Re: CLARKIN/CLERKIN CAVAN.
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CLARKIN/CLERKIN CAVAN.
Joan Ransom 3/09/04
Hello Joan,
The Mormon Church has microfilmed the Catholic Parish Registers for the Lurgan Civil Parish in County Cavan. You can order this microfilm from your local Family History Center.
These registers contain baptism, marriage, and death entries. Most Catholic parish priests in Ireland did not enter deaths into the registers, as they weren't required to do so by Rome or by English law for most of the 19th century. You'll want to see if you can find entries of death pertaining to your Clerkins and Bradys, as well as baptism and marriage entries.
These Parish Registers go back to the year 1755, which means if your Clerkins and Bradys had lived in that parish for a long time, you may be able to trace them through baptism and marriage records in the registers, if you can read them.
Some of these old Irish Parish Registers were written in Latin. To complicate the matter, the handwriting of the priest in many registers was terrible, and difficult to read. Some of the writing in the registers may be faded from age.
But don't let these drawbacks stop you from ordering the film, as you could very well find entries in the registers for the ancestors.
Below is information and the microfilm number of the Catholic Parish Registers for Lurgan, County Cavan, found at the Mormon Church website at www.familysearch.org:
Parochial registers of Lurgan (Cavan), 1755-1880
Authors Catholic Church. Parish of Lurgan (Cavan) (Main Author)
Notes Microfilm of original manuscripts at the National Library of Ireland.
Some writing is faded and illegible.
The Catholic parish of Lurgan contains the civil parish of Lurgan.
Baptisms, 1755-1880; marriages, 1755-1780; baptisms and marriages, 1821-1880 and deaths, 1821-1855.Film 926134
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When you are at your Family History Center, order Film Number 926134.
Also Joan, the full name of the townland where James and Mary Clerkin were born was Correagh Glebe, according to a book called "General Alphabetical Index To The Townlands And Towns, Parishes And Baronies of Ireland," printed in 1861.
Correagh or Correagh Glebe may be mentioned in the Parish Registers as the area where your Clerkin and Brady ancestors had resided when they were married or when their children were baptized.
Good luck with the research, and best wishes.
Dave Boylan