RESEARCH
This
web-site could be a useful start to people who are researching their ancestors
from Bellaghy and its surrounding district in N. Ireland. Many Ulster people
left this country over the centuries with the Americas, Australia and New
Zealand being favoured destinations. Some left to escape the sometimes
dreary climate, some under duress by the courts, some to escape pestilence
and famine and some to simply join friends and make their fortune in new
lands. Whatever the individual reason, those people left important ancestral
history here in Northern Ireland some of which we may still have on file.
CORRESPONDENCE
We, at Ballyscullion Parish Church, always welcome
e-mails and letters from genuinely interested people, world-wide, who think that their
relatives may have a former connection with Bellaghy or any of the local townlands (Ballydermot, Ballymacombs Beg, Ballymacombs More, Ballynease-Helton, Ballynease-Macpeake, Ballynease-Strain, Ballyscullion West,
Drumanee Lower, Drumanee Upper, East Glebe, Edenreagh, Intake, Killyberry,
Killyberry Boyd, Killyberry Downing, Leitrim, Mullaghbo(u)y, Old-Town
Downing, Old-Town Deer Park, Tamlaghtduff, Tamniaran and West Glebe, etc.
etc.)
GENEALOGICAL SERVICE
A
highly-recommended, professional genealogical service is
usually available within the
parish for those who need good, reliable
information on their Bellaghy ancestors. There are now many people
throughout the world who have had successful results from this service.
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