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My grandfather William Sheen was born in County Carlow around 1869, the son of William Sheen.  He moved to Larne, Antrim where he married Elizabeth Workman on October 18, 1892 at Magheramourne Presbyterian Church.  They moved to Belfast where children William Patrick, Joseph, Elizabeth, Margaret, James, Bridget and my father Phillip Patrick were born.  My father emigrated to Montreal, Canada in 1921.  Looking for William Sheen's mother and siblings.

psheen

Friday 26th Oct 2012, 02:52PM

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  • Hi

    If you haven't already - You could try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

    or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

    or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/

     Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at ). www.failteromhat.com

    The Irish Times sponsers a site that might be useful: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/

     

    Presbyterian registers are held in three main locations: in local custody, in the Public Records of Northern Ireland (PRONI) http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm and at the Presbyterian Historical Society http://www.presbyterianhistoryireland.com in Belfast. PRONI has microfilm copies of almost all registers in Northern Ireland and also lists of records held by the Presbyterian Historical Society. For the rest of Ireland, almost all records are in local custody. It can difficult to locate these as many congregations in the South have moved, amalgamated, or simply disappeared over the last sixty years.

    For further assistance you may want to contact http://www.rootsireland.ie/ (fees may apply)

     

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    cynoconnor

    Tuesday 27th Nov 2012, 04:09PM

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