1408347
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Thank you so much Skibbgirl. Your post has been incredibly helpful.
I'm sure the birth record is the missing baby, and the death record appears to be the only one that matches the dates. Unfortunately my maternal grandparents and my Mum are both deceased and my uncle (who gave me the original date of birth I quoted) knows no more than that. One thing though, I presume the film numbers & volume numbers etc refer to the microfiches kept at the Church of the Latter Day Saints. How would I go about getting a copy of the birth & death certificate? Could I use their reference? Sorry! You see now what I mean about being a novice at this! And how will I find out where he's buried?
Thanks
Pam
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for details on certs and notes on ordering them see :
Ordering Certs from GRO Roscommon (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,433040.0.html)
Details included on a Birth Cert (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,433041.0.html)
Details included on a Death Cert (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,433043.0.html)
Shane
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Pam,
All I know is there isn't a readily available comprehensive list of where people are buried.
A few helpful souls have posted listings of tombstone inscriptions at various places on the Internet but I am not aware of inscriptions for any cemetery at St. Finbarr's, unfortunately.
It may be a matter of making a list of all the cemeteries within a reasonable radius in a circle around where the family lived, and visiting them one by one. I am not even sure if an easy comprehensive list of cemeteries exists...
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Not sure if this list of graveyards will be much help
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colin/Ireland/CorkGraveyards.htm
If you have an accurate date of death the curators at St Finbarr's and St Joseph's cemeteries can check the records & give you details of all people buried in the grave.
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Try Tory Top Rd.