Brophy Birth in County Carlow 1849

[geoffds]

My Great Grandfather was apparently born in County Carlow on 21st March 1849, can anyone advise on where I start to look for records etc? We are intending to come over to Ireland to research our tree but need a starting point.

[hallmark]

Religion?

[geoffds]

Now there's a question, I cannot say I am sure but I know my mother was bought up as Church of England, how could I know?

[athacliath62]

Church of Ireland records for a number of parishes in Co. Carlow are on IrishGenealogy, for Catholic records try the National Library which has images of Catholic registers.

Do you have a marriage record for your  Great Grandfather ?
Do you know his father's name, was the church he married in Catholic or Protestant ?

[geoffds]

Thank you for those tips, sadly I do not have the other pieces of information at this stage or I might have a clearer path

[athacliath62]

I'd suggest the next step would be a search for the marriage of your Great Grandfather, maybe starting in the area his children were born. If he married in Ireland after 1864 then there should be a marriage cert with fathers name, same details would be shown of marriage certs for many other counties, some parts of the world you would also get mothers name on a marriage record - e.g. Scotland.

[geoffds]

Thank you, that's probably a good suggestion, I will give it a try, I am fairly sure they married here after he came over.

[rathmore]

church records

http://www.churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie

[rathmore]

sorry try this

http://www.irishgenelogy.ie