Baptismal records

[RedCoat]

We have just returned from a visit to Northern Ireland.  Since our visit we would like to locate baptismal records for a family member.  I had recently had the Ulster Historical Society do an investigation and very comprehensive search for us but were unable to located any baptismals in the Belfast area.  Since the mother and father (David Fairfield & Margaret Ann Dunlop) were married in Killinchy, I am assuming that perhaps they baptized their children there.  We are looking for the baptismal record of one of their children William Fairfield b. 19 April 1890 at Gilnarhirk, county Down. 

Can anybody suggest how I might locate a baptismal record?  I have no idea where to start.
regards
gary

[BallyaltikilliganG]

Find the church! if only it was that easy. Perhaps try www.familysearch.com for Fairfield in Ireland in the IGI section, there I found
David Fairfield - Wife Margaret Ann Dunlop 
Children
1.   Minnie Fairfield    Female   
Birth:  27 JUN 1879  Gilnahirk, Down, Ireland I didnt look further,
there is further information along the bottom of the entry. A street directory of that time might list the various denominations churches. Someone else possibly a Fairfield is researching the Fairfields of Newtownards which is nearby.  My memory says a furniture, book or antique shop. Good luck,Jim

[BallyaltikilliganG]

My only clues for the church your Fairfield might have attended can be found  at Public Record Office of Northern Ireland [PRONI] ie www.proni.gov.uk/ . Their database for 1912 citizens signing the covenant etc contains just under half a million original signatures and addresses of the men who, on 28 September 1912, signed the Ulster Covenant, and of the women who signed the parallel Declaration. In total, the Covenant was signed by 237,368 men, and the Declaration by 234,046 women.  I selected three entries because they are in the Knock {Gilnahirk area}. Where they signed ie Bloomfield Avenue Congregational Church might be just the use of a church hall or it could be their church

Fairfield Bella Hazebank Cottage Knock Belfast: East Pottinger Bloomfield Avenue Congregational Church MacRea, E F
Fairfield Jane Cherryvalley Cottages Knock Belfast: South Saint Anne's City Hall Collins, Jane
Fairfield William Hazelbank Colleges Knock Belfast: East Pottinger Bloomfield Avenue Church McKee, John : 

 I havent a clue if this church exists today, a google search produced Bloomfield Presbyterian Church Cyprus Avenue Belfast BT5 5NT Bloomfield Methodist Church Grand Parade Belfast BT5 5PE Bloomfield Baptist Church 25 Upper Newtownards Road Belfast BT4 3HT Parish Church Bloomfield Road Belfast BT5 5LT Presbyterian Church Gilnahirk Road Belfast BT5 7QQ
Good luck in the quest, Jim

[RedCoat]

Thanks for your efforts.  I do have the info from the Ulster Covenant including addresses.  As I indicated in my original email, I had the Ulster Historical Society do an investigation for me which included a search for baptismal records in Belfast and nearby areas including Gilnahirk and Newtownards with negative results.