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[Researching Derry & Londonderry Ancestors CD]

This publication is a CD ROM that contains a website which provides information on the sources that you would need to consult in order to trace your ancestors within the County of Londonderry. As well as providing the normal text information that you would find in a book it also contains searchable databases of names, case studies of families and localities drawn from various parts of the county, maps and explanations of the various administrative divisions within the county and links to key family history websites on the Internet. Whilst it cannot possibly contain specific information on all individual families within the county, it can be used to organise searches for members of any family living in the county, particularly during the period c.1860 to c.1920.

Click here to download a free copy of the Introductory Booklet [PDF file]. This booklet should provide you with sufficient detail on the kind of information that the CD contains and allow you to assess its value to you.

The CD, priced at £12, is available at the following bookshops and Tourist Information Centres. It is also available, from the Ulster Historical Foundation Online Bookstore.

Derry~Londonderry Easons, Foyleside. The Derry Visitor & Convention Bureau, Foyle St. Londonderry Sentinel Office, Spencer Road.	Limavady/Dungiven Tourist Information, Connell Street, Limavady. Glenshane Community Development, Main Street, Dungiven.	South Derry Laurel Villa Townhouse, Church Street, Magherafelt.Tourist Information, Church Street, Magherafelt. Graham Mawhinney, Draperstown [02879628514]. Sheehy's Bookshop, William Street, Cookstown.
Coleraine/Triangle Area Easons, Church Street, Coleraine. The Bookshop, Society Street, Coleraine. Coleraine Times Office, Stone Row, Coleraine Bygones, The Promenade, Portstewart. The Bookcase, Dunluce Avenue, Portrush.	Bushmills/Ballymoney Causeway Books, Main Street, Bushmills. Tourist Information, Town Hall, Ballymoney. Ballymoney Times Office, Church Street, Ballymoney.

Note that I am not a professional genealogist, but I am happy to answer queries [if I can] about sources and/or any problems that you have with the CD or any of the material on my website.

Terry Eakin is the editor of All Ireland Sources Newsletter, a free monthly newsletter published by the Society of Australian Genealogists. The aim of this newsletter is to draw attention to items of interest regarding Irish record sources.

Robert Forrest provides a professional genealogical service at www.forrestresearchservices.com.

Brian Mitchell is the genealogist within Derry City Council's Heritage and Museum Service and is based at the Harbour Museum in Derry. He can be contacted by telephone 028 7137 7331; or email at genealogy@derrycity.gov.uk.

See also, books by Dorothy Arthur on Ballymoney Graveyard and Diana Kirkpatrick on Souvenir of Conflict: A Coleraine Man’s War 1939-1945.