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Offline lnr

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how to access any history of my grandfathers life
« on: Tuesday 19 January 21 22:53 GMT (UK) »
 My 4xs great grandfather John CAIRNS was born abt 1806 dont know where but he died 1896 co Down. I have his will. He lived a long life and through the famine possibly. I have the 1851 census for his daughter Agnes CAIRNS. I would like to know more about his life. His wife Margaret. ( Bigham)out lived him. How do I access northern Ireland news papers to see if there was a death notice for him. thanks lnr

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Re: how to access any history of my grandfathers life
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 19 January 21 23:46 GMT (UK) »
This chap?

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1896/05886/4669651.pdf

Not seeing any death notice in newspapers.You can do a free index search at either FindMyPast or British Newspaper Archives.
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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 19 January 21 23:53 GMT (UK) »
"As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don’t know we don’t know."  - Donald Rumsfeld

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Re: how to access any history of my grandfathers life
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 20 January 21 02:10 GMT (UK) »
thanks i was very gratefull for the help in those threads and have persued all the avenues given in them have only just found the write up about the Irish newspaper online etc within Roots chat. I was more looking into wether there are any local history museums or groups around co down that might have any info.lnr

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Re: how to access any history of my grandfathers life
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 20 January 21 09:46 GMT (UK) »

Quote from: lnr on Wednesday 20 January 21 02:10 GMT (UK)
I was more looking into wether there are any local history museums or groups around co down.....

Have you tried Ros Davies' Family History Research Site.
http://www.rosdavies.com/


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