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I am looking for a Mr Ross who I believe was a schoolmaster at Old Castle in the early 1700's.

I am also looking for Isaac Henthorn and his wife Mabel and sons James born 1706  and John.

There appears to be no trace of them being born there.  but Isaac and Mabel married in 1696 in the Kilmore area of Ireland.

Can anyone assist please.

I like to find my information from the libraries and records offices,  It is easy to obtain stuff which has been posted into databases without any check ups on the validity of that information, so making it necessary to double check it anyway unless you want to possibly end up down a blind alley.

As a professional researcher  (not genealogy I may add) but in the legal field I find it  a useful tool when doing my own genealogy research.

Some people like to gather everything on offer, that is their choice but I do my work quite differently, from very early childhood I was taken to reference libraries and to bookshops and other venues containing books.   My great uncle was a book-dealer and taught me much that I feel grateful to him to this day.

If I went to a chatroom I would not expect to be pounced on as I have been and asked what names are you researching at which point ,you get a deluge of information which is no relation to the lines you are working on.  People think they are being helpful, when all the while the person who has entered is looking for some friendly chat to get used to how the room works.

I have been in trouble when a very old gentlement came into the room and  said "I don't suppose anyone knows anything about Roman and Celtic History, and I said I did ,  this old chap was 90 years of age but , others didn't want it. So I left and ended up doing the  work with the person in Instant Messages. at least that way he got to know what he desperately wanted to know about.

There are many ways of sharing knowledge, but they are not always appreciated.

A lot of people also leave if people they are looking are aren't there.

You can see who is on the list.

There was a large family of Ballingers in St Helens during the 1940's 1950's and 1960's.

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Regards

As Earlestown is part of St Helens Borough, the records should be at the Lancashire Records Office in Preston. 

The records of Marriages for St John C of E church 1879 - 1930 have been published by The St Helens Townships Group on DVD and also the Newton le Willows (adjacent to Earlestown) St Peter's C of E Church from 1845 - 1930


http://www.sthelenstownshipsfhs.org.uk/

You would need to purchase this as look-ups are not allowed the disks are copyrighted.