research for parents for ARTHUR THOMPSON BORN 1805 ANTRIM
Arthur Thompson
Born: Abt. 1805 Glenavey County Antrim Ireland
Death: 29 NOV 1871 Fingal, Tasmania, Australia
He married Jacobina Hepburn 18 October 1855 Roy's Hill Tasmania, Australia
Birth: 6 OCT 1822 • Elie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Death: 23 SEP 1890 • Fingal, Tasmania, Australia
I have come to a brick wall with Arthur and cant find any information on his parents or why he came to Tasmania, Australia.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thank you
marteena
Answers
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@marteenawilson I'm told by some Tasmanian friends that the victims of penal laws went to the mainland (Australia) whereas people looking for a better life went to Tasmania. Re: the parents of Arthur Thompson the best place would be parish records (COI) found at Dublin or Belfast (PRONI). Thats assuming he was Church of Ireland.
Both mean an in person visit as none of the records are currently online.
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/Guide-to-Church-Records-October-2019.pdf follow that link and you get a very useful document that lists the location & availability of all church records for N Ireland - not the south though.
GLENAVY, CO. ANTRIM C.I. Glenavy (Connor diocese) [Includes also Camlin and Tullyrusk] Baptisms, 1707-1908; marriages, 1707 MIC583/1, 7; 1856, 1857-64 and 1874-1915; burials, MIC1/43-44B; 1707-1918; vestry minutes, 1707-1884; CR1/53 tithe applotments, 1826-7; census of united parishes of Glenavy, Camlin and Tullyrusk, taken in 1856-7 but revised in 1858-9 and 1873; communicants and
P. Dundrod Baptisms, 1829-1950; marriages, 1829 MIC1P/416; 1930;
Methodist and RC records may not be of use due to the dates. Take a look at the PRONI document and see what you think.
The above are copy & paste from that link and you can see why you would want to go to PRONI and see the COI film. Back to 1707. Doesn't often happen like that in Irish genealogy.
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