My GG grandfather Archibald Billing immigrated to New Zealand with his wife Elizabeth and 9 children in 1861. I believe his religion was Church of Ireland. He had substantial landownership in and around Rathangan. See Griffith Valuation. He may have been an absentee landlord?? I would like to find information about him or where his family were baptised
cjbilling
Tuesday 11th Jun 2013, 10:57PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi,
Thank you for your message.
It may be an idea to contact the Local Studies Department of Kildare County Library to see if they have any information on Archibald. Here is a link to their website:
http://kildare.ie/heritage/local-history.asp
With regards to Church of Ireland records, Most surviving Church of Ireland records are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. Here are their websites: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ and http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42
Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.
Some other websites that you may find useful are:
The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm
Family Search: www.familysearch.org
Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/kildare/index.html
Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Tuesday 2nd Jul 2013, 10:13AM