Why can't I find any records

Question

I've searched everywhere & every website for my Irish grandparents. I know that.they lived in uk between 1944 - july 10th 1948 (as my Dad's birth certificate is English). I also know that my Grandad worked at the.Aerodrome site during this period. I'd be extremely grateful for all info. Please help

Answer 1

Have you tried National Library of Ireland?

Comments

I've tried every site & kept hitting a brick wall looking for help on here was my last hope

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Sorry you are feeling frustrated with this, I have been widening my family and investigating in-law families in the hope it will bring me full circle. It’s not unusual for some families to tend to marry amongst themselves. Don’t give up, just take a break, maybe work with Data Doctor challenges. After all our ancestors aren’t going anywhere.

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On Findmypast the marriage date is 1942

Margaret
Last name	O'Rourke
Registration year	1942
Registration quarter	Oct - Dec 1942
Registration district	Dublin South
Volume	2
Page	389
MarriageFinder ™	Margaret O'Rourke married one of these people Michael Quinn, Francis Kane, Frances C Voyles, Francis McHugh, Christopher Carroll
County	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Record set	Irish Marriages 1845-1958
Category	Life Events (BDMs)
Subcategory	Civil Marriage & Divorce
Collections from	Ireland

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I double checked by searching for Christopher marriage record and they match.

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There are 2 children who died in first year of life Noel and Christopher 

First name(s)	Noel John
Last name	Carroll
Age at death	0
Birth year	1945
Registered year	1945
Registered quarter/year	Jan - Mar 1945
Registration district	Dublin North
Volume	2
Page	239
County	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Record set	Irish Deaths 1864 - 1958
Category	Life Events (BDMs)
Subcategory	Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from	Ireland

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Christopher
Last name	Carroll
Age at death	0
Birth year	1946
Registered year	1946
Registered quarter/year	Jan - Mar 1944
Registration district	Dublin South
Volume	2
Page	384
County	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Record set	Irish Deaths 1864 - 1958
Category	Life Events (BDMs)
Subcategory	Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from	Ireland

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Thanks Marlon

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No probs

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Well done Marion might set you loose on my Step Dads family!  Every line seems to come from Ireland and they are difficult, mistransciptions, more than one family so have to follow them all to see which one it is! Every line I just groan  One surname Flannery I am told might be Anglicized so might be O' Flannabhra - they are mainly Catholic so another groan can usually find the GRO but not Church records I keep plodding on    

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Heather i don't understand what your recent answer means. Please make it easy for me to understand as I'm totally new to family researching

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Sorry Anthony I was replying to Marion, she has worked wonders, it was like a congratulations and well done. I am struggling too with my Step fathers family all lines lead back to IRELAND so know actually how frustrating it is, Or are you meaning about the name change?

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I haven’t even started on the ‘steps ‘ yet, still working on mine and my son’s lines. Too many common names, first and last!

Answer 2

Don't know if you've tried this, but since I am in school and reading a lot and doing research, it occurred to me, that I was seeing familiar names associated with my family tree, then all of sudden one day, I said, "Oh my …, I am a descendant of this many kings and these queens" and whole lot of us realized we're related to this person or that person within the Presidential category or Magna Carta. Authors of books and history books might be a reprieve and you may unearth persons of your family that  you never thought of possibly being related to. I just found a name of an explorer wife I think might or might not be part of my family, but it will more than likely come in useful for future entries on other's profiles. :)

Answer 3

Their birth years are too recent so are probably protected by privacy acts.

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Do understand what you mean by saying that their birth years are too recent