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This
website was first launched in 2006 and has been subjected
to a number of revisions, the latest being 30th March
2011. Although many of the sources used in the site
would apply generally, this particular website is
targeted at Co. Londonderry and the adjoining parts
of Co. Antrim - see map
of area covered.
The links Researching Families & Localities
and Sources in the top menu will
provide an introduction to the process of researching
families and localities and the key sources which
need to be consulted when carrying out this research.
At the Sources link you will find links
to Internet websites where you can search online databases
for BDMs and other information relating to families.
There are also links to databases and other materials
that I have prepared especially for Co. Londonderry
and North and Mid Antrim.
The
right and left-hand menus contain links to a number
of databases relating to Co. Londonderry and North
and Mid Antrim. I have created these databases from
sources [often referred to as census substitutes]
that cover the period c.1630 to c.1860 - read
more. These databases, when used in conjunction
with the 1901/1911
online census will allow you to identify where
particular names are to be found within this general
area at various times from the seventeenth to the
early twentieth century.
The
link to Administrative Divisions in
the top menu will provide details of the location
and extent of the Baronies, Parishes, Poor Law Unions,
DEDs, etc. within Co. Londonderry and North and Mid
Antrim - plus databases containing details of the
administrative divisions for each individual townland
within this area.
The
Localities link in the top menu will
provide examples of sources for a number of localities
in parts of Cos. Antrim and Londonderry. Further examples
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 and other relevant,
recent publications.
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. As before, 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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