Hi Rootschatters,
My husband is researching his family at present and we are looking at his great grandfather's parents. Our search has turned up a James Taylor of Downpatrick or Killinchy, with a headstone inscription that says he died in 1859 aged 73. This inscription is very difficult to read, so we are not exactly sure that what we have is correct.
He possibly had a son, Hugh Taylor born in 5/11/1829 in County Down, married in 1860 to Jane Hay McKee Osborne in Killinchy. Hugh and Jane came to New Zealand and are both buried in Christchurch. If he is the James from the headstone, he would have been 43 when he had Hugh.
We have a good history of Jane's parents, but Hugh's are eluding us. Hugh's marriage certificate just says his father is "James Taylor" but that is a fairly common name. We have looked at some records but there seems to be a gap in the years that are probably important.
We believe James married a Jane (maybe Ormandy). However we don't want to go off down the wrong path, as these people may not be the parents of Hugh.
Some Irish genealogy sites charge for information, which is okay if you are fairly sure that it would confirm the person but could be expensive to just "search".
Any ideas of where to go next would be gratefully received.
Whosthatchick
