Thomas McAlister b. 14.2.1875 Mossley, Co.Antrim

[DarrenMW]

Thank you all for your continued assistance.

John - I shall certainly order that cert...thanks for the link.

The Thomas I am searching (b.1875) name his first son 'William John Thomas George McAlister'...after his Uncle?...an encouraging, if common, conection in names.

'Boyd' is used as a middle name for one of Thomas McAlister jr (b.1875) grandsons....and one of McAlisters daughters was Jeanette ( a varient of Jenet?)

AGHADOWEY - Thanks for the info, interesting to know McAlister and Boyd are both common in Antrim. I had searched McAlister and found a high proportion came from Antrim, but didn't know about Boyd.

the various spellings of McAlister muddies the waters a little..


I'm not a experienced on the viability of IGI.....is there anyway to determine accuracy or is it all simply on the strength of someone typing in the names without proof.

Again, many thanks all......

[aghadowey]

There are 2 types of IGI records- extracted and submitted. In general, extracted records should be more accurate although need to be checked with original source (there are a whole batch of Ballymoney, Co.Antrim records listed as Cork! and have seen mistakes with spellings of names and places). Submitted records vary.

[DarrenMW]

Please excuse my ignorance, but I tried these search parameters and the only one i see is the marriage in Connor...I know i am doing something incorrectly with the search settings, but can't fathom it  


I wanted to review the 3 children you so kindly mentioned.

Thanks in advance, and sorry to be a pain!

Darren

Searching for children of Thomas McLaiter and Jane Boyd in IGI (www.familysearch.org) brings up 3 children- at least one is submitted entry and it can't be assumed these all belong to one family since McAlister and Boyd are both very common Antrim surnames.

[aghadowey]

On LDS advanced search page fill in Thomas McAlister for name of father and Jane Boyd for name of mother and NOTHING else- then click on search button and see 3 children listed under IGI.

[DarrenMW]

Are the  children mentioned in replies #7 and #8 of this thread duplicates, or potentially 6 children?

Thanks

Ok, i found the 3 children you mentioned,...thank you..I just needed coffee!

Are we thinking there another 3?, or just 3 in total

On LDS advanced search page fill in Thomas McAlister for name of father and Jane Boyd for name of mother and NOTHING else- then click on search button and see 3 children listed under IGI.

[aghadowey]

Same 3 children.

[DarrenMW]

Ok,...thank you!

I notice William John marries in Australia aged 24,......I was thinking 'transportation', but that seems awfully young to have already served a setence and be free to marry. I will check into that, as I'm not sure how commonplace voluntary emmigration to Australia was!

update: William John marries Isabelle Cairns Bell in Charters Town , Queensland 1887.
Quick search shows that it was a booming gold rush town settlement, in those days....interesting story beckons!

[aghadowey]

Aren't William's details submitted? Remember may not be correct.

[DarrenMW]

yes it seems so, there is a lot of data recorded regariding 'films' and 'locations of records' etc. and I'm not certain exactly what that pertains to.

there is a name and address of the submitter in Australia, so that will be a great starting point for me.

You've been a wonderful help....thank you.