Milligan family of Tyrone. William MILLIGAN born approx. 1804. Samuel and a few others.
William and his brothers left for Canada and William settled around Northumberland, Canada West.
William married Hannah Davies and eventually settled in Blairton , Ontario. They had James Edward, Samuel & Lois and others.
Any information on the Milligans' or any part of this family. would be greatly appreciated.
Hi,
Thank you for your message.
Unfortunately, it may be difficult to find information without a more specific place of origin. Most Irish record sources- church records, land records, census records- are based on specific locations. Until you know a specific location within Ireland, preferably a parish or placename, it may be difficult to do anything more with these records.
Do you have any documentation pertaining to the family that mentions any place names at all? This can include wills, marriage/death records,census records, letters, diary entries etc.
There are some places where you can search online, however it may be difficult to discern whether the results are relevant to your family or not without more information:
www.familysearch.org has a huge database of genealogical records including some church records for Ireland.
www.rootsireland.ie have a large collection of Irish Church records, however you have to pay to use this site.
You could try doing a search for the Milligans in Griffith?s Valuation. this was a property valuation survey carried out in Ireland 1848-1864. Although it doesn?t offer any genealogical information it can sometimes be used to tie a person to a specific place:
It may also be an idea to contact the Irish World Heritage Centre in Tyrone for some assistance. Here is their email address: info@irish-world.com
Some other websites that you may find useful in the meantime 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
Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm
Genealogy links: http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/tyrone/index.html
Irish Gen Projects: http://www.igp-web.com/tyrone/index.htm
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support