Genealogy Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Quick Search

Single word search

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Northern Ireland newspapers

ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

Norman

Norman Report 27 Nov 2007 10:46

I have a photo taken in Belfast in 1931 showing an elderly lady and two children that I would like to identify. Does anyone know of a Belfast publication that could show the photo and ask readers if they know their identities?

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 27 Nov 2007 11:06

Try the local newspapers (wouldnt send the original though - scan a copy over). Also have a look at:
http://www.belfastfamilyhistory.com/

Norman

Norman Report 27 Nov 2007 14:24

Thank you, I had hoped that I could be pointed to a particular newspaper that has a section on finding people.
The photo was taken in the studio of Wm. L Allison, 13 Donegall Square North, Belfast in 1931. It is probably unlikely but I wonder if they are still in business?

Norman

Norman Report 28 Nov 2007 14:44

I have looked at the Belfast Family History site and it looks a useful gateway into the Irish censuses of 1901 and 1911 but until I have identified the relatives on the photo I do't know who to look for.

Norman

Norman Report 4 Dec 2007 15:30

No replies so it looks as though the Belfast papers don't do photos.
On another tack my Hayes ancestors wer living at 10 Ghent Street, Belfast in 1870. Does anyone know if this address still exists?

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 4 Dec 2007 16:08

Have only found the following tennant list from the 1907 street list for Belfast and in that year number 10 was occupied by a Robert Brown. Cant find the street in anything after the first world war. From what I can find out the houses where little more than slum housing and would have probably been cleared

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 4 Dec 2007 16:15

In the 1880 street records the following Hayes are listed - but none in Ghent street:

Hayes, Alexander, baker, 47 Lorton Street
Hayes, Charles, spinning master, 17 Waterford Street
Hayes, David H., 364 Eden Terrace, Shankhill Road
Hayes, David, jeweller, Everley Villas
Hayes, Edward, staff sergeant, 29 Patrick Street Great
Hayes, Ellen, 3 Atlantic Avenue
Hayes, John, mechanic, 139 Sandy Row
Hayes, R. E., M.D., 50 Duncairn Street
Hayes, William J., engineer, 25 Earl Street
Hayes, Wm., potato merchant, 1, 3 & 5 Vernon Street and 67 May Street
Hayes, William, grocer, 16 Welsh Street