O'Hagan Charles

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

I did a search for Charles O'Hagan in Griffith?s Valuation. This is a property valuation survey carried out in Ireland in 1848-64. It doesn?t give any genealogical information but can sometimes be used to tie a person to a specific place. I found a Charles O'Hagan in Shankill civil parish. http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&Submit.x=28&Submit.y=1&Submit=Submit&familyname=o%27hagan&firstname=charles&baronyname=&countyname=ANTRIM&unionname=&parishname=

Part of Belfast City is in Shankill parish so I wonder if this could be your Charles?

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/townlands/index.cfm?fuseaction=TownlandsInCivil&civilparishid=352&civilparish=Shankill&citycounty=Belfast%20city

It may be an idea to look at the church records in Belfast to see if you can find any records pertaining to him.Most Catholic records are held locally so you may need to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance. One website that you may find useful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what records are available in specific parishes. It also shows you where copies of the records are available. For Belfast city  parishes, follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showlikerecords&CityCounty=Belfast%20city&parish=Belfast

For Shankill/Ballymacarrett parish follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Down&parish=Ballymacarret&churchid=393

Most surviving Church of Ireland records are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. Here are their websites: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ and http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42

Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.

It may be an idea to contact the Ulster Historical Foundation for some assistance, however a fee may apply. Here is their email: enquiry@uhf.org.uk

Since you know his occupation you could try looking for some reference to him in the commercial directories pertaining to Ireland in the 19th century:

Pigot?s Directory: http://www.failteromhat.com/pigotu.php

and Slater?s: http://www.failteromhat.com/slateru.php

Some other websites that you may find useful are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/index.html

I hope that some of this is helpful.

All the best,

Genealogy Support