You won’t get a birth certificate forMichael Meehan because his birth was long before the start of statutory birthcertificates in Ireland (1864). Prior to 1864 we generally rely on churchrecords but in this case if he was born near Carrickmore (Termonmaguirk parish)in 1831, their baptisms don’t start till 1834, so there won’t be a baptismrecord to find. So you probably won’t find any documentary record of his birthor baptism.
Family in 1901 census: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Athenree/Tremoge/1747785/ I see births for sons John on 26.5.1873,James on 8.6.1878 and daughter Alice on 17.9.1867 (where mother’s maiden nameis recorded as Morrow). Mary Meenan’s death was registered in Omagh 8.7.1900aged 50. You can view the above certificates free onthe irishgenealogy site https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.iesave for John’s in 1873 which appears in the indexes but isn’t on the website.In that case you best bet is probably to view it on the GRONI website. They doappear to hold a copy there. I searched for the 3rd son’sbirth but did not find it. Could it have been pre 1864 Ie before statutoryregistration)? In which case you would need to rely on church records. TheCarrickmore parish records for 1834 to 1857 are on-line on the nli site but therecords for 1858 onwards are not. So if the marriage and the birth of the firstson fell in the period 1858 to 1863, then the church has the only copy. Note that in both the 1901 census and thevarious statutory records I have referred to, the surname is recorded as Meenannot Meehan. Michael Meenan’s farm is listed inGriffiths Valuation for 1860. It was plot 18a in Griffiths and was a 29 acrefarm. That property today is near the junction of the Termon and Coolbrackroads, outside Pomeroy. Griffith's Valuation | | | Griffith's Valuation | | | I notice Morris households in and around Tremoge so it's possible Michael married the girl next door. I am sorry that the person responsible forthe church records was not as helpful as they might have been. Churches here doget a lot of genealogical requests and, in my personal experience, there havebeen several unfortunate incidents involving people defacing entries andripping pages out of registers for whatever reason. Since these are theoriginal records some custodians are understandably cautious about othershandling them. It’s probably also worth trying to manageyour expectations here. I think some people expect churches to hold lots ofdetailed records on their congregations. They usually don’t. The birth andmarriage records are often all they have (for the 1800s anyway). Few RCchurches kept burial records, and there was rarely a written record forgraveyards of where people were buried. (The gravediggers and most of thepopulation were largely illiterate. Written records were no use to them). Theinformation on where families were buried was kept in people’s heads, butobviously was lost when they died or moved away. Elwyn From: Carrie Mahan via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> To: cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com Cc: Carrie Mahan <ccmaha...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 1:42 Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Fwd: Meehan family information ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Carrie Mahan <ccmaha...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Feb 11, 2019, 8:03 AM Subject: Meehan family information To: <countytyronel...@countytyrone.com> Seeking additional information on Michael Meehan and family. Attended church at carrickmore, born 1831, died 17 jan 1903. Visited church record keeper there, who was less than forthcoming about giving out other records. Hope you will have other information. These are the Meehans of tremoge. Michael was married to Margaret Morris and had 4 sons and a daughter. Michael died in 1903. Looking for original marriage records, birth certificates, death certificates, and more information about Margaret morris. I only have information from Ancestry. Anything else would be appreciated. Thanks. Carrie Mahan _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com Change Your Preferences: http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com
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