Having just (after long years of trying) placed my O'Neill ancestors in Banbridge in 1825, I am toying with the notion of a trek to the old sod to visit PRONI and other record-holding sites in Ireland. Never had enough info to even consider it before. I note that Banbridge has a genealogy service - Banbridge Genealogy Services. Does anyone know if this organization has any unique access to any records which are not held by PRONI, GRO Northern Ireland, or the UHF? (emails to their email address listed on their Rootsweb website - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donaghmore1/bangenserv.html - bounce and those to their direct website - http://www.banbridgegenealogy.com/.banbridgegenealogy.com - go unanswered. Thanks Charles O'Neill

My O'Neill ancestor is shown as being baptised in the following place: Parish/District: DROMORE Roman Catholic Address 1: BELLANY (I am fairly certain this is a mistake in transcription, and ought to read "BALLENY" - a townland in the Parish of Dromore at the time of his baptism) Address 2: ___________ Address 3: Banbridge Address 4: Co Down I can not tell by looking at the map I have if Banbridge is within the townland of Balleny. It seems to me it may be just south of that townland. Can anyone tell me if, in fact, Banbridge falls within the boundaries of the 1825 townland of Balleny? Would these addresses indicate that my ancestor was baptised in Banbridge (and I am not sure there was a RC Church in Banbridge in 1825) or if he may have been baptised in Dromore, but resided in Banbridge? That's for any help here. Charles O'Neill ________________________ Charles O'Neill wrote: > Having just (after long years of trying) placed my O'Neill ancestors > in Banbridge in 1825, I am toying with the notion of a trek to the old > sod to visit PRONI and other record-holding sites in Ireland. Never > had enough info to even consider it before. > > I note that Banbridge has a genealogy service - Banbridge Genealogy > Services. Does anyone know if this organization has any unique access > to any records which are not held by PRONI, GRO Northern Ireland, or > the UHF? (emails to their email address listed on their Rootsweb > website - > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donaghmore1/bangenserv.html > - bounce and those to their direct website - > http://www.banbridgegenealogy.com - go unanswered. > > > Thanks > > Charles O'Neill