Hi. My Higgins's are from Ireland. Not sure where from, yet, but I'm working on that. I know my 3rd great-grandfather arrived in the USA sometime after 1830. I think he was Protestant (my great-grandfather was), but I'm not sure. His parents names were John and Jennie Higgins. No information on siblings. He married Mary Clarke about 1852. He lived for 50+ years in Geneseo, NY and had eight children. Took him 45 years to petition for American citizenship. I think procrastination is genetic. :-)
Anyone have any advice on how I might narrow my research down to a specific county? All sources I've seen so far have Higgins families in several counties.

My ggg grandmother Nancy Higgins b 1845 - her parents were Walter Higgins b 1815 and his wife Jane b 1817. I'm stuck there. Walter was born in NY, but his parents were from Vermont. I'm unsure of Jane's surname, but she and her parents were born in NY. They all lived in Cayuga County.

I decided to change the image related to this group. Coats of arms are really not appropriate for genealogy. I hope you understand. Besides, I thought this was kinda "cool." My favorite uncle, Francis Clark Higgins and his son, Guy, owned and operated Higgins Printing in Rochester, New York for many years.

That's a cool icon and story, Michael! :)

Thanks!

HI Higgins's. My Margaret came out to Aust. in 1879 on Northampton. She was born in Tipperary ?? her parents were John Higgins and Elizabeth Sweett. any takers. Agree with all about Coat of Arms disscusion.

Hello Micheal.Is it possible that your Higgins Family Genealogy could combine with the Higgins Family site so we could compare notes easily? I'm sure if we all got together with our individual input we may get somewhere. As they say Two {or more}are better than One.
Kindast Regards.
Jennifer.

Come on over! The more the merrier.

Let's see if we can begin to bring some focus to our Hggins efforts.
I don't know, yet, in which country my gggrandfather, John Higgins, was born. I want to do more research on that to prepare for a research trip to Ireland.
I think he may have been Protestant -- my grandfather was originally baptized as a Protestant, then later, at the insistence of his mother, I'm told, he was baptized as a Catholic.
Can anyone offer any clues to where your Higgins originated?
BTW, I was born Michael Higgins. My Dad died when I was seven, my mother remarried and my stepfather adopted me.

Hi Michael .My Higgins appear to originate in Ireland {Tipperary} 1800. Margaret my G.G.Grandma was married in N.S.W. St. Augustines Balmain. Catholic??

If you go to http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and enter “Higgins,” you will see “the number and location of households of the name in Ireland 1848-64” and “variant spellings or associated names.” Apparently, we Higgins had spread over virtually all Ireland by that time, making it difficult, without some additional clues, to determine where our ancestors originated.

In my particular case, family lore suggests we came from County Cork, though none of my aunts or uncles can cite a source for this “fact.”

I continue to search for some documentation (death certificate, ship's manifest, etc.) that cites a county of origin, but so far, no luck. And in my case, the name "John Higgins" is a very common one, making my search that much more difficult.

Anyone else have a success story to share? I'd be interested in hearing about the geographic sources of Higgins immigrants, Irish or not, from any who have had any luck tracing back.

My GGrandmother was Bridget Higgins, born c1852 in Quebec, Canada. I believe her parents were John James Higgins and Margaret Creen, both of whom were born c1831 in Quebec. I believe that their parents were born in Ireland; and there is a possibility that John's father was also John Higgins, and was born in Yoghal County Cork. Bridget married Terence Peter Quinn in St. Anicet Quebec and died there 7/22/1921.

My ancestor is William H. Higgins born 25 Feb 1813 in Barren Co, , KY; died
1865 in Cedar County, MO. William H. Higgins married Priscilla Journey
(1815-1855.) Need ancestors of both William Higgins & Priscilla Journey.

Welcome, Willard. Well, so far, we haven't had much luck making connections -- not that we will stop trying. I'm still trying to discover the source in Ireland of my Higgins's. I'll just keep plugging until I do.

Hi

Any info:   on Thomas J Higgins (dob)1888 married to Margaret Green

from Ireland. son Michael J Higgins dob 1857

Michael was married to Mary A Walsh from  Armagh, or Tyrone Ireland

May's name was spelled at times Welch or Walsh

Mary father John Welch -- Mother Mary Welch (no dob.)