continuing from my last post, am going to trace (and hopefully figure out the connection), the witness to my 5x great grandparents' wedding in Banbridge, Down, Northern Ireland in 1788.WHO IS THOMAS BRIGGS to my ancestors? Usually a witness to a marriage was a family member, so am starting with this assumption.Next I will find out who he married, his descendents, and see if me or my siblings...
Sunday, May 21, 2023
breaking down brick walls - who are the witnesses? BRIGGS
I have written about past brick walls and some of the ways I attempt to move through them.One of those is focussing on the witnesses to marriage, as they are often relations (I broke down a major brick wall several years ago by using the witness to my paternal great grandparents' wedding and was able to find that he was a first cousin by tracing back his tree, and confirming it with DNA matches...
random research finds - BAPTISMAL RECORDS FOR THE BANBRIDGE NON-SUBSCRIBING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, COUNTY DOWN, IRELAND 1756-1794
This definitely qualifies - I found a few details of my own ancestors via this document:BAPTISMAL RECORDS FOR THE BANBRIDGE NON-SUBSCRIBING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, COUNTY DOWN, IRELAND 1756-1794Sometimes, gems come in the most random of places. For me, this was one of them for one of my paternal lines.I thank those who researched and compiled these as they serve as an access point for documentation...
ulster-scot names
It's a back and forth...my father was Scottish, raised in Glasgow, and yet much of his family ancestry is rooted in Northern Ireland.I try to gap-fill, and look for resources, even just simply lists of names for guidance.The searches in Northern Ireland have certainly led to me being better read...
