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Looking for relatives of James McCollum, born 02/1945 in Derry, placed in care in Donegal as a baby, mothers name Agnes McCollum.

Maz

Monday 10th Oct 2022, 08:38PM

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    An Agnes McCollum   was born 16-Apr-1919 in Dunduffsfort Raymochy            in the parish of   KILLEA in Co. Donegal

    Her father’s name was not recorded; her mother was        Margaret McCollum

    Cecily McCollum provided the information to the registrar.

    (Source: rootsireland.ie)

    You can see the birth registration at irishgenealogy.ie.

    I hope this is helpful.

    Patricia

    Monday 10th Oct 2022, 11:45PM
  • Maz,

    Do you have James’ birth certificate? That may provide a little more information.

    GRONI is the only repository for birth, death and marriage records in what is now Northern Ireland, from 1.1.1922 onwards. (Ancestry and other websites don’t have them).

    Births in Northern Ireland within the past 100 years, marriages within the past 75 and deaths within the past 50 aren’t searchable on-line. They are open to the public, just not on-line. If you know all the key details eg exact date and place of birth, parents names etc, you can order a copy of a certificate from GRONI for £15 (sterling). https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk

    But if you don’t have all the information, you need to get in touch with them to get a search done.  They will do a 5 year search for £7 and if they find a matching certificate you can purchase it for £8, coming to a total of £15. It will be posted to you a few days later. You pay over the phone using a credit card. You type your number in on the phone keypad. They don’t know what it is.  They won’t deal with these searches and orders by e-mail or post because they need you to type the credit card number in yourself.

    Phone: 0300 200 7890 (+44 300 200 7890 from outside the UK)

     

     

    Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Tuesday 11th Oct 2022, 04:23AM

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