Eireann Can you come at it form anther direction. Who was the Minister who preformed the Marriage? Your first sentence seems to suggest that the Cetificate was issued in Belfast. If that is so, it should reduce the list of town/areas with Bally - just a little for you. So if you are able to cross reference with the Minister's name htat may givne you your location Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ulster3" <ulster3@gmail.com> To: <IRL-ANTRIM@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 4:52 AM Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] Help with NI town name >I cannot decipher yet another piece of information on a marriage >certificate > from Belfast. The handwriting is too erratic. > > My great-grandfather's place of residence is listed as "Bally - > (something). > I realize there are tons of Bally--- towns out there. I'm not even sure if > this place is a town or parish or what. The place names in NI are very > confusing for a novice. > > This one looks like Ballyfomastin? Ballyformastin? Starts with "Bally" and > ends in "in". > > Any suggestions? > > Eireann > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It could be Ballygomartin which is an area in Belfast John -----Original Message----- From: irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mike Boyd Sent: 31 January 2007 22:33 To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Help with NI town name Eireann Can you come at it form anther direction. Who was the Minister who preformed the Marriage? Your first sentence seems to suggest that the Cetificate was issued in Belfast. If that is so, it should reduce the list of town/areas with Bally - just a little for you. So if you are able to cross reference with the Minister's name htat may givne you your location Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ulster3" <ulster3@gmail.com> To: <IRL-ANTRIM@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 4:52 AM Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] Help with NI town name >I cannot decipher yet another piece of information on a marriage >certificate > from Belfast. The handwriting is too erratic. > > My great-grandfather's place of residence is listed as "Bally - > (something). > I realize there are tons of Bally--- towns out there. I'm not even sure if > this place is a town or parish or what. The place names in NI are very > confusing for a novice. > > This one looks like Ballyfomastin? Ballyformastin? Starts with "Bally" and > ends in "in". > > Any suggestions? > > Eireann > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net