Dear Jackie I am taking the liberty of following up on the search you were helping another person on her family I have been searching for my g.g.grandfather James Braniff boat builder in or around Portaferry or Downpatrick Co Down N Ireland. I have no information on him, his wife, or if there were any other siblings .other than the information I have from his son James Braniff who left the family to work in the ship yards of Belfast Co Antrim N Ireland. James #2 was b. 1831 in the Co Down . He married Margaret Mitchell 1856 in Elington Presbyterian Church 1856 . They had 4 sons #1 William who was the harbor pilot. #2 James [my grandfather]who was a rigger for the harbor and also at sea. #3 David was a bookkeeper for the harbor office. #4 Thomas was a shipwright for the harbor. The only information I have on my Great G Grandfather was his name which I got from his sons marriage certificate. I would be very thankful for any information you may be able to give me . Many thanks for your time and kindness.

Hi, I am sorry I know nothing of this family at all. I am certainly the last person to ask to help with Irish research as it has me totally baffles. I do have access to ancestry.com but it has little if anything on Ireland. Sorry Jackie [email protected] wrote: >Dear Jackie > I am taking the liberty of following up on the search you were >helping another person on her family > I have been searching for my g.g.grandfather James Braniff boat >builder in or around Portaferry or Downpatrick Co Down N Ireland. I have no >information on him, his wife, or if there were any other siblings .other than the >information I have from his son James Braniff >who left the family to work in the ship yards of Belfast Co Antrim N Ireland. > James #2 was b. 1831 in the Co Down . He married Margaret Mitchell >1856 in Elington Presbyterian Church 1856 . They had 4 sons > #1 William who was the harbor pilot. >#2 James [my grandfather]who was a rigger for the harbor and also at sea. >#3 David was a bookkeeper for the harbor office. >#4 Thomas was a shipwright for the harbor. > The only information I have on my Great G Grandfather was his >name which I got from his sons marriage certificate. I would be very >thankful for any information you may be able to give me . > Many thanks for your time and kindness. > > >==== IRL-BELFAST-CITY Mailing List ==== >The 'Subject' line of your e-mail will be the first thing others see, so make it stand out and relevant to your post. > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.11 - Release Date: 16/05/2005