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The
purpose of this website is to to provide a research
tool for anyone interested in researching their ancestors
and the localities where they lived within the area
of Ulster covered by Co. Londonderry and North Antrim
- read
more. See,
also, my paper - Some
thoughts on researching families and localities.
The website is organised through three menus.
The
left-hand menu covers the sources that you will need
to consult when researching your ancestors or studying
a locality. Clicking on the Sources
link at the top of the menu will give you some idea
of how I see the process of researching ancestors
and localities and how this has influenced the way
that I have constructed this website. If you are a
newcomer to family or local history, I would recommend
that you look here first before moving to the individual
links to specific sources. There is also a Further
Reading link at the bottom of the left-hand
menu where you will find a bibliography of some books
and publications [both hard copy and electronic] relevant
to the study of Family and Local History and a list
of useful addresses. Note that because there are so
many PRONI documents now online I have now included
a link to PRONI.
The
top menu contains a link to Administrative Divisions
where you will find details of the administrative
divisions that you need to be aware of when using
sources. The Case Studies link will
provide some working examples of the process of researching
families and localities in North Antrim and Co. Londonderry,
particularly in the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries.
The
right-hand menu contains links to databases that I
have created from census substitutes that relate to
Co. Londonderry and North & Mid Antrim. They cover
the period c.1630 to c.1860. Again, you should go
to the My Databases link first.
Further
examples of case studies of families and localities
can be found on my CD ROM:
RESEARCHING DERRY &
LONDONDERRY ANCESTORS: A practical guide for the
family and local historian which
covers the entire county of Londonderry - click
here for more details of the CD.
Most
of the records on this web site, and indeed on the
CD, have been sourced from the Public Record Office
(PRONI), Belfast and are reproduced with the kind
permission of the Deputy Keeper of Records, Public
Record Office of Northern Ireland. Feel free to contact
me if you see any glaring mistakes or omissions on
the site or you think I have got a surname or a townland
name wrong in any of the databases.
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