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I've tried for years to break down my biggest brick wall with one of my Irish lines going to America. There is no record of them before the 1870 census where I have them documented until their deaths.
Why the Irish never recorded which part of Ireland they came from I'll never know, and with common surnames like Carroll and Monaghan and the varying spellings and ages across the records I doubt that I will ever fill in the missing pieces.
Carol
I have no known Irish born ancestors but one of my direct ancestors was very likely in the army in Ireland in the 1851 census, due to deployment records. They were in England just weeks later. Sadly the Irish 1851 census has not survived (save for the odd fragment). He wed his first wife in Dublin in 1848. I descend from his 2nd wife. I also have another direct rellie who spent time in Ireland in the 1770s in the 63rd foot. So I have 2 direct ancestors who spent quite some time in the Emerald Isle.
Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain