Do you have Irish Ancestry? Join us in the Irish Roots Project! [closed]

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Starting a new thread as the previous one  has over 100 answers !! 

Fáilte!!

The Irish Roots Project co-ordinates the efforts of Wikitreers who have Irish ancestry and/or would like to improve the profiles of Irish people and the Irish diaspora on Wikitree.

There has been an explosion of free Irish genealogical records in the last few years and there has never been a better time to bust those brick walls and improve the Irish profiles on Wikitree.

If you would like to join the project we would love to have you.  Please post an answer below (including your research interests and what you would like to work on) and follow the instructions on the project page.   

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Irish_Roots

 

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Hello, would like to participate. Born in Ireland and have ancestral links to County Mayo & County Antrim. Currently reside in County Down.

Many thanks, Lucy.

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Please add me to the project. My maternal lineage surnames: Adair, Jamison, Kinnear, Little, and Martin. All were living in County Down in the early to mid-1800s. The came to the US in 1856 and settled in Oakland, Garrett, MD. I'd enjoy tracking back their ancestry, meeting cousins, sharing information, etc. Also, I wonder if 'my' Adair, Little, and Martin family are connected to those who came to America in the 1700s and eventually settled in Laurens County, SC. If so, they were neighbors of my paternal lineage (Bell, Bourland, Odell, and Prather).  Thanks so much!

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Hi Lucy,  sorry for the delay in picking up your post.   Welcome to the Irish Roots Project.  Good luck with your research.

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Hi Beth and welcome to the Irish Roots Project.   Good luck with your research in 2019.

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thanks so much (again)!

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Hello, my name is Jessica Moylan from the United States, I have ancestors that came from Ireland but I am not quite sure as to how many generations ago. If anyone has any information please let me know

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Hi Jessica and welcome to WikiTree.    Please see the note I've posted on your profile.

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Hi, I am Irish on my mum's side but one of my unties did a dna test and it said we could have an Irish ancestor who was alive about 1775 who possibly lived in Munster but I don't know who he is because my tree somewhat stops around 1833 at Emerson-2390(John Emerson) can someone please help me thanks:)

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Hi Lochlan

I have an Emerson [[William Emerson|Emerson-3305]] in my family line (my fourth great grandfather) who born c. 1737 and lived in Waterford, Ireland (part of Munster). So far, I have only identified his three daughters. His youngest daughter Martha Emerson married Thomas Shearman and our family is descended from that line. My information is rather sketchy & haven't been able to take it further back. There were other Emersons in the Waterford and surrounding areas at this time.

Jeanette O'Hagan

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Hi Jeanette,  thanks for this.   Are you interested in joining the Ireland Project ?

Lochlan - welcome to WikiTree.

Answer 1

Hello! I would like to join the Irish project. I am researching all my various ancestors and have found that my paternal great-grandmother's maiden name was Lytle. I am fairly sure they started out in Northern England or Lowland Scotland and then emigrated to Northern Ireland. My adopted grandmother's maiden name was O'Neal.

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Hi Laura, welcome to WikiTree and to the Irish Roots Project.    Good luck with your research.    Here's a link to our external resources page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:External_Resources_for_Irish_Genealogy_Research

Answer 2

I’m Tootell-7 and searching for Colmery, Cochran, Reed and Barton

I had Scottish Cochran’s that settled in Londonderry

In late 1700’s one who did continue on to America.

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Hi Kathleen,  the good news is that you are already a member of the Irish Roots Project ! 

Answer 3

Just in case I haven't answered here as yet. I'm only researching Irish, so may as well join the G2G group.

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Hi Scott and welcome to the Irish Roots Project.   Good luck with your research.

Answer 4

I would like to join this group, anyone with Irish ancestry needs all the help they can get.

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Hi Craig,  sorry for the delay in picking up your post.   Welcome to the Irish Roots Project and good luck with your research.

Answer 5

My mother's family were called Rose and were originally from Limerick. They are descended from Thomas Rose who I believe was a Hugenot who settled there in the second half of the 17th century. I have pieced together quite a bit of their history from various sources but have also hit a lot of brick walls.

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Hi Vivien and welcome to the Irish Roots Project.

Answer 6

I am currently researching my husband's Irish roots and would be interested in joining your project.  His Gilpin family came from the Balteagh area of Ireland.  I have my own Irish roots through the Bourk/Burke's.

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Hi Amy and welcome to the Irish Roots Project.   Good luck with your research.

Answer 7

Would love to join this project. I am Irish and my family is a mixture of native Irish and Anglo-Norman stock. I am particularly interested exploring the history of the Norman families such as Prendergast, Butler, Walsh, Lacy

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Hi Gerry and welcome to the Irish Roots Project.   Good luck with your research.

