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Title: shaws belfast
Post by: bethcleary on Tuesday 11 August 09 14:58 BST (UK)

 hi any body have any thing on -

james shaw born 1873  belfast , baptised st anns cathaderal, mother annie, father john shaw.

Title: Re: shaws belfast
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 11 August 09 15:31 BST (UK)

As you have a name and approximate date of birth you could search IGI (they have some, not all, Irish births 1864-c1882) and index to civil registrations (in order to send for birth certificate which will give mother's maiden name so you can search for the parents' marriage).
www.familysearch.org
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1408347
The 1911 census is online for Co. Antrim-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search
There's also the Will Extracts and 1912 Ulster Covenant databases on PRONI's site- www.proni.gov.uk

Title: Re: shaws belfast
Post by: BallyaltikilliganG on Monday 24 August 09 17:43 BST (UK)

in the website http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/ , the Belfast street directory for 1877 contains
Shaw, John, clerk, 25 Thompson Street
Shaw, John, car owner, 1 Little Grosvenor Street
Shaw, John, baker, 23 & 25 Leadbetter Street
Shaw, John G., B.A., solicitor, 15 Lower Arthur Street
Shaw, John, solicitor, Oakley Terrace, Strandtown

keep going, Jim