Intro:

Welcome to the McCarthy Family Genealogy Project.

This web site is designed to provide information and exchange of data concerning the McCarthy Family originating in Ireland.

At this stage our county of origin in Ireland is unknown. The earliest record of this branch of McCarthy family has been traced back to one James McCarthy and dates back to 18 July 1866 when he got married to Katrina Magdalena du Preez in Humansdorp, in South Africa.

Up to now we have been unable to obtain information regarding James Mc Carthy`s forbearers and this is a very high priority as it would take our knowledge to another generation. This makes James McCarthy the progenitor or Patriarch, in our family line.

“A progenitor is an ancestor in direct line. In genealogical terms this refers to the earliest proven person in a line“.

The majority of the information that we have accumulated relates to the descendants of James and is fairly extensive.

This branch of the McCarthy Family has spread rapidly in five generations with active direct and collateral relative contacts in South Africa.

The site provides information on both paternal & maternal ancestors.

A maternal ancestor is an ancestor on the mother’s side of the family & a paternal an ancestor on the father’s side. Your father’s mother is your paternal grandmother & your mother’s mother your maternal grandmother.

At this stage we have limited information regarding some of his children.

The work is on-going and should you have any information or pictures relevant to this family, background or origins please contact us Hendrik McCarthy ghrmcca@mweb.co.za or my wife Cornelia McCarthy corneliamcca@mweb.co.za.

This knowledge belongs to all our descendants, help us to collect and preserve the knowledge.