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Offline JustSome Guy

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Where to begin...
« on: Friday 29 July 05 01:11 BST (UK) »
I am trying to trace my fathers' side, and all I know is that Great Grandfather John Fisher Sloan was born abt 1866 in Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland, and his father, Robert was born in (?) abt 1832 and came to USA July 7, 1882 aboard the ship State of Indiana, from Glasgow, Scotland and Larne, Ireland, to New York, travelling in steerage... Robert married a Mary Ann Fisher, and that's all I know...
Can anyone suggest a course of action at this point...?

Offline biddybarracks

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Re: Where to begin...
« Reply #1 on: Friday 29 July 05 02:34 BST (UK) »
How about trying to get a birth cert for Great Grandfather John Fisher Sloan. You have the bare bones to start a search in the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland.

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Re: Where to begin...
« Reply #2 on: Friday 29 July 05 02:46 BST (UK) »
Familysearch.org has several entries for John SLOAN, including this Ancestral File record for John Fisher SLOAN:

John Fisher SLOAN
Sex:     M    Family
Event(s):
Birth:     1868
   Ballymena (?), Antrim, Ireland
Death:     7 Oct 1915
   Brooklyn, N.y.
Burial:     9 Oct 1915
   Greenwood Cem., Brooklyn, Kings, NY
Parents:
Father:     Robert SLOAN
Mother:     Mary A. FISHER
      
Marriage(s):
Spouse:     Sarah CARSON    
Marriage:     1887    New York, NY

There are lots of John SLOAN baptisms on the IGI as well, none with the name Fisher, but would be well worth a look!

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Re: Where to begin...
« Reply #3 on: Friday 29 July 05 03:11 BST (UK) »
Hi

I found this on the BVRI

Marriage Mary Ann Fisher age 18 Father Hugh Fisher
               Robert Sloan age 19 Father Samuel Sloan

Year 1848 recorded Misc Ireland
FHL Film 101292

Are these the right people?

Regards
Sue
researching Bateup & Butchers from Mountfield, Sussex & Horsemonden, Kent.
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Re: Where to begin...
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 30 July 05 13:32 BST (UK) »
A Google search - Ballymena Civil Registration District Co. Antrim : Births@Jane Lyons shows several people with surname Sloan between 1867 - 1884

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Re: Where to begin...
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 19 January 10 03:29 GMT (UK) »
I am looking for information on a John Sloan from Antrim born in 1697. Would anyone here know where I could begin to search for information this old in Antrim/ the whole of Ireland? Had to have migrated to the US pre-1729. Are records this old still in existence, and are they still searchable?

Thanks,

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« Reply #6 on: Monday 21 February 11 18:21 GMT (UK) »
John Sloan born in County Antrim  Ireland was the oldest son of Archibald Sloan b.1667 in County Antrim  Ireland whose wife is unknown.  John was born before 1718 and his brother Samuel b.1718 in County Antrim  Ireland  Archibald migrated to Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania shortly thereafter because another child Archibald was born in Lancaster county PA in 1719 .  John had five siblings born in the US in Lancaster county.  Hope this helps.
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