Entries from May 2007

May 9, 2007

Street Directories

Street directories can be useful in genealogical research for tracing family lines and addresses and even trying to guess when a family member died (by absence). Here are some links which refer to Cork City:
Business in St. Patrick’s St the main street in Cork City
Holden’s Triennial 1809 Directory
1824 Cork City Trade Directory
Aldwell’s 1845 Cork Street [...]

May 5, 2007

Burials

Still on the theme of burials: I was amazed to discover many of my Catholic ancestors were buried in St. Anne’s, Shandon, Cork City. This is now a Church of Ireland church and according to Michael Leader in the Irish Genealogist (Vol. 3, No. 2, July 1957), based on a lecture given by him on [...]