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Down / Re: Bairds of Banbridge/Seapatrick
« on: Wednesday 16 March 11 10:31 GMT (UK)  »
I did the W and B search, using his age, religion, married status etc., but nothing even close showed up but, funnily enough, I found William jr on the 1901 census by his initials as he was in the RIC at that time. 

Maybe the Bairds were particularly long-lived and all died after 1921!

I really appreciate you taking the time to offer good advice, by the way!

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Down / Re: Bairds of Banbridge/Seapatrick
« on: Wednesday 16 March 11 10:02 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for that link, although I have tried it before and there is no record of the deaths for the people I am interested in, namely William Baird born in Belfast in 1862 and still alive in 1918 in Belfast and his father, also William Baird born around 1835 in Ballykelly and still alive in Belfast in 1901 and 1911, although oddly not appearing on the 1911 census (his wife Margaret, whose death I also can't find, is, and listed as married, not widowed, for 50 years, so I assume he is still alive, just not at his usual address on census night).  None of the listings on the civil registrar match the birth dates or place of death, which is most likely Belfast, for these people.  It's all a bit strange!

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Down / Re: Bairds of Banbridge/Seapatrick
« on: Wednesday 16 March 11 09:07 GMT (UK)  »
Many thanks for that Aghadowey - Unfortunately I don't have any years of death, as no-one is left alive who could give me even an approximate year for their deaths, so I wouldn't really know where to start with newspaper death notices. 

There doesn't appear to be any wills either, having searched PRONI's will calendars.  I have amassed plenty of information about my family members' early lives but the trail goes dead from 1911 onwards, which is very frustrating.

Even my assuming that they are buried around Banbridge is a shot in the dark as there doesn't seem to be any recorded burials in the usual Belfast/Dundonald cemetries, even though most of my family were re-established in Belfast from 1900 onwards.  I was hopeful when the new search facility went online, but nothing at all turned up.  My hunch is that there is maybe a family plot somewhere outside Belfast where they all ended up and Banbridge is the most likely.

Any other tips most welcome.

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Down / Bairds of Banbridge/Seapatrick
« on: Wednesday 16 March 11 08:51 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I'm having difficulty finding a grave/graves for my family, the Bairds.

I think they are originally from around Banbridge/Seapatrick but moved to Belfast c 1860, then returned to the Banbridge area sometime later.

If anyone knows of a grave in this area, CoI most likely, with the names James, Eliza, William, Margaret, Eileen, Samuel or Eleanor maybe they could give me a starting point for further research?

Much obliged!

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Antrim / Re: Halls of Magheragall c1850
« on: Saturday 29 January 11 09:19 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for this information - I managed to visit the church in Magheragall last week but somehow missed this headstone, although I did find out some more information about the Halls/Gambles/Buntings/McBrides. The people mentioned on the headstone you refer to are certainly my wife's relatives so we are very grateful to you for providing one more link on an ever-growing chain!

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Antrim / Re: Halls of Magheragall c1850
« on: Thursday 13 January 11 11:18 GMT (UK)  »
Wow!  That's amazing! Thanks so much for posting that, very much appreciated!

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Antrim / Re: Halls of Magheragall c1850
« on: Wednesday 12 January 11 09:59 GMT (UK)  »
Very many thanks for your speedy reply - all living relatives on both sides are as surprised as I was to find a Hall on my wife's side of the family.  All their attemps to research their family history had been hampered by the fact that my wife's grandmother's name had been incorrectly transcribed as 'Hunter', rather than 'Bunting' on an old repacement marriage certificate and they had assumed for years that they were decended from Hunters. 
I was able to find the error after much bafflement and research, but haven't been able to go any further back than the mid-C19, due to the lack of easily accessible information.  I am pretty sure PRONI hold the parish records for Magheragall, dating back to the C18, so hopefully a trip there when it re-opens and a look at the graves at Magheragall church might reveal more information.  Again, many thanks, you have made me feel very welcome!

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Antrim / Halls of Magheragall c1850
« on: Wednesday 12 January 11 06:35 GMT (UK)  »
I am completely new to this excellent resource and still finding my feet, so please forgive me if my question is posted in the wrong place or otherwise badly submitted.
I have done some research into the families of both myself and my wife and am very excited to have found what might be a common ancestor linking both our families.  Our relatives were all Church of Ireland.
In my case, my great, great grandfather was William Hall of Magheragall b c1830, d 1900, father John Hall and he married Mary (May) McBride in 1852.
My wife's great, great grandmother was Anna Maria Hall also of Magheragall, b c1840, father Robert Hall and she married John Bunting in 1857.
We are desperate to find out if William Hall and Anna Maria Hall were related in any way, but have been unable to find out any more information.  Perhaps John and Robert Hall were brothers?
Apologies if I haven't supplied enough information - we are hoping to visit Magheragall CoI graveyard to try and find out more, but the weather has not been kind so far!  Any help would be very gratefully received.

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