2007-03-10 23:24:34 · 6 answers · asked by Robert S 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Unfortunently, there is unlikely to be a easy way to accomplish this task:
First, get your ggg-grandfather's death certificate - it may have his place of birth - this may not be accurate, but it's one clue.
Did he marry in the U.S.? If so, his marriage certificate may have his place of birth.
Whether or not these records are available depends on the state - some states (such as Massachusetts) have excellent records for all births, marriages, and deaths (and have indexed and made them available for searching), while other states (most Southern and Western states, for example) don't start good record-keeping until the early 20th century, which would prob. be too late for a 1828 immigrant.
You also can find your ggg-grandfather in every census he appeared in (taken every 10 years). If he was still alive in 1850, his place of birth will be specifically enumerated - while the census taker was suppose to just list a foreign country, oftentimes they listed more and you could get lucky.
Did he become a U.S. Citizen? If so, his naturalization records will have his place of birth. These records weren't centralized until 1906, so you'll have to look a bit harder to find them (but many have been indexed)
Did he serve in the Civil War? Depending on how old he was when he came over, he could be the right age to have served - his military and pension records can have a ton of information.
These are some of the places you can check. Good luck!
2007-03-11 03:11:01 · answer #1 · answered by Lieberman 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Todays day and age its harder to find out where an irish (good luck to all irissh) family comes from as the turf war of oliver cromwell times destroyed a lot of records in stone regarding land markings left by past generations in galic script as i'm unhappy to see the original mother tounge spoken for hundreds of years dieing with the old men and women .The young never listened to the old this why ireland and surrounding languages are dieing for no reason .All the isles are suffering this fate not just ireland .Music of the old in ireland is nearly gone as only 2 or 3 people can play and speak the music and poems in ireland written hunderds of years ago .Blessed be to father.
2007-03-10 23:51:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
your first step is to find out where he landed in North America and there should be a record stating exactly where he came from. If that doesn't work, you can do a family name search on "goggle UK" and that might help guide you to an archive that might have his name or family name. Another way, if he was NOT a catholic, its probable that he was from one of the 3 northern counties or the "Pale", the area surrounding Dublin.
Email me with more info and i can try to help, i belong to a genealogy association.
2007-03-10 23:32:12 · answer #3 · answered by lookinforlove782000 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
attempt the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' internet web site. they have a thoroughly stunning genealogical library which could discover maximum any information in the journey that they exist. click on the family members tree library link
2016-12-01 20:00:39 · answer #4 · answered by yau 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you just said he came from the country of Ireland did you
mean what city he came from
2007-03-10 23:31:23 · answer #5 · answered by Benchwarmer 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
I saw a ad about this company that if you call them they will show you your family line. i forgot the name
2007-03-10 23:33:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