Birth certificate/Death Certificate Thomas Burns circa 1850

Birth and death registration only started in Ireland in 1864, so you won?t get a birth certificate for Thomas Burns (publican) nor a death certificate unless he died after 1864. You might just find his baptism but to do that you would really need to know his exact denomination and the church where he was baptised. (And not all baptism records from that era have survived).

I searched the Belfast street directories for ?Thomas Burns, publican? 1818 ? 1880 but did not find one listed. 

Hi Ahoghill, many thanx. I'll try to get a hold of his baptism record from either St. Patrick's or St. Mathews in Belfast.  I know that my GG Grandfather Thomas was married in St. Mathews 1871.

He was 21 at the time and on the Marriage Certificate and it states that his father, also Thoma was a Publican.

I found a George Burns, publican in a street directory who managed or owned a pub in May Street.

My GG Grandfather Thomas lived in 33 Little May Street at the time of his marriage.

My GGG Thomas Burns is a mystery as you can tell.  His paper trail is non existant.  It's possible that he immigrated and died abroad after 1850 Thomas was born.

Thanx again,

Roy Burns.