What is parish of Francis Campbell, RIC, 1940 -1882

Hello Margaret,

If you go on the irishfamilyhistoryfoundation you'll find most of the church records for ireland there.  It is free to join and you can trawl through many sets of records, you only pay to view .  It costs €5 to view a record but you can bulk buy and it will work our cheaper.

I put in your g gfathers name and date and it came up with 27 choices.  I then narrowed it down to Co. Tyrone and it came up with 6. I went to the tyrone genealogy centre, just click on the map.  I then put in his fathers name John and it came up with just one.

You can then scroll down through the parish drop down bar and search individual parishes.

I found your record in Dungannon parish and its there, should you want to view it.

Once you have a parish, you can look at the marriage records for the previous years and you should be able to find parents and siblings.

Hope this helps,

Kind regards,

Anne K Dennehy

Dear Anne:

How kind of you!  I am somewhat new at this and find it all over whelming.  Thank you so much for your clear explanation and instructions.  I can't believe my good fortune in finding this site and your kind heart.   Do I owe you anything for your search? Are you a professional geneologist? an employee of site? or just a generous hearted individual?

Thank you so very much.

Peggy Bradley Davison,  East Aurora, New York

Hello peggy,

I'm just a volunteer on this site like everyone else.  I love genealogy and I did a short course over a couple of months.  The people who set up this website for  " the gathering " were looking for volunteers from counties and parishes who might be able to give a few hours each week to help the irish diaspora get in touch with their roots.

I find it very interesting and rewarding when someone finds what the have been looking for.

It's just a hobby that I enjoy very much.

Hope you find what you are looking for.

If you have any questions at all, then please don't hesitate to ask , and I'll do my best to help you if I can.

Kind regards,

Anne

What a wonderful idea the whole site is.  I have made many trips to Ireland with my husband, who has aunts and cousins in Co Fermanagh region where his mother was born (She is 100 years old, well & still living on her own not far from here).  I have occasionally met up with distant cousins of my father in Counties Killenny & Cork.  

However, my maternal grandmother was orphaned and came to this country to live with relatives when she was only 4 years old.  All we had was the oral history she told from stories told to her.  So it is so amazing that I am finding our roots after all these years.  I will be in Ulster in May with my husband who is visiting his family and attending a MaGuire Family History weekend.  I am hoping to use that time to see where my folks came from.  It is all so interesting and it helps to understand who we are.  

I can hardly wait to direct friends to this site.  

Thank you agan for you help.  I am ready to jump into hobby with both feet,

Peggy Bradley Davison