McCreesh

[Loretogirl47]

I am trying to find where in Ireland my 2X great grandfather John Peter McCreesh came from.  He shows up on the 1841 England census age 14, and his birth place listed as Ireland.  I have no idea what county but I understand that McCreesh is a fairly common name in Armagh.   So just hoping someone researching the family may have him in there tree.  I am guessing birth date of around 1825.

[Christopher]

Hello inprincegeorge,

There are several items which need to be established when searching for Irish ancestors.

1. Denomination ... this is important as it's the first step in finding church records.
2. Parish ... step two in your search. Once you've established the denomination you need to find the churches in that particular parish as well as making enquiries about the existence of records for the period you are researching. You should be able to find these details online ... make a note of where such records are held.
3. Townland ... this can range in size from an acre to several thousand acres. In a great many cases the name of a townland referred to an identifiable feature of the landscape ... properties may or may not have had names but it's unlikely they were numbered as they may have been in towns and cities when your ancestor's were living.

You'll have to rely on Church records when searching for your ancestors as they were born prior to the introduction of Civil Registration in Ireland which started in 1864. Marriages of Non Catholic were registered from 1845 onwards.

Christopher

[aghadowey]

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