Hello - Hoping some kind person will be able to offer some advice: I have traced our earliest McKeowns as being married in Ballyeaston Church, how do I find out more about them, how do I find what children they had between 1845 and 1857 when our g.grandfather was born? The details I have are:- I have researched back to a marriage entry in the Ballyeaston Church in the parish of Ballycor and Rashee in the County of Antrim, Ireland in September 1845 (vol 1 page 21). It is for James McKeon, aged 22 who married Sarah Houston, they were both from Ballynashee, (their fathers were James McKeon, Labourer and Thomas Houston, Farmer), they were "married in the Church of Ballyeaston according to the rites and ceremonies of the United Church of England and Ireland by Licence by me, D.C. Courtenay, Perpetual Curate. This would put James as being born in 1823. (His son is known as McKeown) I know they had a son (whom emigrated to New Zealand aged 21 years from whom we are descended), on the son, David's, marriage certificate in New Zealand he is recorded as David McKeown, born 1857, Ballyclare, County Antrim. I would presume his parents would have had more children from when they married in 1845 to when they had him in 1857, but it is very difficult to try and find where to get this information from. That is why I am hoping you may be able to offer advice. I also have information about a James McKeown who in 1868 married Mary McVeagh in Belfast (Vol 1 page 322), one of their sons is called Huston McKeown, b. 8 Jan 1871 (and a sibling Samuel b. 25 July 1874) both in Ballynure (which I think is in the Ballyeaston/Ballyclare area), I think they may be connected because of the Houston/McKeown connection - but I am clutching at straws here. There has been quite a history of James and David's in each of the generations that came out to NZ. Thankyou for any assistance or advice you could give me. Kind Regards, Dorothy, New Zealand