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Registration of marriages in Ireland started in 1845 for Non-Catholic marriages and all marriages & births started in 1864, so you are going to need Parish records for Maureen's baptism and her parents marriage.

for ref:-

John Morrison
mentioned in the record of John Morrison and Cathorim Armstrong

Name: John Morrison
Spouse's Name: Cathorim Armstrong
Event Date: 13 May 1867
Event Place: Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland
Father's Name: James Morrison
Spouse's Father's Name: John Armstrong
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Marital Status: Single

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M70237-7 , System Origin: Ireland-EASy , GS Film number: 101510 , Reference ID: Page 284 No. 155

Yes John was born just over two weeks after arriving in New Zealand. It must have been a helluva trip for Catherine!! Thanks so much for this information.
Rose

Yes, Catherine, that is the family. Going by that Catherine's Mum was 14 years older than her dad!! Thank you for that, I will check out the Ancestry Tree.

Rose

If the tree is correct, then eldest child was born in New Zealand:-

James Morrison
Birth 15 Sept 1867 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Death 26 Mar 1922 in Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand

.............so possible that the couple emmigrated just after the marriage????

Tree also gives this as 1861 census for Catherine:-

NAME: Catharine Armstrong
AGE: 19
ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: 1842
RELATION: Daughter
FATHER'S NAME: John Armstrong
MOTHER'S NAME: Hannah Armstrong
GENDER: Female
WHERE BORN: County Armals, Ireland
CIVIL PARISH: North Meols
COUNTY/ISLAND: Lancashire
COUNTRY: England
STREET ADDRESS:
REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Ormskirk
SUB-REGISTRATION DISTRICT: North Meols
ED, INSTITUTION, OR VESSEL: 7
NEIGHBORS: View others on page
HOUSEHOLD SCHEDULE NUMBER: 122
PIECE: 2761
FOLIO: 13
PAGE NUMBER: 21
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
NAME AGE
John Armstrong 36 - Carriage driver BORN: County Armals, Ireland
Hannah Armstrong 50 BORN: County Armals, Ireland
Mary Ann Armstrong 20
Catharine Armstrong 19
Eliza Armstrong 14
Maria Armstrong 12
Anne Armstrong 8

Did the family end up in New Zealand?

a tree on ancestry has this:-


John James (Jimmy) Morrison
Birth 1843 in County Tyrone, Ireland
Death 06 Nov 1915 in Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand

Parents
James Morrison
Rebecca

Spouse:-
Catherine Armstrong
1843 – 1940

Catherine's Parents
John Armstrong
1825 –

Hannah Armstrong
1811 –

Children:-
James Morrison
1867 – 1922

Frederick Morrison
1882 –

I have a marriage certificate for John Morrison and Catherine Armstrong married 13 May 1867 in Omagh, County Tyrone. The age for both of them is "full". Their fathers names are James Morrison and John Armstrong. The witnesses are James Morrison and Rebecca Morrison - is this James' wife?

Thanks
Rose

Have you tried this one?

http://www.rootsireland.ie/

I've also used this one in the past:
www.emeraldancestors.com
although today I see that both Firefox and Internet Explorer are telling me the connection is untrusted, and are dissuading me from opening it.

Hello Rosemary, you could also give some details of who you're looking for and the timescale - someone might just be able to help you progress further.

You could check this site out:-

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/information-and-services/leisure-home-and-community/family-history-heritage-and-museums/archive-for-family-and-local-history.htm

I am looking for Ancestors in Northern Ireland but unfortunately I am struggling to find websites which I can look up.

My Ancestors come from Tyrone or Fermanagh and Enniskillen.

If anyone can point me in the right direction or just let me know whether it is worthwhile pursuing my research in Northern Ireland or not.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Rose