THE PARISH REGISTER AND FAMILY HISTORY COLLECTIONS OF THE LATE MICHAEL LEADER by Mary Casteleyn When Michael Leader, of 119 Warwick Way, London, a former Vice-President of the Irish Genealogical Research Society, died unexpectedly in 1998, the Leader family offered this Society his genealogical papers. Michael had worked, for most of his life, on transcribing the Church of Ireland parish records for County Cork. He specialised in genealogies of County Cork families, and these families were his main interest during a long and industrious life. His papers and records were stored over four floors of his house in London, and constitute a major collection of County Cork material. The collection also includes Methodist, Presbyterian and Quaker registers. We are indebted, indeed, to the Leader family for this very generous and valuable collection. Michael Leader wrote about his work in an article entitled “Transcripts of County Cork Parish Registers” in The Irish Genealogists Vol. 3, No. 5, 1960. THE PARISH REGISTER COLLECTIONS The list of parish registers mainly covers County Cork but occasionally strays outside the Cork boundaries as, for example, when a diocesan boundary extends into another county. The dioceses are listed in alphabetical order. It must be emphasized that the listing is not intended to be a definitive list of what exists for each parish; this is a list of registers which were transcribed at some time between the 1950s and the 1990s. A few registers or parts of registers still remain in notebook and shorthand form although a programme of typing these is in hand. The shorthand notebooks can be difficult to read. The copies were made from either the original parish registers or from transcripts held by the then Public Record Office in Dublin, now the National Archives; where appropriate, if the records were taken from an earlier transcription, then the list below is so marked. If known, the list below will indicate the name of the original transcriber. Additional information may have been gleaned from other sources, such as marriage licence bonds, wills or deeds, and has sometimes been added into the parish register transcription by Michael in his copy. Any information, found in Michael's papers, about tombstones or monumental inscriptions relating to a parish has been put into the same envelope as the transcription of the parish registers. Much of the early work was done in partnership with Rosemary ffolliott, who typed most of it, and who also transcribed many registers. Apart from those transcriptions done by her, and marked as such in the list, she also transcribed the Grove White extracts and the P.R.O. materials that are so indicated in the list. Rosemary also kindly donated several parish record transcriptions to the library in 1998, and, as these are in the same format as Michael's registers, I have included them here. All the existing indexes were compiled by the late Charles J. Adderley in the 1960s. Rosemary Coleby, now the Honorary Secretary of this Society, typed the registers during the latter years. THE FAMILY HISTORY COLLECTION Zita Kelly has listed, and put into order, all the family history papers obtained from 119 Warwick Way. Some of this information may be very detailed and some just a few lines on a family but all was considered worth preserving. An envelope or file was created for each family listed below. These envelopes or files have been inserted into the Family History Box Files (Second Sequence) in the library. I am very grateful to Zita Kelly for her unstinting help in removing all the genealogical papers from Michael's house; it was an experience neither of us is likely to forget. I am also greatly indebted to Rosemary ffolliott for her continual support and advice about the registers, and to Rosemary Coleby for her valuable assistance with the shorthand notebooks and with the listing of these. List of Abbreviations mss manuscript or hand written notes Rff Rosemary ffolliott PRO Public Record Office Shd shorthand notebook ARDAGH Templemichael, Diocese of Aghadoe (transcribed & donated by Rff) Baptisms 1796–1819 Marriages 1777-1819 Burials 1796–1819 ARDFERT AND AGHADOE Dromtariffe, Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe Baptism extracts by Grove White 1825-1878 Baptisms 1879-1900 Marriage extracts by Grove White 1828-1843 Marriages 1849-1913,1914-1919 shd Marriages 1914, 1979 Burial extracts by Grove White 1828-1874 Burials 1879-1900 Mss notes on Monumental Inscriptions Drishane, Diocese of Ardfert & Aghadoe Baptism extracts by Grove White 1792-1866 Births extracts by Grove White 1850-64 Baptisms 1868-1877 Marriage extracts by Grove White 1792-1845 Marriages 1845-1890 Burial extracts by Grove White 1794-1876 Mss notes on Monumental Inscriptions Millstreet, see also