I am delighted to let you know that my guide to finding your Kerry Ancestors was published yesterday by Flyleaf Press. With a comprehensive list of sources dealing with Kerry records – Census & Census Substitutes, Church & Civil Records, Wills, Land Records, Newspapers, Family Histories, Gravestones, Further Reading on Kerry History & Society you will be well set up to conduct your family search. The book is well illustrated with maps and examples of the types of records that may be found.
Flyleaf Press publishes “Finding your Ancestors in Kerry” By Kay Caball
Flyleaf Press has published a ‘Guide to Finding your Ancestors in Kerry’ by Kay Caball. Kay is a native of the county, and currently conducts research on Kerry ancestors for clients world-wide. She is also author of several articles and books on Kerry local history. The book will be formally launched by Jimmy Deenihan T.D., Minister for Diaspora Affairs, on Monday Sept 7th at 2.30pm in the Library Headquarters, Tralee.
‘Finding your Ancestors in Kerry’ is a comprehensive guide to all of the records available for tracing families in the county and is filled with information on what the records contain, and how and where they can be accessed. It is well illustrated with maps and with examples of the types of records to be found; and with other relevant background material. It also provides background on the social history of Kerry and how this history has affected the keeping and survival of records. There is also a comprehensive index. This is the latest in a series of county guides published by Flyleaf Press. These include guides for Kildare, Limerick, Sligo, Galway, Dublin, Clare, Westmeath, Cork, Limerick, Roscommon, Mayo and Donegal.
Available in your local Kerry bookshop or order online from Flyleaf Press
Finding your Ancestors in Kerry (ISBN: 978-1-907990-08-3)
by Kay Caball
Retail: €13.00 160 pages; 227 x 145 mm; paperback; indexed; b/w illustrations.
Well done, Kay. Another great resource for the family historian. See you at the launch!
Mary thank you. I have some good historic illustrations for you – might be good on Listowel Connection. Now that this is finished, we might get going on Presentation Listowel at long last!
Congratulations Kay. Great news for the ‘kingdom’ and all who are interested in Kerry.
Trevor thank you – Its great to see you referring to the Kingdom! That is of course, what we natives call it. So … is there something you are not telling us? Should I be looking for your ancestors here?
I leaned a great deal from your last blog that will be of benefit to me on the 27th during Irish Heritage Week, when I am speaking in Dingle on the ‘Dingle Girls’. While a number of these girls went with Strutt on the road to Yass, the rest who went to Moreton Bay seemed to stick together and a number of them got on very well. Of course we tend to get the stories of those who were successful rather than outcomes for those who sadly fell by the wayside.
Best of luck for the 27th Kay. I’ll get a shifty on for my next post. I may have a little something about the Moriarty orphans. But you probably will know it already. To my regret the closest I came to the Kingdom was Glengariff in Cork when I was about 16.
Yup Kay. You have the Moriarty sisters well covered in your “Kerry Girls”. I’m trying to put together something general on the cancellation of orphans’ indentures for my next post. Mary was the only connection to Dingle I can see. Still maybe there’s something of use…if only it wasn’t so lovely sitting in the Sydney sunshine
Congrats Kay! I look forward to hearing you speak in Tralee in Sept. and getting a copy of your latest to sit alongside The Kerry Girls.