Dolan Roscommon

[Sheila]

Can anyone connect with a Mary Dolan who married JohnFahy in Roscommon had son Patrick in 1873 please?
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sheilaandjim@btopenworld.com

[Tom Voyles]

: Can anyone connect with a Mary Dolan who married JohnFahy in Roscommon had son Patrick in 1873 please?<p>Sheila,<br>I had some spare time at my LDS yesterday, and I looked through <br>the index of marriages for the marriage of Mary Dolan and John<br>Fahy. I made the assumption that Patrick was their first child and <br>that they married shortly before his 1873 birth.<p>Sure enough, I found a marriage registration reference for a John Fahy in the 1872 marriage index. According to the index, the registration of his marriage will be found on page 19 of <br>volume 9 of the 1872 marriage register.<p>I then found Mary Dolan's marriage registration reference<br>in the index of 1872 marriages. The reference indicates that her<br>marriage registration also will be found on page 19 of volume 9 of <br>the 1872 marriages. Since the reference for both Mary and John is the <br>same (page 19 of volume 9 of 1872 marriages) it is fairly certain that<br>they married each other, and that this is the marriage you are <br>interested in. From the index I can also tell you that John and Mary's<br>marriage in 1872 occurred in Ballinasloe Superintendent Registration<br>District, which is in southern Co. Roscommon. Most of these<br>districts contain something like a dozen parishes (and a few hundred<br>townlands), so that information doesn't narrow things all that much.<br>However, the information contained in the actual registration gives date<br>of event and townland where the event occurred, along with much<br>other information. <p>Unfortunately, the LDS only has marriage registrations on<br>microfilm up to 1870. As far as I know John and Mary's <br>registration is only available from the General Registration <br>Office in Dublin. You can get ordering details from their <br>website: www.groireland.ie<p>A tip: ask only for a copy of the registration entry. It is much<br>cheaper and contains all the information that you pay more<br>for if you get a marriage or birth certificate. They just<br>copy the information from the registration entry onto the<br>certificate anyway.<p>I then looked through the Civil Registration index of births for <br>the birth registration of Patrick Fahy in 1873. Unfortunately<br>in 1873 there were 10 Patrick Fahys born in Ireland. However,<br>only one of the ten Patricks was born in the Ballinasloe district. <br>The index indicates that his birth registration will be found on<br>page 25 of volume 9 of 1873 birth registrations. The LDS<br>DOES have this volume on microfilm, and it can be ordered<br>from Salt Lake. Volume 9 was too large for one microfilm reel, so <br>you are interested in two microfilms: FHL 0255880 and 0255881. <br>From past experience I can tell you that Co. Roscommon events <br>are normally contained on the first reel (0255880, in this case). <br>I would order just that one and hope for the best.<p>The information that you get from the marriage and birth<br>registration should give you a leg up on research of your <br>family.<p>Good luck,<br>Tom Voyles <br>

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