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Having had very helpful advice from Rootchatters when I started researching my family tree, I am now asking for help or advice re a few brick walls I have come up against.

James Whitby born 1845 in Sorbie, Wigtownshire to parents Thomas Whitby and Elizabeth McCartney.  Unable to find any further information.

Elizabeth Whitby (James's sister) born 1857, Sorbie, m James Duncan in Glasgow in 1884.  Cannot find any further information.

John McGee, born 1886 to Thomas McGee and Mary Colvin.  John and his two siblings were orphaned as young children and went to live with their maternal grandmother, Catherine Colvin, in Cambusnethan.   They are all on the 1901 census but on the 1911 census John is missing.  I can find no trace of him and it may be that he emigrated but with his name being so common and the variations in the spelling of his surname, I have been unable to find him.

I hope someone can help me break down these brick walls!

Anne



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I am researching the Irish side of my mother's family and not sure how to go about getting information as I understand many records were destroyed.
The information  I have is :-

Grandmother, Mary Fitzpatrick, was born in Ayrfield on 8 November 1881 and baptized at the Church of St Peter & Paul, Bardoyle.  Her parents were Rose (Connolly) and Christopher Fitzpatrick.   She married on 17 July 1905 at the RC Chapel of St Brendan, Coolock.  Her residence is given as Raheny.   On marriage to a Scotsman, she moved to Scotland and remained there until her death in 1957.

From the 1911 Census I have been able to ascertain that her mother and two brothers, John and James, still lived in Raheny and her mother is shown as Head of Household.   No mention is made of her husband though it shows she is married.   I have found a Christopher Fitzpatrick, servant, at an address in Howth and this may well be him as on Mary's marriage certificate he is shown as a gardener.

I know that Rose died  in March 1920, aged 78, Residence Raheny and status married

John died on 19 February 1932 aged 51, unmarried.

James died on 12 November 1952 aged 65, unmarried.

All are interred at Kilbarrack Burial Ground.   They are unable to help with the death/burial of Christopher.

How do I go about getting birth/death certificates for the Dublin area?  Would it be better contacting a church in the area and which church would they have attended in the Raheny area?

Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope someone can point me in the right direction.

Colvin

i have written and e-mailed Cambusnethan Cemetery for info on a Lair Certificate I have in my possession but after months they have still not replied.  Can anyone help with information on Lair No. 520 Section C (28 Aug 1860 reg), purchased 18 February 1886 by my great grandfather Terence Colvin?  His parents were John and Catherine and his wife was Mary.   I know Terence had one son James, my grandfather, but no knowledge of any other children or siblings.

Colvin

Is anyone able to look up the 1861 census for John Colvin  (wife, Catherine).   I believe they lived in the Carluke area. Many thanks.

Trying to trace information on my grandmother's family.   Her name was Mary Fitzpatrick and she was born at Ayrfield, Balgriffin, Co Dublin on 8.11.1881 and married on 17.7.1905 in Coolock, Co.Dublin.   Particular interest in her parents and if she had any siblings.
Many thanks