Researching Jerome Kiely
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The name Jerome means "Of Holy Name" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Jerome Kiely on Ancestry
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Kiely ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jerome Kiely and the Kiely Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kiely Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Kiely family tree.
Study Parish Records for Jerome Kiely at Find My Past.
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Kiely Family History Databases
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Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Jerome Kiely.
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Find Jerome Kiely from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Kiely Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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Miscellaneous Kiely Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Jerome Kiely. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jerome Kiely
Jerome Kiely
Jerome Kiely, Irish poet, born 1925.
Born in Kinsale, County Cork, Kiely was educated at the county's diocesean college and at St. Patrick's, Maynooth. He was ordained a priest in 1950 and he won the Adam Prize for poetry in 1956.
He was still working as the Parish Priest of Aughadown (near Skibbereen) until 1995 when he was removed by Bishop Michael Murphy after allegations of sexual abuse of an altar boy came to light.[2
Kiely Published Swallows in December in 2006 and The Moon Canoe in 2010.
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