FRANCIS SOUTHWICK wrote: > I am looking to locate my family. > > My gg grandfather was called Charles McPhillips born c 1838. I do not know > which county he was born in. His father was also called Charles. > > Also my gg grandmother Rose Ann McGowan born c 1840. Again I do not know > the county she was born in. Her father was called John. > > Charles and Rose Ann were married in Northumberland in England in 1866. > > Can anyone get me any information on these families. > > Thank you. > > > Hi Francis, You are asking someone to hunt for a needle in a hay stack especially so when you have no county even as a guide. As for the McGowan surname I am picking that this is and was a quite common surname in Ireland. Had you known what county in Ireland your people came from you would still need to know what Townland so then you could see if any parish records are still available, you then would have to check each parish in the area and not knowing the religion that means you could be looking at six or more parish records. Sure you may get a very lucky break and strike them in the first parish you look at, however I would not bank on it. Basically Francis you need more information from with in the family as what you have supplied is not enough. Please do not ask this group or any other group if there are shipping / passenger records between Ireland and England as this is a daft question due to the fact that even now there are no records kept on passengers going to any destination within the UK, you do not even have to present a passport to travel from Stranrar to Larne or Dublin to Holyhead I know this because I have done both trips. David