Magee co. Down

[marimac]

Hello
I am looking for the birth/baptism record of Thomas Magee (probable spelling) who was born around 1843-1849 in Co. Down.  (Well most records say Co Down but the probate said Antrim.)  His father was James Magee and mother Mary Moorhead married in Killinchy 1834.  I have a lot of info on the Moorheads.  Unfortunately no records I have state the name of the village from which he came - just the county.
Thomas went to NZ in possibly 1863 with possibly a brother John.
He married Catherine McBratney in Christchurch in 1884.  The McBratneys also lived in Killinchy and I have a lot of information about them.
There is also talk that he was Catholic in Ireland but became Protestant in NZ.
Not sure how to find this record without a more definite area.  I have marriage death and probate records from NZ and none say a town name.  No one knows what happened to the supposed brother John either.
Thanks in anticipation of any ideas.....
Marimac

[therave]

morning!  hope all is well. 

found five thomases born from 1835 to 1855 in antrim and down.  when i plugged james in for the father there was only one result returned:  thomas magee b1841, county down.  found this on the ulster historical foundation site, very good with parish records, but you'd have to purchase credits to view (or print) the record to confirm. 

best of luck!

 

[aghadowey]

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[marimac]

Thanks for that therave; I haven't looked at all this for a while; that site looks good.  I have since found the death record for Thomas' brother John in NZ, but there were no more clues on that about where exactly they came from.  I looked at the search results on historical foundation site, but when i put in mary moorhead's name as mother I get no results for Thomas or John, but get results for both when James the father is put in.  Hmm....guess I'll have to decide whether to pay up and go in to this further !! I might, as I have other Nth Ireland ancestors. Thanks again for your reply.

[marimac]

Further to my posts above, I now believe that Thomas McGee did in fact come from the Killinchy area.  I still need to find his baptism, but have found the following -
William Magee and Grace had several children including James. 
James is Thomas' father and married Mary Moorhead.  They had several children including John and Thomas (who both went to NZ).
I have dates and some baptisms for many of these people; some of this info came from Presbyterian records from 1836.
My question to anyone is....... I am considering going to PRONI as I will be in Ireland next year (from Australia) but do not have much time.  I understand the Killinchy Presbyterian Church records are there on microfilm; I have the numbers from the guide.  It should be straightforward as I believe they were not non-subscribing Pres.
Will it take me forever to find the baptisms of John and Thomas (approx 1841 and 1845)? I see there is and index to Pres Killinchy for 1812-1854, but then I would still have to look at the other microfilms of the actual entries.  I only have one day.
Anyone out there have experience of this ?
Thanks
Marimac