Family and Local History
[Bill Macafee's Website]

1901/1911 Online Census of Ireland
c.1860 Griffith's [Tenement] Valuation
1851 Census Returns Co. Antrim
1831 Census Returns Co. L/Derry
1820s/30s Tithe Applotment Books
1803 Agricultural Census N. Antrim
 

Sources

Below are links to the repositories that house the various records that you are likely to use in your research. The most important of these repositories for researching Ulster ancestors is the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland [PRONI], Belfast. These repositories have now more material online - particularly useful is the PRONI eCatalogue. Note that each of the links will open in a separate window.

Public Record Office of N. Ireland

Libraries in N. Ireland Linenhall Library National Museums N. Ireland
National Archives of Ireland National Library of Ireland National Archives of Scotland National Archives UK

Below are links to the sources that you will need to consult when researching families and localities - read more. Note that each of these links will open in a separate page within this window. Use the Sources link at the top of each page, or in the top menu, to return to this page.

Births, Deaths & Marriages Census Records Valuation Records Estate Records Other Records

This page covers:

Civil Records;
Church Records
;
Gravestone Inscriptions;
Wills;

Newspapers.

There are links to:

GRONI, Belfast & GROI, Dublin & Roscommon.

Various online databases of BDMs produced by various genealogical organisations.

Online database of Wills in PRONI [1858-1943].

There are also links to Excel/PDF databases [that I have created] of Church Records extant for the region covered by this website. Note that these databases do not include actual details of BDMs.

This page provides a general introduction to Census Records.

Apart from the 1901 & 1911 Census & the
1851 partial Census for Co. Antrim
, Ireland does not have any proper census records. Because of this problem we have to rely on census substitutes such as Griffith's Valuation of c.1860.

The links in the left and right-hand menus of all the web pages on this site will take you to the various census and census subtitute records.

Here you will find links to papers explaining:

Tithe Books 1823-38;
Townland Valuation of 1830s;
Griffith's [Tenement] Valuation c.1860;
Griffith's Revision Books c.1860-c.1930;
N. Ireland General Revaluation of 1935 & subsequent Revisions & Revaluations.

There is a link to the PRONI eCatalogue which you can use to find the appropriate valuation books and maps in PRONI.

There are also links to my Excel/PDF databases of Griffith's c.1860 Valuation for Co. Londonderry & North/Mid Antrim which list the names and locations of households.

On this page you will find a selection of databases and maps [that I have created] that will help you locate the estate in which each townland within Co. Londonderry and North/Mid Antrim was situated.

There are also examples of the types of information that estate records contain:

Rentals, Leases, Estate Maps, Correspondence, Land Commission & Land Registry papers.

This page covers:

Street Directories;
School Records;
Emigration Records;
Miscellaneous Records.

Again, there are links to databases on various Internet websites.

1796 Flaxgrowers' List
1766 Religious Census
1740 Protestant Householders' Returns
1660s Hearth Money Rolls
1660s Subsidy
Rolls
1630 Muster Rolls
 
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