McLaughlin- Campbell Ballycastle

[saz1401]

Hi Uncle Christopher
You seem to have an obssession with "religious persuasion" - I have yet to find a resource where knowing this information makes a difference or assists in any way.
Perhaps you can convince me differently!

saz

[Christopher]

Yes my Child 

It is one of the first questions asked by many professional genealogists.
Now go back to sleep and do not disturb the grown ups again

Uncle Christopher   

[saz1401]

But why do they ask it?

I havn't found that it assists me at all - in fact sometimes it confuses the situation even more because they often changed religion to suit!

By the way uncle christopher, sarcasm isn't an attractive trait!

I will go back to bed now - having got that off my chest!

Goodnight uncle chris

[fin]

My own ancestors - from Antrim - appear to have changed their religion as it suited the situation. i.e try being a Catholic and enlisting in the RUC or gaining employment in the Belfast shipyards. Even now my sister and her family in Ballycastle keep their religious beliefs to themselves. My father joined the RAF Police specifically because he was deterred from entrance to the RUC.

If you read the messages posted on the Ballycastle group site at Yahoo you will notice that Gerry specifically asks for religous information of deceased ancestors so that he can search the correct graveyard (with some successes, I might add)

[Christopher]

But why do they ask it?

I havn't found that it assists me at all - in fact sometimes it confuses the situation even more because they often changed religion to suit!

By the way uncle christopher, sarcasm isn't an attractive trait!

I will go back to bed now - having got that off my chest!

Goodnight uncle chris

You are good crack Saz so your comment about sarcasm is noted.
By the way would you mind  not doing that in future.
I did not realise until very recently that I was related to you in any manner. 

[saz1401]

Hi Mrs Teddy Bear
Still looking for you - just wondered if there is any possibility they were from some other area (possibly Scotland?)? I am having trouble with BIVRI discs tonight - will post again soon  saz


Hi Fin
Yep - when looking for graves makes sense although if they changed religion, as some of mine did, it would be difficult to know what to reply when asked that question - but do you think there are any other times when it would be relevant?
Thanks for your reply
saz


Hi Uncle Christopher
Sorry - its obviously a family trait we share!
saz

[fin]

...when trying to ascertain in which particular religious establishment your ancestors were christened/married/buried (hatched, matched or dispatched)  If you know the marriage venue you stand a better chance of discovering where subsequent events related to that couple occured (births/deaths)

We share this problem, great Uncle Samuel decided to retain the Cushnaghan name when he married in a civil ceremony in Edinburgh: all his peers, that I have so far traced, married in RC Churches under the name CASSIDY.   Most of the family moved to Renfrewshire, Scotland, but my father's line stayed in Antrim. Da was born in Ballymoney: I was born in Ballycastle because that's where my grandparents moved to when my Da was a child

[Mrs Teddy Bear]

In reply to your last post. The family where RC. I know know that Andrew didn;t come from Ballycastle originally but was born in Ballymoney. I am sure their children were all born in Ballycastle and that  Daniel their younger son ( my granfather) was born in 1897.  His mother ( Annie Campbell ) died when he was young and his father re married possible around 1912 -14. Dan joined the army along with his brother Andrew who was awarded the DCM in 1916

[fin]

In which case, dear child, enter unto the Ballycastle Group site (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ballycastle/) and try and use some gentle persuasion on Gerry to go and have a look in the boneyard for you...

...and I take it you have already ventured onto the Ballymoney ancestry site (http://www.ballymoneyancestry.com/index.asp) where there are 11-pages of McLaughlins and 23-pages of Campbells to be found?