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Title: John Gibson
Post by: Megedith on Saturday 11 September 21 15:54 BST (UK)
How can I find a birth certificate of John Gibson born in 1862 in Dromore?  His father was Alexander Gibson and mother Sarah Beck, brother William born 1860.
Title: Re: John Gibson
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Saturday 11 September 21 16:59 BST (UK)

Civil registration of births only started in Ireland in 1864. For earlier dates (i.e. John in 1862 and William in 1860), you will have to look for baptisms in church records.

Can you confirm that the Gibsons were Presbyterian?
If so, then for the Dromore Presbyterian churches, PRONI, Belfast has microfilm records which can be viewed in-house.

See- https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/Guide-to-Church-Records-October-2019.pdf page 200
1st Dromore & Dromore (Banbridge Road) Presbyterian churches. Both on facebook.

See also reply #22 in this thread for the 1858 marriage-
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=586327.18

Other records not shown remain in local custody.

KG


Title: Re: John Gibson
Post by: Megedith on Sunday 12 September 21 11:12 BST (UK)
Thank you for the new lead.  I believe the Gibson's were Presbyterian, so that's another avenue for me to follow.