Eileen this is the Link for Emerald Ancesters for you

 

 

This is also a good site for Scottish Records,and not to expensive

Thank you both for you suggestion of Emerald Ancestors and the link. I had heard of it somewhere and planned to try & find it this afternoon and have a go so the link is great

I do use Scotland's people --my mother's paternal side is Scottish as well as my father's.and have found it helpful--also the Scottish census forms on ancestry uk

I am trying to find out what happened re a sibling of my grandma My great grandparents--Gilbert Higgins and Annie Darragh were married in Ahogill c Antrim & I understand that their children were:

Hugh b1864--I have full info for him--his marriage children etc.--

Thomas b1866

Jane b 10 April 1872

Jane b 21 Jan 1877

Clara 1879

I would like to trace a record of the 1st Jane's death.It's interesting that my granny--Jane 2-always celebrated her birthday in April not January but on the 1st not the 10th. Everything else ties in that I have the right granny--census forms her marriage (tho she took a few years off her age but got them back later!!) and the birth of my father & aunt.

At  some point c 1880 there was another daughter called Mary--probably-- but not certainly --born in Antrim-so I would like to trace her birth.-on Scottish census  forms  was 2 years younger than Jane.

 

I have Annie Darragh's death in Scotland but no trace of Gilbert Higgins so far. I have the rest of the family in Scotland by the time of the 1891 census but no trace of them in 1881. I am hoping to trace Gilbert Higgins' death as well as this may tell me when the family moved to Scotland

 

If you could help with any of these please. I'd be very gratfeul. I don't expect you to look for them all--I don't "expect" you to do anything!

 

Thank you--Eileen

Hi Eileen,Was looking through http://www.ancestryireland.com/quis.php And there is just one record there for A Hugh Higgins

Burial Record HIGGINS HUGH 1885     CO ANTRIM

On that site also finds this

 

Civil Marriages

HIGGINS

CLARA MARY

1910

Antrim

My goodness mickym you have been quick. Thank you--I appeciate this.The one for Clara seems a possibility and would explain why she doesn't appear on the Scottish census forms. 

Hugh Higgins could be the father of Gilbert as his father was Hugh.

I think that either I need to have another attempt at ancestryireland or go for Emerald ancestors'

I'll keep in touch and let you know how I get on

Eileen

 

Hi Eileen,What a Really Nice Comment,Thank You.We are so pleased That this has turned out Well For you.What Wonderfull News.Maybe as you Said Her divi Wasnt Right.But I see The funny Point.Yes Many Years Ago All our Parents Waited For There COOP divi,I wonder how many people or Members Remember That.

I know Marian, Kay,Jelora And Fran will wish You luck With them Also

So thank you,Eileen.

 

Mike

slight correction--should read people like your selves--not our selves!!

 

I'm hoping to find out where family members got to--I know that Uncle W stayed in Scotland-a great aunt came to England with my granny & her husband

I am well & truly hooked.The more you find out--the more you want to find out!

 

I have been delighted recently to make good progress with some of my late husband's ancestors --one line I have got back as far as 1580 and only 20 miles or so from where we moved to about 20 yrs ago---totally unaware of any connection. I also found that a branch of my mother's family came from  30 miles from where I now live and not far where there are Darraghs living now who may just be a connection of the relations that dad visited in the war!!

Watch this space!

Eileen

A litle bit more update on the Darrochs as of this morning.

I have found another copy of the amrriage between Gilbert Higgins & Annie Darrgah and it says that Gilbert was a soldier--also give the names of both fathers & the ages which the other one hadn't.

I keep at it!

Eileen

Hi eileen,This is absolutely Brilliant news for you.I am So pleased for You

Mike

Thank you all for your comments --it's really encouraging when other people are pleased for you--at least I find this so.

 

I see that I mentioned ancestry ireland earlier. Well--a week a go I had an e mail rom the people who you pay for credits with a receipt for my credits paid for in may.So i sent this to ancestry  I reland  as that might have been why I seemed to have no credits,. I had a lovely reply with an apology saying I  must have have slipped though the net due to re-organisation, The person who contacted me couldn't have been more helpful,  activated my account & added some credits and they said that  if I gave them names of who I  was looking for etc they would put them in a "menu" or something like that  and that's how  I found the info mentioned in message 16.So--I felt I needed to put the record straight with you re A I

 

With this added info I can check more easily if the Hugh Higgins burial record you gave me which I noted is "mine"

Will be in touch--Eileen

 

 

Hi Eileen,That was Really good of them,There are a lot who just Fob you off.So its nice to here that,Well now its Just Finding all the Other Lost ones.So Let us Know How you get On or any Help you May Need

 

Mike And All Managers