Recent Genealogy Questions

Upon some research, following the patriarch side of the family and going up the father unit all the way to the early 1400s, the family information stops in England. Would that be indicative of ancestry of that area of is it possible that a DNA test would reveal something else?

re. My direct ancestor Catherine Dalton from Longford transported to NSW 7yrs for man robbery on Isabella II ...a fellow convicted female was Ann Delaney who we are trying to link with Catherine Dalton to help trace Catherine in Tasmania from 1859 .. Ann Delaney's father was allegedly Timothy Delaney from Athy,Queen's County,Ireland. We need to confirm this friendship via primary sources to use in linking Catherine Dalton (married Thomas Baynham 1843 in NSW) & Ann Delaney as friends in contact during the voyage to NSW in 1839 on the Isabella II and after in NSW then Tasmania . Ann Delaney married ***** *****nagan in 1841 in Scone NSW. Catherine placed an advertisement in the Hobart Mercury newspaper in Tasmania inon Sat 16th Mon 18th & Weds 20th February 1861 for attention of one Ann Delaney to contact Catherine ASAP at Macquarie River ..... WE assume both were in Tasmania in 1861...we have record of Catherine going there in 1859 on Hobart Immigration Office List with a large number of other female workers ...convicts & ex convicts....
JA: I did a little digging into my family history: we have a lot of dead eccentric Brits in our family tree. I hope you find some fascinating characters in yours. Is there anything else the Genealogist should be aware of?
Customer: Can you find out info re. Timothy Delaney and his family of Athy,Queen's County Ireland name of wife children etc.say frm birth to death; maybe friends who attended his wedding , burial records so we can try to make the link to our Catherine Dalton who is lost from our records We do know that she married convict Thomas Baynham in 1843 had 3 children Mary Jane b 1843 Ann b. 1845 d.1845 and our direct descendant Catherine Baynham whom we are trying to track ...no death record