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Hi I wonder if someone could point me in the right direction.  I am trying to research my Son in Law's family but have never researched in Northern Ireland before so am at a loss.  The details that I have are that his Grandfather's name was Seamus or James Duffy who was born on 13th January 1943 in Derry.  He had 19 siblings or was 1 of 19, it is thought that only 9 survived infancy.  His Dad died we think before 1960 and his Mum within 6 months.  Some siblings stayed in Ireland but some moved or were sent to England.  Some names for his siblings that we have are Harry (was a Priest in Ireland) and Eddie (came to England), Margaret and Rosalyn (both stayed in Ireland) and some emigrated to Canada. Eddie was the youngest and Seamus/James the second youngest of all the children.  Any help or pointers would be gratefully received.

Thank you in advance,

CJ

Kind of confused (doesn't take much) but my 6 x great Grandparents appear to have married twice within a week.  The first date was 26th December 1760 listed as either Salisbury, Wiltshire or Hampshire.  Their names were John Milson/Milsom and Susannah Gwyn.  They were then married on 1st January 1761 in Holt Chapel.  I have seen the record for the Holt marriage and they were married by license.

Susannah was bapt 1743, so could it be that they ran off, got married, came home then had another marriage, for their families??

Any ideas?

TIA

CJ

I have a record for someone travelling to the US from Poland via the UK in 1939.  Under the Name of Passenger section on the Outward Passengers from the UK, there are headings for A, C and I.  Under the A all the page have 1, all have nothing under the other two headings.  What does the A, C and I stand for? They were all travelling First Class.

Many thanks

CJ

I am currently looking into the Kershaw/Kirshaw/Kirshay etc family of Birstall.  I have come across a few records for William (they liked that name!) living at Bully Trees.  All records are from St Peter's Birstall and list him as being William K...(what ever spelling they preferred) of Bully Trees.  I have never heard of this place, not sure if it is a farm. pub or hamlet.  Kind of hoping that someone might have an idea of what Bully Trees was and where it was/is.  I have looked at oldmapsonline but could not see it (that doesn't mean that it isn't there! Had a giggle at Hell Hole Wood that looks like it is pretty much where the M62 is now, so kind of certain that a few modern day commuters will agree with the name!).  But I digress, the records that I found for William were viewable on the famous site beginning with A that rhymes with tree or transcribed on the LDS site.  He married Susanna Lister on 30th May 1737 and had a few children, starting with twins Abraham and Sarah in 1738 (although to view that one you have to beta search), there are a couple of other children William (yes another!) bapt 1742 transcribed as Kasher but it is not a good copy and John (another name they had a penchant for!) bapt 1740 both Gomersal or Great Gomersal as their place of abode.  Kind of hoping that someone is wanting a challenge.

Thanks for reading 

CJ