Ushers

[Mary Ellen]

Hello Christopher
Iwas wondering if you could help, I am searching for a James Usher who I assume was born in Antrim all I know is that he married a Margaret McCloy in Antrim in 1821 they had four children Nancy, Mary, John, David Gray, the girls were born in Ireland and the boys were born in Scotland. THe Usher Line through John all ended up in Liverpool.
Look forward to hearing from you
Regards
Mary Ellen

[Christopher]

Hello Mary Ellen,

There are three items required when searching for Irish ancestors.

1. Denomination.
2. Parish.
3. Townland.

You'll have to rely on Church records as your ancestors were born before Civil Registration was introduced in Ireland. Non Catholic marriages were registered from 1845 onwards. When registration for BDMS started in 1864 some people didn't bother with the registration for a few years after that date. Keep your fingers crossed that church records still exist.

Christopher

[j1mbr0wn]

Mary Ellen

I wonder if you could help me with some of the information you have about James Usher, he is my 3rd GG Grandfather on s straight line with my mum, anything i have can also be youres.

Jim

[Mary Ellen]

Hello Jim
It has been a long time since I was doing the family trees as I got a little down hearted hitting brick walls but my James Usher was orginally scottish  and his wife Mary Irish the ushers were from refernshire and the family tree can be found on the House of Usher web if one and same, would be happy to give more information if needed
Regards
Sandra