Drishane, Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe Baptisms 1877-1900 Burials 1878-1900 Tralee, Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe (transcribed by Rff) Extracts taken from a copy made by Mary Agnes Hickson in 1880 Baptisms 1771-1811 Marriages 1796-1798, 1806-1808, 1817 CASHEL Toem, Diocese of Cashel (transcribed and donated by Rff) Baptisms 1802-1866 Marriages 1804-1845 Burials 1803-1877 CLOGHER Ematris, Diocese of Clogher (transcribed & donated by R11) Christenings (in Galoon) 1753-1773 CLOYNE Aghabullog, Diocese of Cloyne (transcribed by Rff) Baptisms 1808-1877 Marriages 1808-1882 (transcript to 1843 and original register from 1843) Burials 1808-1879 Index Surnames used as Christian names Aghada, Diocese of Cloyne (transcribed by Rff) Combined Register 1729-1736, 1761-1769,1776-1806 Combined Register 1815-1838 Baptisms 1838-1902 Marriages 1839-1903 Burials 1838-1914 Mss notes on Monumental Inscriptions Aghern, Diocese of Cloyne Marriages 1846-1980 Aghern, see also Castlelyons, Diocese of Cloyne Ahinagh, Diocese of Cloyne Monumental Inscriptions taken by Horace Jones in 1959 Ballyclough, Diocese of Cloyne (transcribed to 1900 by Rff) Baptism extracts by Grove White 1795-1830 Baptisms 1831-1900 (from transcript at PRO) Baptisms 1901-1920 Recantation 1842 Marriage extracts by Grove White 1801-1830 Marriages 1831-1900, 1831-1848, 1845-1900 Burials extracts by Grove White 1799-1830 Burials 1831-1900 (from transcript at PRO) Burials 1902-1920 Ballyhea, Diocese of Cloyne (transcribed by Rff) Combined 1727-1842 Baptisms 1842-1950 Marriages 1842-1899, 1908-1922 Burials 1842-1902, 1905-1920 Ballyhooly, Diocese of Cloyne Baptism extracts by Grove White 1789-1879 Baptisms 1894-1900 (in Castletownroche Bapt 1842-1900) Marriage extracts by Grove White 1808-1843 Marriages 1850-1900 Burial extracts by Grove White 1785-1892 Burials (with Killathy) 1893-1920 Ballyhoe, Diocese of Cloyne Baptisms 1877-1900 Marriages 1858-1900 Burials 1886-1900 Ballyvourney, Diocese of Cloyne Marriages 1845-1901 Blarney, Diocese of Cloyne Baptisms 1888-1900, extracts 1902-1921 Burials 1892-1913, extracts 1915-1955 Bridgetown, Diocese of Cloyne Baptisms 1859-1871 from a PRO transcript Brigown, Diocese of Cloyne Baptisms (but some recantation, Marriages) 1751-1900 Marriages 1775-1900 Burials 1775-1841 Confirmations (no date), Communicants Christmas 1838 Communicants Easter 1839 Brigown see also Marshalstown, Diocese of Cloyne Buttevant, Diocese of Cloyne Baptism extracts by Grove White 1774-1873 Baptisms 1873-1900 Marriage extracts by Grove White 1757-1845 Marriages 1845-1900 Burial extracts by Grove White 1851-1876 Burials 1867-1920 Carrigamleary, Diocese of Cloyne Baptisms 1779-1873 (transcript copied with the “fair” copy of the first Mallow Register) Baptisms extracts by Grove White 1779-1875 Marriages 1848-1876 Burials 1848-1881 (copied into the register book of Mallow from the original sent to the PRO in Dublin and subsequently destroyed) Index Carrigtwohill, Diocese of Cloyne Baptisms 1776-1844 (from transcript at PRO), 1879-1900 Burials 1776-1843 (from transcript at PRO), 1877-1920 Marriages 1779-1844 (from transcript at PRO) shd Baptisms 1864-1877 shd Marriages 1848-1900 Castlehyde, see Litter, Diocese of Cloyne Castlelyons, Diocese of Marriages 1846-1900 Burials (with Aghern) 1890-1920 Notes on Monumental Inscriptions Castlemagner, Diocese of Cloyne Baptism extracts by Grove White 1810-1905 Baptisms 1905-1900 Marriage extracts by Grove White 1810-1844 Marriages 1848-1900 Burial extracts by Grove White 1810-1906 Burials 1910-1920 Mss notes on Monumental Inscriptions Castlemagner see also Clonmeen, Diocese of Cloyne Castletownroche, Diocese of Cloyne (transcribed by Rff) Baptism extracts by Grove White 1806-44 Baptisms 1728-1804, 1842-1904 Marriages 1728-1803, 1845-1895 Marriage extracts by Grove White 1806-1844 Burials 1733-1803, 1842-1900 Burial extracts by Grove White 1808-1843 Charleville, see Ballyhea, Diocese of Cloyne Churchtown, Diocese of Cloyne Birth extracts by Grove White 1806-12 Baptism extracts by Grove White 1812-1865 Marriages 1731, 1846-1858 Marriage extracts by Grove White 1808-1845 Burial extracts by Grove White 1829-1872 Clenore, Diocese of Cloyne Marriages 1846-1880 Baptism extracts by Grove White 1814-1876 Marriage extracts by Grove White 1814-1840 Burial extracts by Grove White 1829-1855 Clondulane, Diocese of Cloyne Marriages 1848-1889 Clondrohid, Diocese of Cloyne shd Marriages 1848-1884 Mss Notes on Monumental Inscriptions Clonfert and Newmarket, Diocese of Cloyne Baptism extracts by Grove White 1771-1873 Baptism extracts 1851-1873 Baptisms 1884-1900 Marriage extracts by Grove White 1771-1844 Marriages 1846-1900 (in Newmarket Church) Burial extracts by Grove White 1771-1875 Burials 1876-1920 Monumental Inscriptions from Clonfert Cemetery Clonmeen,