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James Greer & Sarah Laird died 1870's

AntrimBallymoney (Antrim)

 

We will be visiting in May 2013 and would like suggestions on learning more about the Laird's James Greer was born in Ireland of English ancestry.  He resided there and engaged in farming dying at the age of 90 years. James Greer is listed as a tenant of Lord Templetown in Parish Templepatrick,  Ballymartin, Co Antrim.  The rental records were started about 1847 and continued until about 1851 -the family were listed as Orthodox Presbyterians.  The wife  was aged 56 and James Greer, Tenant - age 59.  Rental records of Lord Templetown originally written 1847 and updated with notes in 1851 of those who had left [ie: gone to America.] In 1847 the children were: Andrew         son    25       Married and gone to AmericaJohn              son    23       Gone to  AmericaRobert           son   20Elizabeth Black daughter  24      Married Wm Black - 16 Aug 1850- Presbyterian Church records Co Antrim, Templepatrick, IrelandJane Black    granddaughter 6 mosJames           son    20 born 4 April 1833  County Antrim, Templepatrick - LDS film #0990082 item 9 - Lord Templetown's House church records. Marie Wilson, researcher, found that James Greer Sr died in 1876  but his farm continued to be occupied by James Jr, until 1883 when he left.

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Hi,

 

Thank you for your message.

 

Have you tried looking for information on the family in Church records? Presbyterian registers are held in three main locations:

?         in local custody

?         in the Public Records of Northern Ireland (PRONI) http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

?         at the Presbyterian Historical Society http://www.presbyterianhistoryireland.com in Belfast.

 PRONI has microfilm copies of almost all registers in Northern Ireland and also lists of records held by the Presbyterian Historical Society.

 

Have you tried looking into immigration records of those who left? Generally more information was given at the port of arrival rather than that of departure so this can sometimes be a place to find more information. For US immigration records check the National Archives at http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/

 

Some other websites which may be useful to you 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

Family Search: https://familysearch.org/        

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

 

You could also try contacting the Ulster Historical Foundation for assistance-however a fee may apply. Here are their contact details:

Ulster Historical Foundation,

49 Malone Road,

Belfast BT9 6RY,

Northern Ireland.

Phone: +44 28 90661988   Email: enquiry@uhf.org.uk

 

I am delighted that you are planning a visit this year. We have recently added a new link to the top of our page for visitors in 2013. It takes you to a short web form. We would really appreciate it if you could take a couple of minutes to fill this out. Thank you!

 

Kind regards,

 

Genealogy Support

 

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I do not know if you are still checking this site, but I believe your James Sr. is the brother of my ancestor Robert.

I can be reached at melanie.huffpuff@gmail.com if you want to compare notes.

Melanie Greer

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