From: MB@nospam.net   
      
   On 15/04/2019 08:34, Peter wrote:   
   > My family are from Ireland.  Most likely came to England at the time of   
   > the Potato famine.   
   > I'm finding it difficult to trace their past lives in Ireland, and I'm   
   > told that thhis  is due to the Irish Records burning during the Irish   
   > Civil War.   
   > I've checked on Google and this seems to be an accurate statement.  How   
   > diffiicult is it?  Can anyone advise me.   
   > PeteFJ   
   >   
      
   As has been written, there is a lot online about what was lost and what   
   was affected by the fire.   
      
   I find the biggest problem with my two Irish lines is that censuses just   
   have the birthplace as "Ireland" and the names are very common names.   
      
   One 2 Great Grandmother is various recorded as born Ireland, America,   
   Quebec, Canada and probably others.  The only clues to her parents are   
   her marriage in Quebec but the record seems to have been written by a   
   French speaking clerk who did not understand English especially Irish   
   and Yorkshire accents so the names are mangled.   
      
   I know nothing even less about my other 2 Great Grandmother because she   
   was born in Bolton but her father was almost certainly Irish but died   
   before 1818.  The chances of identifying a "John Daley" in Ireland must   
   be just about nil.   
      
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