William Higgins was a Catholic bishop. He would not have been eligible to attend Trinity and did not in fact do so. However, I found your sourcing for Church of Ireland clergymen potentially interesting. Thank you. Nancy Gray -------------- Original message from Rachel & Robert H Smith <[email protected]>: -------------- > Re Bishop Higgins, Researching Clergy > > Claire: > > Write to > Librarian > Representative Church Body Library > Braemor Park, Rathgar, Dublin 14 > > Ask whether Bishop William Higgins is listed in Canon James Leslie's > Biographical Index of the Clergy of the Church of Ireland and request a > photocopy of his entry. Give all particulars that you do know. It is > appropriate to send a contribution to pay for someones' time and copying > as well as a couple of International Response Coupons for postage. You > will receive a page with a sumary of his education, his career, his > marriage, and children. > > Bishop Higgins was almost certainly educated at Trinity College and will > be listed in their alumni record, Alumni Dublinenses. This record will > give his father's name, the county he came from, advanced degrees, > profession, sometimes positions or honors achieved. > Write to > Trinity College Library > College Street > Dublin 2 > Again, you should send International Response Coupons and something for > the researcher's time and copying. Via Google check their website to > find what amount is expected for this service. Ask for copies of all > the pages of Higgins. You may find listed several generations of a > family, grandfathers, fathers and brothers, who went to Trinity. > > Rachel Smith > ___________ > > > I have just learned that my great great grandfather, John Brady, of Clonbroney > parish, married Margaret Higgins in Drumlish RC Parish on May 4, 1831. They > were married by William Higgins, Bishop of Ardagh, who was Margaret's > brother. Can someone suggest to me where I might find more information on > that Higgins family? Thanks. Claire Brady White > > > > > ==== IRL-LONGFORD Mailing List ==== > To find other Irish county web pages visit IGP: > http://irelandgenealogyprojects.rootsweb.com > __________ NOD32 1.957 (20041222) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.nod32.com