I have always felt like a dead end when it comes to family history because I can't even get past my grandparents. Is someone here able to help me track down my grandfather's birth record? You have no idea how much I would appreciate it. My (admittedly poor due to a lack of experience in family history) efforts so far have gotten me nowhere.
Patrick Kevin McLaughlin.
Born somewhere in county Cork or perhaps just the city of Cork. I remember hearing him speak of Cork when I was a young child but being so young had no sense of whether he was speaking specifically of the city or not.
Born in September? (14th? 24th? These dates really are guesses from vague childhood memories and it is sadly possible that September is not even correct but that memory feels stronger)
Year possibly 1914? 1916? 1917? At least somewhere in that decade. My grandmother was born in 1918? (December 3rd?) and rightly or wrongly I assume he was older but visually remember that he can't have been that much older.
What I can tell you is that at some point he married a Christina Matthews, born in Glasgow, moved to England, and had children named Patricia, Anna, Tony, Kevin, Christopher, John, Christina and Margaret.
This feels like a dead end to me and that I am destined to know nothing about my family history beyond the people I have actually met. The family has been sadly distant and fractured due to my grandfather's alcoholism and what scant information I have been able to give here is really all anyone remembers. But in my heart I am hoping that one of you is a family history genius who lives for questions like this and can help me pull something out of all this half information Harry Potter style. Please if anyone can help me out I will be eternally grateful.
Best wishes to all and thanks in advance for reading.
