Hi All
dose any one have any suggestions where I can find in Australia or Ireland or know someone that could do a look up in Ireland for John and Catherine marriage certificate,John trial, or is there any other convict records that would show John parents Chatso58
Hi Chatso,
Re. his trial and records, I gave the following reply back on page one of this thread:
I had a look at the Irish Convict Transportation Database too, but can't see John DONNELLAN...however on reading the info page:
While the collection of convict petitions dates from the beginning of transportation from Ireland to Australia in 1791, all transportation registers compiled before 1836 were destroyed in the Four Courts fire of June 1922. Therefore, if the person you are researching was convicted before 1836, but was not the subject of a petition, he or she will not appear on this database. In other words, the records from which the transportation database was compiled such as the transportation registers, convict reference files and petitions to government for pardon or commutation of sentence, are incomplete.
So unfortunately you are most probably out of luck in that regard.
In Ireland, at that early date, you will need to look at church records for a marriage, but without knowing where they married it would be a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack. YOu could try a post on the Ireland board, giving as much information as possible in your request for help searching for the marriage.
Cheers
Prue