New Member IRELAND surname Help!

Hello everyone here I am so excited most of my genealogy roots are comming to England although Im in the USA and have never been there it is so beautiful from the pictures. I really do not know the first thing about finding and confirming my roots from there can anyone help? My husband did the DNA reseach and his connection takes us back to the western shores of England. I recently took a look at the pictures of HaleVillage and saw that there was an IRELAND knighted by James I in Warrington, Cheshire. Does anyone know anything more about him and his family. Ours start in USA William Ireland (b. 1627)and Abigale Greenland Dorchester also Boston Massachusetts and Cambridge are where some of there children are born it says he came from a distant land.....His son Abraham b. 1672 Boston to Abigail Durrant USA  so by DNA testing we found the distant land to be England. I have seen your pictures here of the bridge street plaque where Ireland was knighted. Ive seen pictures of Hale Hall and Halevillage I see Hibernia Ireland Maps so far I have seen John De Irelande or John Ireland and Thomas Ireland the knight but no familly History. Also found a John Ireland dean of Westminister 1831 and also a seal of John Ireland or a coin knight but no Genealogy of them can I find what do I do?  My other surnames are  Henry Adams (Presidents Lines 2)Churche or Church, Hyde,Edwards, Sherwood, Warren, Holland and knight Edward Sprague buried at Westminister Abbey.Squire, Webb, Stowers, Stone,Parr, Harvey, Earl Edmund Fitzgerald, Davis, Baker.Smith, Wilcox,Straight. That is what I can see for now off hand on my chart.

Welcome to the site and forum Beth. Another sorry, I cant help either. But I bet there will be someone that, if they cant help, will know someone or somewhere that can. Good luck in your search.

Hi Beth:  Wow, that's quite a geneaology you have going there.  Yes, it's very difficult when your roots dead end on this side of the world and you have to start searching elsewhere.  Have you looked in Ireland?  Sorry, I too, can not offer any help, but I noticed a couple of clues, like John de Ireland.  That could possibly be a descendent of someone fom the Norman days, the days of Strongbow (not the cider).  Also Hibernia. They have pretty good baptismal records in Ireland, although I don't know how far back they go.  And if I'm not mistaken, wasn't one of Henry the eighth's wives a Parr?

Welcome to POE Beth, I think Ruth's suggestion might be a good place to start (or continue). Anyway, enjoy the very best website and forum on the net, and good luck with your search! Don't forget to submit some pics of Ireland when you get there, as you inevitably will one day!!

Welcome Beth and good luck in your search.  Genealogy research can have you going around in circles!

To save you the trouble Beth, here's the Documents Online site from the National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/. In the search boxes on both sites, I'd start by putting those surnames in.