I hope someone on the SURGENER mail list can help Steve. Darryl, ideas? Ruby _____________________________________ >Delivered-To: [email protected] >Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 04:51:02 -0800 (PST) >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Internet Resources for Ballymena >From: [email protected] >X-Mailer: Procmail Autoreply >X-Loop: [email protected] >CC: [email protected] > >From [email protected] > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01BE3492.87AA3120 > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > Hello all, > > > I am just beginning my journey into discovering my family history, and = > > have been very fortunate to find this mailing list. Thank you for = > > allowing me to participate. > > > I have a question for the group. What is a good internet resource for = > > researching records in Ballymena Ireland? > > > My grandfather Joseph Francis Campbell emigrated from Ireland in early - = > > mid 1900's to Quebec City Canada. He was married to Catherine Wood. = > > When we went to Quebec City to get a copy of the marriage certificate = > > for our records, we discovered that his name was not Campbell after all, = > > but rather Surgenor. He changed his name for some reason. He was born = > > July 17, 1910, and we do indeed knowthat he was from Ballymena. He was = > > catholic - as I understand it, there are not too many Catholic Churches = > > in Ballymena (County Antrim) - mostly protestant. > > > So here I begin my journey. Can someone recommend a good resource back = > > in Ireland given my minimal details. > > > Thank You all in advance. > > > Steve Campbell (should have been Surgenor) >