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I may be somewhat old fashioned in my outlook but whenever I notice information taken from a database that someone (or group of people) has taken the trouble to prepare and put online, for the benefit of other researchers, and no acknowledgement has been given to their website I feel extremely annoyed.

Hi CP,

The family surname may be on the Census and if she's named after an aunt or her mother that may assist in finding them.

Christopher

Hi Sharyn,

I thnk you are going to have problems researching this family. There are a few possibilities where more clues might be found but they are long shots. The christian names of descendents and also counties in Ireland where other Irish families, living in the area where your Kellys settled in Australia, were born.
It might be worth while having a look at the parish priests who were in the same area in Australia. In some cases they were from the same parish as many members of their congregation.

Christopher 

Hi,
I am trying to trace back from an ancestor of my husband. His name was William Blair, born in Drumlea, Leitrim in 1863. When he was 18 he enlisted in the British army, in Dublin. He was posted to England, where he married and remained in Staffordshire. He is my husbands G -grandfather. I am new to this and am unsure where to go to trace back in the Irish records, to find his parents etc.

Can anyone give me a hint where I should investigate?

Many thanks
kaj

Hi kaj,

Griffith's Primary Valuations of Leitrim - 1856 shows there were two Blair heads of household in Boihy townland in the Parish of Drumlease.

They were James and William.

Christopher

Hi viddavid,

I searched for McGivern in Griffith's Primary Valuations ... there weren't many, if any, in Leitrim.

The vast majority of people with this surname came from Co. Down

Antrim 2,  Armagh  9, Belfast city,  4  Cork  6, Down  101 and  Roscommon  1 

Source: irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname

Christopher