looking for Margaret Curry birthplace/family

Hi Vivian,

I checked on rootsireland.ie for Margaret Curry born 1861 in County Antrim.

There is 1 match.

rootsireland is a pay site so I didn't get the details but if you register and pay you can get the details.

The record will have the parish and parents' names. 

rootsireland is offering 40% off till 14th July so it won't cost too much.

Hope this helps

Col Cafferky

Vivian,

Statutory birth registration only began in Ireland in 1864 and so you won't find abirth certificate for Margaret. Prior to that you are reliant on church records, where they exist. Not all the surviving records are on-line.

You don?t say what denomination Margaret was. If she was Presbyterian then she was probably baptised at Clough Presbyterian church. Unfortunately their early records are lost and they have nothing before 1865; if she was Reformed Presbyterian (as at least one other family in Springmount was) then she probably attended Cullybackey RP church. Their records start in 1836.    If she was Church of Ireland then unfortunately the Clough/Grange of Dundermot records for the 1860s are lost too.

Elwyn

Thank you Elwyn. David Curry was Protestant from Antrim near Belfast His parents were Archibald  and Monica Curry. I assume Archibald was from that area also. John and Margaret were probably Catholic as was thier daughter Mary. They were from County Kilkenny. Being from different areas, I doubt they knew each other until they got over  here. Any clue on how I could locate him in his area?

I would love to visit Ireland again. Was ther many years ago and loved it. The people were so friendly...and I didn't even know I was Irish then. Thanks for your help. Dick Byrom, 

Byrom,

David?s birth is long before the start of statutory birth registration in Ireland (1864) so you won?t get a birth certificate for him. You may be able to find his baptism, if you know where he came from and what his denomination was. The name Curry is very common in Co Antrim. In the 1901 census there were 638 in that one county alone. About half were Presbyterian and a quarter Church of Ireland.

If you think that David and his father came from Antrim town, then I would search the local church records for his baptism.  If you don?t know David?s exact denomination, I?d probably start with Presbyterian, as they are more common. Copies of the Antrim 1^st Presbyterian church records are held in PRONI, Belfast. (The public record office). They are not on-line and a personal visit is required to inspect them.

Elwyn