McKinstry/Waring

To search back in the early 1800s you need to rely on church records. What denomination were this family?

Here's a possible from www.rootsireland.ie/:

Name:Robert McKinstryDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:28-Jan-1805Address:Drumbo Parish Co DownParish/District:BlarisGender:
CountyCo. Antrim
Denomination:Church Of Ireland
Father:Thomas McKinstry

No luck with Jane Waring or the marriage record I'm afraid.

Col

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. They called themselves Church of England in Canada but probably because there wasn't a Church of Ireland. I have seen the Robert McKinstry baptism with father Thomas before but in Ontario Robert stated he was from Antrim and born 1802.

Thanks again Linda

The Church of Ireland and the Church of England are the same thing, so if your ancestors were C of E in Canada, then it’s C of I records you should look at in Ireland. You say the family were from Mullaghglass in Derriaghy. Here’s details of the surviving COI records for Derriaghy:

Derriaghy (Connor diocese)
Baptisms, 1696-1763, 1771-1806, 1810-12 and 1821- 1932;marriages, 1696-1746, 1772, 1818-1984; burials, 1696-1738, 1772-3, 1823-4, 1827-34 and 1836-1927; vestry minutes, 1709-58 and 1794-1941, 1951-3 and 1962-88;including confirmation list, 1705, and seatholders’ list,1812; preachers’ books, 1834-91 and 1901-82; account book of payments relating to Miss Fletcher’s bequest to the poor of Derriaghy, 1839- 1920, and correspondence about the Fund, 1865-99; membership register, accounts, book catalogue and minutes of Derriaghy Parochial Young Men’s Christian Society’s Library, 1847-65; sexton’s day books recording details of burials and cause of deaths, 1854- 1927; parish magazines, 1941-90.

There’s a copy in PRONI (the public record office) in Belfast. Roger should be able to check for us but I don’t think they are on-line anywhere, so you may need to get someone to check the PRONI copy.

Wow thanks for all that information. I'll do my homework!

Linda