McGuigan, McQuiggan

Hi Janet,

Thank you for your message.

You will probably need to look in church records for information on Francis? family unfortunately however, given the early date of birth it may be difficult to do so as the reality of finding documentation pertaining to births/baptisms/marriages/deaths in Ireland prior to 1800 ? particularly in rural areas ? is that they simply may not exist.

Using the Irish TImes website, you can see that Catholic records for the parish do not begin until 1827:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Tyrone&parish=Arboe&churchid=181

Church of Ireland records however generally tend to have an earlier start date as this was the official church of the country at the time. Most surviving Church of Ireland records are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. Here are their websites: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ and http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42

Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.

It may be an idea to contact the Irish World Heritage Centre in Tyrone for some assistance, however a fee may apply. Here is their email address: info@ireland-world.com

In the meantime some other websites that you may find useful are:

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

Familysearch: www.familysearch.org

Genealogy Links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/tyrone/index.html

Irish Genealogy Tool-kit: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/index.html

Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.

Kind regards,    

Genealogy Support

 

Hello Emma,

Thank you so much for your response to my post. I would guess that my ancestor was probably Church of Ireland, as all his descendants were Protestant. The links you provided will be very helpful to my research.

Janet

I'm super excited to have found this post and website! I see that this post is from 2013; however I hope you find this Janet.

My father has our family tree records going back to Francis and I can confirm our family (Francis's direct descendants) still live in Bayham county to this day, where I was born and raised.

There used to be a McQuigganville out by Port Burwell, however the town does not exist now. There is still a McQuiggan Line that leads to the old homestead and grounds.

I'd love to learn more, and hope you see this post. Best wishes

Dear Tess,

I live in Michigan, USA, where my grandmother, Velma McQuiggan migrated to with her family around 1930. I have visited and toured the old family farm on McQuiggan line which is now a private resort/museum. My McQuiggan line comes down through Ozias and Francis Noel McQuiggan.

I would be happy to collaborate with you. My email address is: jtaylor.porthuron@gmail.com.

Regards, Janet Taylor