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Title: Searching for McCullough in Belfast
Post by: Terry-Lynn on Tuesday 17 May 05 15:57 BST (UK)
Any advice on how to use PRONI.  I have an approx date of death of my great grandfather, so how do I get a death certificate?
I don't know the date of death of great grandmother.  Would I be able to find that out through the church records?  Is there any way to obtain a 1901 census for Belfast?

Thanks,
Terry-Lynn
??? Searching from Canada
Title: Re: Searching for McCullough in Belfast
Post by: OTTO on Tuesday 17 May 05 21:21 BST (UK)
Hi there,
             I think your best thing to do would be to contact Brian Watson at : http://www.familyulster.com/ .
For a very modest fee, he would be able to supply the details you require.Just email him with the details you have and he will give you an idea of the cost to find the info you want.

OTTO
Title: Re: Searching for McCullough in Belfast
Post by: Terry-Lynn on Wednesday 18 May 05 15:03 BST (UK)
Thank you OTTO.  I have been searching everywhere for a 1901 census and you finally pointed me in the right direction.  Much appreciated.

Terry-Lynn ;D
Title: Re: Searching for McCullough in Belfast
Post by: Anthony on Wednesday 18 May 05 22:24 BST (UK)
Hi Terry-Lynn. Could you give us a name & a year to work on so we can help you with you research.

If you apply to the GRO and you give them a year let say 1886 they will search from 1884 to 1888 for you, so they will have searched for 5 years.

The GRO will do a search only for £5 if they find anything you pay £5 more to get the Certificate.

Terry-Lynn, I have Belfast  Street Directories for,

1852/1870/1896/1900/1949/1962/1973

But i must tell you there are a lot of McCullough's in Belfast so give us a name and I will have a wee search for you.


                                                                 Anthony
Title: Re: Searching for McCullough in Belfast
Post by: Terry-Lynn on Thursday 19 May 05 01:24 BST (UK)
Hi Anthony,
My great grandparents were John and Martha McCullough and they lived at 4 Witham Street, Belfast from around 1890 to 1920's when the house went to their son Charles and wife until 1960.
I received a little info on them, showing their age as 63 and 62 in 1901 and that they were both born in County Down.  I believe Martha's maiden name was Beaumont.  I cannot locate any more Beaumont's in County Down and I cannot locate the birth of John in any on-line records so I don't know their parents names which means I am stuck here.

Thanks for your help.

Terry-Lynn :-\
Title: Re: Searching for McCullough in Belfast
Post by: audrey on Thursday 19 May 05 09:33 BST (UK)
dont know if you have these from BVRI

Agness Mccullough chris 25/3/1868

Charles  chris 9/5/1870

Maggie chris 3/7/1872

all the above chris Kilmood Down to

father John

mother Martha Beaumont


audrey
Title: Re: Searching for McCullough in Belfast
Post by: Terry-Lynn on Thursday 19 May 05 15:38 BST (UK)
Hi Audrey,
Yes I already had that info from the free family search at the LDS website.  That's how I found the "Beaumont" which doesn't seem to be a typically Irish name.   All of their kids are on the LDS website, but not the parents, just their names.  So that's as far as I can get on that site too.

Thanks for your help though.

Terry-Lynn :)
Title: Re: Searching for McCullough in Belfast
Post by: audrey on Thursday 19 May 05 15:51 BST (UK)
Hi Audrey,
Yes I already had that info from the free family search at the LDS website.  That's how I found the "Beaumont" which doesn't seem to be a typically Irish name.   All of their kids are on the LDS website, but not the parents, just their names.  So that's as far as I can get on that site too.

Thanks for your help though.

Terry-Lynn :)
Beamont is not that rare in Ireland a few on hear but records are from 1870
Title: Re: Searching for McCullough in Belfast
Post by: Anthony on Thursday 19 May 05 22:32 BST (UK)
Hi Terry-Lynn. 1949 4 Witham St Mrs McCullough Head of household but not there in 1962.

1962 57 Witham St John McCullough Labourer.

Belfast 1896 & 1900 S,Beaumont, Stationer 49 Old Lodge Rd.
1852
John McCullough Painter 74 Old Lodge Rd there could be a connection with the Old Lodge Rd ???what do you think

Thomas Beaumont, Corporal, 120 Upper Meadow St

1962

G,S Beaumont Surveyor 71 Rochester Ave.

Reginald F Beaumont 41 Glenmillan Park.

That is all the Beaumont's in my Directories as for McCullough there are 100's of them.

I hope these are of some help to you.


                                                                   Anthony

   
Title: Re: Searching for McCullough in Belfast
Post by: Terry-Lynn on Friday 20 May 05 15:22 BST (UK)
Thanks for your help Anthony.  I think there might be a connection with the Old Lodge Rd. info.  I will keep looking.  The census info for 1901 didn't help me as it didn't give the names of the parents or places of birth.  I guess the next step would be death certificates.

Appreciate your help!
Terry-Lynn
Title: Re: Searching for McCullough in Belfast
Post by: Terry-Lynn on Saturday 21 May 05 15:31 BST (UK)
Are Holywood and Kilmood called parishes?  Would there be street indexes for places in Kilmood?  My grandmother was born in Kilmood, and I'm wondering if the McCulloughs might have lived in Balleygowan {is that in Kilmood} for a while before moving to Belfast.  Would anyone know if there are street indexes for Balleygowan?

Thanks,
Terry-Lynn
Title: Re: Searching for McCullough in Belfast
Post by: OTTO on Saturday 21 May 05 18:22 BST (UK)
Hi Terry,
            Kilmood is a townland close to Ballygowan in County Down. See : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/MAPS/TullynakillKilmoodTownlands.htm

You will find a lot of useful info at Ros davies website about the areas you are enquiring about : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/index.html

Ballygowan, even now is just a large village, with mostly new houses.

OTTO