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"People will not look forward to
posterity
who never look backward to their ancestors."
-Edmund Burke
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Do you think any of your Family Ancestors may have once lived in this
area?
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Perhaps they were born near
here
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Or were possibly baptised here in
the Ballyscullion Baptismal Font
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Or they were married in
Ballyscullion Church
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Or their remains may be interred in
the Ballyscullion Graveyard
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Or even in another place near
here!
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- We may already have the
information you need OR
- We may be able to quickly
get it for you at another local source
Do not hesitate to E-mail us to see if we can help directly or perhaps point you in
a positive direction
Or even simply say "we don't know"!
RESEARCHING YOUR BELLAGHY ANCESTORS
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 or otherwise know the whereabouts of!
CORRESPONDENCE
We, at Ballyscullion Parish Church in the diocese of Derry & Raphoe, 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, detailed, reliable information on their Bellaghy ancestors. We only
deal with facts and will never send you a 'fairy story'.
There are now many hundreds of very satisfied people throughout the world who have had great results from
this service.
Some comments we received were as
follows:-
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graves" - LS
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"What can I say? Thank you doesn’t even begin to express how much my family and I are obliged
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Thank you too, ****, for your vital step in this swift journey of discovery." - CS
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