John Long and Agnes Hill Long

 

Hi,

 

Thank you for your message.

 

You could try looking in church records for John and Agness? birth records. This would give you their parents? names.

Most Catholic records are held locally. One website which may be helpful is the Irish Times where they give an overview of what copies of records are available. For Island Magee/Larne records follow this link:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showlikerecords&citycounty=antrim&CityCounty=Antrim&parish=Larne

You can see that copies do are only available from c. 1821. It may be an idea to write to the local parish priest for possible assistance and to see if the original records start earlier.

 

For Church of Ireland records check: http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/. 

These records generally date to go back further.

 

You can also look for church records online:

www.familysearch.org (free)

www.rootsireland.ie (not free)

 

They would have travelled to Canada on a ship; this ship could have left from either Ireland or the UK. Also it is possible that they entered Canada through the US. For information on emigration to Canada follow this link:

http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Canadian-immigration-records.html

For the US check http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/US-immigration-records.html

 

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

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

 

I hope this is helpful. 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