Hi,
It's good to hear you're
researching your Irish roots. Do you know roughly when they may have been born in Ireland? This can be a good starting point in your search.
Before 1864 records were kept in the form of church and parish records; while some of these have regrettably been lost over the years, all the surviving records have been sorted into
county-based genealogical centres. (Which is why it's so important to know what county your ancestor was born in.)
In 1864 civil registration was introduced in Ireland, which is when we started seeing the formal registration of births, marriages, adoptions, and deaths. These records have been kept at the
General Register Office of Ireland (GRO), to this day.
We had to remove your email address for privacy reasons, but hopefully if there are any other members who can be of assistance, they will reply to you here. If you are on Facebook, I would also recommend you check out the
Ireland Family History page.
Regards,
Eoin