where do i begin to trace my irish relatives

[myluck!]

well done aghadowey on the research for georgia1964

georgia1964
"annie sousa 4 1900 mass was not antonios granddaughter"
Census records show the relationship to the head of family
Annie, although listed below her parents, was described as Bridget Gallagher's granddaughter

[heywood]

Hello everyone,

just reading through this- well done aghadowey for this information, you must be thrilled, georgia1964.

If you do as aghadowey says and either click on the links or copy and paste them into the browser bar.

I often find it good to write the information down with a bit more space than internet pages so you can see names and relationships.

Also as ruskie says- look for accident reports and obituaries in newspapers re James. I have seen some really good information from these - that was in Pennsylvania though not RI but hopefully it would be the same.

good luck
heywood

[aghadowey]

All the information I've provided is from census and vital records (births, deaths and marriages and most of the certificates are available to view online).

The LDS site was giving bother yesterday but was now able to view the image for this event-

Having difficulty finding Bridget in census records after 1880 and this might be the reason (from www.familysearch.org)-
Bridget Gallagher, born c1847, parents- Thomas Dean & Hanora Reddy, married 29 Dec.1894 Providence, R.I. to Michael Thuot.

There seems little doubt that this is your Bridget (Dean) Gallagher's second marriage- groom's surname hard to read could be Thout or Thust?- same parents, locations, etc. Perhaps he died soon after or they split up and she went back to using Gallagher surname.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11869-130953-40?cc=1469062&wc=6961535

[georgia1964]

i just read the link you sent its gotta be her,how do i found out where terrence gallagher is buried in fall river mass and if that terrence gallagher is bridgets husband,also how do i get info on bridgets parents,thomas dean and honora reddy if they came to the us or died in ireland maybe possibily get there parents names,also get names of terrence's parents and if they came to the us,

[georgia1964]

aghadowey,
anyway you can find any info on margaret v gallagher and antone sousa as to when they resided in fall river,and when they moved to rhode island,i have antones death cert,he died 7-11-1936 he is buried in st ann's cemetary in cranston rhode island,as for bridget i know she is buried out here in rhode island but where are her other children buried,you listed daughrer alice(ellen),born 1876,daughter mary she was 19 in the 1880 census,ann was 13,nora,9,terrence jr,6,thomas 5,kate was 1 month,it would be intereing to know if these people every married or where they are buried,and back then did they have photos? also is it only ireland that you are able to search

[aghadowey]

There is LOTS of information available online such as I already found but you can search the same sites yourself to find more family details. I'm not sure exactly where you live but the Fall River Library is fantastic as is Providence Library (at least they were when I lived there).

Here's the genealogy section for Fall River's website- to find addresses and try to see when your relatives lived there check the city directories (although only head of household will usually be listed so you may not find everyone, especially in early years). They also have lots of old newspapers (the obituary index sounds particularily promising) but make sure you have an idea of dates when checking for events to make the searching easier.
http://www.sailsinc.org/fallriver/cemeteries.htm

Here's Providence's website. I tended to use RI Genealogical Library more often (and parking was better in East Providence) but I was doing a different sort of genealogical research.
http://www.provlib.org/

I did find the following earlier but as I said, you can also find this information online.

Michael Hassett (age 52) married (27 Aug.1899 Warren, R.I.) to Annie Gallagher Conley, daughter of Terrence & Bridget Gallagher. Wonder if she could possible be the 'Ann Hazzard' mentioned by you earlier.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8V8-9LS
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8V9-ZMJ

Then, Anna Veronica Hassett, age 73, died 20 May 1943 Pawtucket, R.I.- spouse MIchael Hassett and parents listed as Patrick Gallagher & Bridget Dean.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8H1-WSB

Also found Michael & Ann in a census-
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MP6X-MCW
   

[georgia1964]

this is getting confusing where the patrick gallagher and bridget dean come in was bridget my great grandmother married 3x,i went to the sites you gave still hard i also went to the massachusetts newspapers website hit in old newspapers in brought up cemetarys in massachusetts i called a few in regards of finding where terrence was buried the 3 i called said they dont go back to 1884,so i dont know where in fall river massachusetts he is buried,i live in cranston rhode island,and i have done some research at the providence city hall,rhode island archives,i've gotten some info from the providence public library,and also st ann's cemetary,kind of hard when you dont have a car,is it only ireland you search,looking for help with my grandfathers side from portugal

[aghadowey]

You need to search for and look at every available record but they are not alway accurate. I believe 'Patrick Gallagher' on Annie's death certificate is an error (probably by the informant). The same sort of problem was mentioned earlier with James/Joseph Murphy listed on certificates. Mistakes do happen.

Your grandfather, from what I have seen (links already posted), was not from the Portuguese mainland but from the Azores- Terceira Island in particular. R.I./Mass. had a large population of immigrants from the Azores.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terceira_Island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_American
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/
http://www.lusaweb.com/Genealogy/tabid/172/Default.aspx

[georgia1964]

these link you sent i cannot view for some reason,