Northern Ireland research

[ElizabethHerts]

I've never researched families from Northern Ireland before.

In 1914 Annie Bamber married in England. Her father was Thomas Bamber from Po-?, Co. Armagh. (Poor quality newspaper entry)

How would I go about researching this family?

[ElizabethHerts]

I think I've found her on the 1901 Census.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPBY-92JN

She was M.A. when she married.

[kiterunner]

Hmm, I was going to ask Catholic or Protestant as there would be different records to look at depending on which but I see they were Quakers. You will be best to start with the Irish Civil records, which are free to access, and which include Northern Ireland up to 1922:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy....vil-search.jsp

[kiterunner]

Here is William Barcroft Bamber's birth registration, giving MMN as Grimason or something like that, hard to read:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy....07/1962903.pdf

(I haven't found Annie's birth reg yet.)

[kiterunner]

Hmm, here is the registration of an Alice Bamber, born 9 Aug 1880 Lurgan, parents Thomas Bamber and Alice nee Grimason:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy....66/2050098.pdf

[ElizabethHerts]

I've been making good progress, Kate.
Yes, they were Quakers, which is making research easier.
Thomas Bamber died in 1893. His wife Alice (Grimason) was a midwife.
I have found some of the births but not Annie's.

[ElizabethHerts]

Thomas and Alice married in 1862 and I have the record.

[kiterunner]

There is an 1884 birth reg for the Alice who is 16 in 1901:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy....73/1984859.pdf

I don't see a death reg for the first Alice, so was the wrong name registered, or they decided to change her name to Annie later?

[ElizabethHerts]

Hmm, confusing.

I reckon they made a mistake with the name.

[ElizabethHerts]

Result, I've found her on the 1939 Register in Lincolnshire with her daughter.
DOB corrected from 9 Aug 1884 to 9 Aug 1880.