Isabella Patterson

Hi Dawn,

Thank you for your message. I hope that someone with information on the family contacts you and helps you with your research.

In the meantime have you tried looking in church records for information? 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
• 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.

If the family owned a store you could try looking for them in trade directories. Here is a link to Slater?s Commercial Directory for Ireland 1846 for Lisburn:

http://www.failteromhat.com/slater/0195.pdf

Some other websites that you may find helpful 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/

Family Search: www.familysearch.org

Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/down/index.html

Irish Genealogy tool-kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/index.html

Alternatively you could contact the Ulster Historical Foundation for some assistance, however a fee may apply. Here is their email: enauiry@uhf.org.uk

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