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 of mine at the 4th cousin level :)

So this is the latest one I have decided to revisit...it is a bit far back (especially for Irish records, where the marker of 1800 is often the date-limit of somewhat reliable research. It is worth trying....

Jun 30,1788     FLEMING, William          GREEN, Isabella
                witness                   BRIGGS, Thomas

wish me luck!

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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 1756-1794

Sometimes, 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 that would otherwise be unavailable online.

Sharing should others benefit for their own family research: the records

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