discovered a new member of the family

Katherine Alice Sparks

I've been researching my third great grandparent's children and a new child was discovered by a relative recently and added to the family, from a baptismal record. The baptismal record is the only source and I'm having trouble finding anything else about her.

Baptism, 16 Mar 1861 Loughgall, County Armagh, Ireland

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6VRQ-5214

I've explored the WIKI with no success. I'm looking for some other ideas or places to go.

thanks!

Katherine

Hayter David

Just liked a bit closer at this. Catholic parish records at nli would be the first point of call. These are also transcribed in fmp and ancestry but they can be mistranscribed. Watch out for that.

Loughall. Its beautiful apple growing country. Lots of little hills (drumlins?) As a child we would cycle out towards there to see if we could get a job picking the bramley apple. Big old cooking apples. That's enough digression.

Would she be on the 1901 census? Old enough to be married though but always look you never know what's there until you look. Also it can give you an idea exactly where the family were living. So then I would look for her either as a marriage or death in Irishgenealogy.ie. Also any family members recorded after 1864 as she could be a informant or witness etc. There are also pay to view sites such as rootsireland.ie. They might be useful. Also check the county pages for armagh at the top of the group page as there are some very good links in there.

Áine Ní Donnghaile

Hi again @Katherine Alice Sparks You can see the full baptismal record here. The names of baptismal sponsors (godparents) can often help you learn more about the family.

Checking for other children of the same family is also important. I notice you have several children listed, but I believe another daughter, Margaret, was baptized in 1858.

And, working backward, I see, in the 1850 marriage of Daniel and Rose, likely siblings for each of them as witnesses, James Fearon and James Cullen. Collateral research - learning about extended families - can often help us better understand the family.

Since the children were born shortly before civil registration began, any Irish marriages should be available on the free Irish government website, https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp And, if any of them died young, their death records should also be available there.

Hope this gives you some places to start looking. Good luck!