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Further
Reading
In
the 1970s and early 1980s there was an upsurge in
interest in roots and ancestor tracing. Family History
must now be one of the most popular hobbies in the
western world. If you go to the you will see the number
of branches that now exist throughout Northern Ireland
and there are links to sites worldwide. Local history
experienced a similar upsurge in the 1960s and 1970s
which led to the creation of Local Historical Societies
and . Here you will find links to all of the member
societies that have web sites.
Some
of my publications on Family and Local History
"The
Study of the History of a Townland: A Worksheet",
Ulster Local Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1976,
pp. 15-17. A revised version of this paper was published
in Ulster Local Studies, Vol. 9, 1984, pp.
72-74.
"Local
Historical Studies of rural areas: methods and sources",
Irish Archives Bulletin, Vol. 6, 1976, pp.
4-31. An online copy of this article is hosted on
the Aughty.org website at
http://www.aughty.org/pdf/localhist_stud_rural.pdf.
"Forttown, County Antrim’, in W. H. Crawford
& R. H. Foy (eds.), Townlands in Ulster -
Local History Studies, Ulster Historical Foundation
in association with the Federation for Ulster Local
Studies, Belfast, 1998, pp. 35-65. A copy of this
paper can found within the Members Area on the
Ulster Historical Foundation
website. Note that this book contains a further
seven townlands studies [by different authors] relating
to Counties Antrim, Down, Fermanagh and Tyrone. I
think UHF still have some copies of this book at a
reduced price.
CD
on Researching Derry & Londonderry Ancestors: A
practical guide for family and local historians,
2010.
For
a fuller list of my publications - click
here.
Two
recent books of relevance to the Ballymoney and Coleraine
Districts.
Dorothy
Arthur Ballymoney
Graveyard
Diana
Kirkpatrick Souvenir
of Conflict: A Coleraine Man’s War 1939-1945.
Recent
book of relevance to the Dungiven District.
The
Gelvin Historical Society, Dungiven have published
a new book GELVIN: the Home Place. For more
details click
here.
Publications
and other information on:
North
of Ireland Family History Society website.
The
Federation for Ulster Local Studies website.
Standard
Family History Handbooks for Ireland & Ulster
John
Grenham, Tracing your Irish Ancestors,
Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1999 (Second Edition).
Brian
Mitchell, Pocket Guide to Irish Genealogy, Genealogical
Publishing Company, Baltimore, 2002 (Second Edition).
Ian
Maxwell (edited by Grace McGrath), Tracing
your Ancestors in Northern Ireland, PRONI, Belfast,
1997. PRONI has a series of free leaflets on Tracing
your Family Tree which are available in the Search
Room
Ian
Maxwell, Researching Armagh Ancestors: A
practical guide for the family and local historian,
Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, 2000.
Ian
Maxwell, et.al, Researching Down Ancestors:
A practical guide for the family and local historian,
Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, 2004.
William
J. Roulston, Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors:
The Essential Genealogical Guide to Early Modern
Ulster, 1600-1800, Ulster Historical Foundation,
Belfast, 2005.
Three
useful books on Local History
Raymond
Gillespie and Myrtle Hill, Doing Irish Local History:
Pursuit and Practice, Institute of Irish Studies,
Queen's University of Belfast, 1998.
Peter
Collins, Pathways to Ulster's Past: Sources and
Resources for Local Studies, Institute of Irish
Studies, Queen's University of Belfast, 1998.
Jonathon
Bardon, A Guide to Local History sources in the
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Blackstaff
Press, Belfast, 2000.
Teaching
Local History in Schools
Below
are two unpublished papers and a bibliography that
I wrote some time ago when I was teaching in the University
of Ulster. Though now somewhat dated, some of you
might find them useful.
Local
History Paper, 1980.
Some
thoughts on Local History Post NIC, 2003.
Local
History Bibliography, 2003.
History
PGCE 2013. [PowerPoint file]
Some
useful addresses of repositories, etc.
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