Meeting with Paul Hull and the Reverand Hull

We had another fun day at the PRONI doing research and trying to find all of the lists of refences and maps. We found some very good documentation and maps of the Hulls in Lisburn and Belfast and some maps to tell us where they lived. As I said yesturdy, that we saw a Presbyterian Church with the Reveran W. I Hull listed on their markee, so tonight at 7:45 p.m. I went to their community meeting and when I walked in and introduced myself as a Hull they all said that the Reverand and I looked a lot like each other.
As predicted the nose was one of the trademarks. His isn't as big but it still has the hook.He came in a few minutes later and I told him what I was up to and that I would like him to do the DNA test and give me his family tree information. He seemed agreeable and we made an appointment for 9:30 in the morning to meet at his home and he would make copies of his family information. Then at 8:30 p.m. Paul Hull called who is the son of a man we tried to contact three and half years ago when we came before. His family are Mormons and Rob Hull, our DNA cousin from California, was able to find him through writing letters to many Hulls in Northern Ireland. Paul and his wife said they would come over so they did and we had a great visit and he took the DNA kit and signed the release so mission accomplished plus he agreed to help me to do more research with the families here in Belfast and Lisburn. He is married to a lovely lady from Brazil and they have one son.
It has been avery good day even though it was stormy most of the day the sun came out for a while and things went well. The PRONI is in a very nice suburb that back in the days of our family was called the linen district or the Lagan Valley. There are many nice homes and the reason the PRONI is in this area is because the Irsih rebellion group blew up the records house in the early 1920's and so the government didn't want it in an area where the rebels lived or could have easy access to blow it up again. I am including a few pictures of houses near the records place and a rugby filed at the Royal Academy of Belfast which is just around the corner. Well it is getting late and we are off to the appointment, then the PRONI for a few hours then over to the Lisburn cemetery to document that area again and then to the Airport B & B to await Kristin and Deans arrival the next day. Thanks again to the great family to be part of and for Robert Parker in keeping things working on the web.