Belfast Area no.4 on the IGI

[Maccahc]

Hi I have found my great grandmothers sisters birth on the IGI it say Belfast Area no.4, does anyone know what this means and what area it pertains to?
Thanks.

[TF13]

hi,i've usually seen these listed as "urban district" then followed by whatever the number is.i've been looking on the web to see what area of land these districts cover but haven't found anything yet so i'm interested to see if anyone else comes up with an answer.
tony

[scotmum]

Hopefully the following link will help explain:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,161093.0.html

[DixieDee]

Hi.
No 4 district is in the Donegal Road area of Belfast.  It may take in part of the lower end of the Lisburn Road as well.
Windsor Park football ground is in No 4, so if you use it as a target on the Google Earth website, it should take you to the area. That area of Belfast has not been redeveloped to-date, so if you have a street name it should still be there.
Regards,
Dixie

[Maccahc]

Thanks for the replies, I will look into it.

[DixieDee]

Hi Maccahc.
Thought I had better up-date the info I gave you before.
Checking what I posted before, I have found out that No 4 straddles the Donegal Road, which makes the info I gave a bit out. At the city end of the Donegal Rd., the area from Roden St., to Shaftesbury Square has been redeveloped on that side of the road. The redevelopment takes in Sandy Row. If the address turns out to be in that area it will be long gone.
Have you an idea of the street name ?, and I'll see if it still exists. If you post the surnames you are looking, someone might be able to fill in the info you require.
You could try the 1912 Ulster Covenant on the PRONI website. They, or their relatives, may have signed it.
Regards,
Dixie

[Maccahc]

Hi the IGI reference was for my greatgrandmothers sister Susanna Mcguigan, who was according to the reference, born on 16 July 1873 in Area no.4 Belfast, the link on the IGI reference no. is broken so was not much help..

I dont have any address and was trying to find out more about the family and where they lived as my request for a search for her parents marraige certificate that of John Mcguigan and Sarah Morgan on 20 March 1871 via GRO at Roscommon proved fruitless (they searched 1870-72) even though I have that date of marraige from my greatgrandmothers birth entry on Scotlands people where she was born in Glasgow, Jane Mcguigan in 1879.

I live in Glasgow and have never been to Belfast so have no local knowledge whatsoever.
I really should go one day as I seem to have family lines beginning in every county in Ulster bar Tyrone to date and would probably have to spend a month in the PRONI/GRONI offices!!

I am hoping to narrow down an address or area so I can get more accurate info to order certs etc. otherwise I may find that difficult. John Mcguigans parents were an Edward Mcguigan and a Jane Brown who may still be around at the time and Sarah Morgans parents were James and Isabella ( I have no maiden name for Isabella as yet).

Thanks again for any help.

[DixieDee]

Hi.
I found this marriage.
John McGuigan married Jane Brown, on the 17 June 1845, in Drumbeg Church of Ireland, Parish of Drumbeg. Marriage registered in Lisburn.
It may not relate to your McGuigans.
Perhaps someone else will have more info.
 
Regards,
Dixie

[Maccahc]

Thanks Dixie, I will look into that one too as the Edward Mcguigan is obviously information given on the death entry on scotlands people for John Mcguigan, my great great grandfather who died in Glasgow in 1879, by his wife Sarah Morgan.
I know from experience that wifes and siblings or children did not always get parents names right in these entries.