Answer 8

Yes i have ancestors from Ireland and Scotland. Possibly first and second century. Need help locating any records.

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Hi Shara and welcome to the Irish Roots Project.

Answer 9

Hi there, l am loving the amount of information coming through on Irish Roots.l am looking at the movement of the Dowling family from lreland to Monmouthshire, Wales to South Australia.Also the Coveney Family in the early 1800’s in County Cork and the O’More from the Lords of Leix  from 1016-1650. Regards, RobinRobinson

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Hi Robin - sorry for the delay in picking up your post.   Welcome to the Irish Roots project and good luck with your research in 2019.

Answer 10

Greetings! My family has Irish (around Monaghan, we think) and Scots-Irish (Russell, Taylor, Bell, Johnston...) and we have extensive connections in the LDS records over at FamilySearch, which I’m desperately trying to finagle into some kind of GEDCOM format to import here. I’d love to share resources with y’all!

Slaínte!

- Kelly Bell

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Hi Kelly sorry for the delay in picking up your post.   Welcome to the Irish Roots Project and good luck with your research in 2019.

Answer 11

I am overflowing with Irish Ancestors. The most recent Ancestry DNA percentages show me as 91% Irish. Not too bad for a 4th generation Australian. I would love to contribute to the Irish Roots Project.

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Hi Mary-Ellen and welcome to the Irish Roots Project.   Good luck with your research in 2019.

Answer 12

Hi.  I have a couple of interests.  Firstly the Lynches of Galway in mid 19thc and earlier - I have an ancestor born there but who later moved to Armagh. I need to find Richard's parents.

And then the Barnett, Knowles, Lyons and Kennedy families from the county or town of Longford in the 18thc. Two of their children went to South Africa together some time before 1844.

There may also be a Browne link between Lowestoft and Longford, as there's supposedly a connection with the Kilmaine nobility.

Happy trails!

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Hi Sandeha and welcome to the Irish Roots Project.  Good luck with your research.

Answer 13

Hello,

I would like to join, All of my paternal lines trace back to Ireland. Surnames Gordon all I know is North Ireland, Baird from Tyrone County, Caldwell from Tyrone County, McClintock from Donegal County.

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Hi Brian and welcome to the Irish Roots Project.

Answer 14

I would love to join this project. I am most interested in the counties of Roscommon and Wicklow.

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Hi Alicia,  sorry for the delay in picking up your post.   Welcome to the Irish Roots Project and good luck with your research.

Answer 15

Most of my brick walls are Irish and according to AncestryDNA I'm 14% Irish. I'm descended from a Callahan line in Navan, County Meath on my paternal grandmother's side and also have a Graham line that goes through Tyrone, County Tyrone and County Monaghan on my paternal grandfather's side. My mother's branches are Scottish, but some of them were born in Ireland..

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Hi Heather and welcome to the Irish Roots Project.   Good luck with your research.

Answer 16

Hi Maria i’m Originally from Dublin Ireland and have deep roots in the country.  I have family with roots in Dublin, Tipperary and Laois counties

Let me know how I can assist

Martin Nutty

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Hi Martin and welcome to WikiTree.   

I'd be delighted to welcome you to the Irish Roots Project.   First I need to ask you to sign our honour code (it's just a click}   See the link on the WikiTree Genealogist para attached https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Member_Types  Come back to me when you've done this and I'll sort out the project badge for you.

Thanks for your offer of help.   We're changing each of our county categories over to mini projects.   If you'd like to lead the project for one of the counties you mention just let me know.

Answer 17

Would like to join, my mothers paternal side is all Irish, and it's all brick walls about 4 generations up.

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Hi Logan and welcome to the Irish Roots Project.   Good luck with your research in 2019.

Answer 18

Hi looking for members of the PEGGS family from templeogue dublin, the KENNEDY family from the same area, also info on the following families

BRIDGET MURPHY (nee CARROLL) & HUSBAND MICHEAL MURPHY from DUBLIN. Bridget died in 1987 and their GRAND-DAUGHTER EDEL IRISH is also buried with them

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Hi Anthony - I see you are already a member of the Irish Roots Project.

Have you tried https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/   If you could give any more info re est dob etc it would be easier to try to help you.

Answer 19

I'd love to join, as I have strong Irish roots. Although, not sure what I have to offer the Irish Roots Project beyond my small family tree.

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Hi Alex and welcome to the Irish Roots Project.   Every contribution welcome.    You could also consider leading one of our County sub projects !!

Answer 20

I would like to join the Irish Roots project as well as the County Armagh sub. I have Irish ancestors from County Armagh and County Cork on my mother's side and have struggled trying to pinpoint where they lived in Ireland. Also have a lot of Scots-Irish/Ulster Scots on both sides of my family.

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Hi Deborah and welcome to the Irish Roots and Armagh Projects.   Good luck with your research.