From {UHF} Ulster Historical Foundation ie
www.ancestryireland.co.uk/ If you use their search system, you will get a report which starts with Birth records for Antrim and Down, then Marriage records for Antrim and Down , then Irish ancestors being researched (members interests), then Distribution of Surnames in Ulster ( 9 counties) in the mid-1800’s [ie Mathesons Database] , then Ulster Historical Foundation Research Files and so on. You can look up say the births and you will get first names and a year and a county, only then do you have to pay to view the entry to get any more detail. In the marriage section. I have learnt to match the dates shown for husband and spouse, thus reducing the possible marriage dates, nevertheless you then need to check it out. Members interests could contain your family being researched already.
Civil Marriages CRICKARD MARCELLA 1903 Down
Marriage Record CRICKARD MARCELLA 1903 Down
To double check I look up shields
Marriage Record SHEILDS JOHN 1859 Banbridge
Civil Marriages SHEILDS JOHN 1867 Down
Civil Marriages SHEILDS JOHN 1879 Down
Civil Marriages SHEILDS JOHN 1887 Down
Civil Marriages SHEILDS JOHN 1895 Antrim
Marriage Record SHEILDS JOHN 1903 Down
Civil Marriages SHEILDS JOHN 1906 Down
And while I am on this website I will look up births
Births SHEILDS JOHN 1868 but checking for variant spelling produces
Births SHIELDS JOHN 1864 .
Having found that I should go and look at
www.familysearch.com and there he is under Shields but with less info
From Ros Davies website ie freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/
Mr. Charles CRICKARD . Down of Ardmeen;b. 1811, son of Francis & Isabella; husband of Isabel; father of Rose Ann, Francis & Charles; gave 5 shillings to Ballee Famine Relief Fund in May 1847; d. 1899; buried Ballycruttle Catholic graveyard FCD p 24; Mis
Francis CRICKARD . Down of Ardmeen; died 11 Jul 1829 aged 51; husband of Isabella; father of Charles, Thomas, Francis; buried Ballycruttle Catholic graveyard Mis
Also from her website Ardmeen townland is in the Parish of Down, which contains Downpatrick very closeby. Also here is a location for Ballynagross Upper & Lower In Ballee parish . 5km W of Dunsfort village; 285 & 295 acres; click here to see its location on a townland map;etc etc but I am going back to hunt for Sh…. And find
Nothing for ballynagross but did find Patrick SHIELDS . Ballee son of Anne Shields who d. 9 Feb 1857; Ballycruttle Catholic graveyard
So hopefully this will help onwards , I think I would be hunting for church records all faiths in Ros Davies churches section, but first the marriage certificate will give the clues, so paying UHF above will be well worth while for a look up good luck, Jim
