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  Posted by Mightygran (U1827001) on Tuesday, 6th September 2005

  Hi is there anyone out there have a Michael and Julia Kelly nee odea in their family tree. They would have been born in Ireland round 1830s. Possibly on 184l or 1851 Census. Would love some help. Mightygran.

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  Posted by loftyowl (U1774904) on Tuesday, 6th September 2005

  Hi,
  Do you have any further information to go on?
  The name 'Kelly' must be one of the most common surnames to have come out of Ireland. In addition, there was a great deal of migration at around the period of the 1830's. Any idea about dates of birth/marriage/death? Where there came from? Where they went to?
  I've traced a number of Irish ancestors who seem to have spent a great deal of time migrating back and forth between Irealnd and the UK, and elsewhere, throughout the 1800's. I might be able to help but would need some more details.

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  Posted by Mightygran (U1827001) on Wednesday, 7th September 2005

  Hi loftyowl, thanks for replying to my message so quick, Regards michael and Julia Kelly, I do not have any information on them, my grandfather was their son and he was born in ireland around 1859, that is why I think they were born in 1830. Whether they passed between ireland and u.k. I don't know, however, I have found their son Rodger my grandfather on the 1881 census in lancashire also a son Patrick on 1881 census in Lancashire, so that seems to be the place they migrated too. I do not have any information before then.

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  Posted by loftyowl (U1774904) on Wednesday, 7th September 2005

  Then you might have a very interesting serach on your hands. The key to the puzzle will be to find out which part of Ireland they came from.
  Having given it some thought, the way I approached the search for my Irish ancestors was to go through all the Census records (on-line) and look for the place of birth. Sometimes, this simple was given as 'Ireland', sometimes as 'Co. Mayo, Ireland'. (remember both the 1881C and 1901C are currently free to access on Ancestry, although you can't look at the microfiches) Where a specific county was given, I was able to track down a local archive centre and gain more information either from their on line records or by asking someone to carry out some further research for me. I haven't yet made a trip to Ireland to crawl through old graveyards, but I certainly intend to do so.
  I hope that helps

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  Posted by jc (U1902680) ** on Wednesday, 7th September 2005

  On the 1891 census Roger Kelly 1859 was a servant in Flixton, Didsbury, Lancs birth listed as Co Roscommon, Ireland... but I don't know how 'true' that is as there are four irish men listed as servants for the same family from Roscommon
  Do you think this could be him?

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  Posted by loftyowl (U1774904) on Thursday, 8th September 2005

  Can't say at this stage. What I would suggest is that you have a look on the web for an archives centre in the county of Roscommon. There is one but I don't have the address to hand. There are very likely to have had some researching the Kelly name and .... you never know. they might have something for you.
  Good luck.

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  Posted by loftyowl (U1774904) on Thursday, 15th September 2005

  Yesrterday, I spent some time in my local library reading through a fascinating book which I thought might help those reading this message. The book is entitled 'How to trace your Irish ancestors' by John Grenham. I didn't note the ISBN number and as it is a reference book, I was unable to take it out for further reading.
  It explains the Irish censuses from 1821, the availability of current on line databases, the names and addresses of all archives centres, as well as all parishes in all counties. It really is an interesting book and might be worth trying to get hold of to see if it van help you further.

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