County Down Societies: Difference between revisions

:To promote and encourage the public and personal study of  world-wide family history, genealogy, heraldry, and local history with particular reference to the North of Ireland.

:The society has a repository and reference centre in premises at Newtownabbey, where a wide collection of records can be accessed and research carried out to assist in tracing family members from days gone by.

:Network representatives actively encourage and support the development and use of oral history in their own locality, and contribute an overview of this to an Annual Report.  Covers Belfast and Counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone.

:The Ulster Archaeological Society is a charitable organisation open to anyone interested in archaeology and the wider study of our heritage particularly with regard to Ulster.  Our members come from all walks of life and from all sections of the community, encompassing all ages from students to retirees; amateurs and professionals.  We warmly welcome new members from Ireland and further afield.

:Ulster Historical Foundation is a not-for-profit educational charity, founded in 1956, with the simple yet important mission to tell the story of the people of the nine counties of Ulster.  The Foundation seeks to disseminate heritage and cultural knowledge and to generate and provide the research and educational resources necessary to support individuals, families, groups, educators, and global diasporas in understanding the history of Ulster.

:A friendly society of people interested in local historical and cultural events and visits.

:The purpose of the organisation is to encourage and develop an interest in and awareness of all aspects of history. The beneficiaries of the organisation's purpose are people of the local area who wish to become more informed about the history of the area.

:Bangor Historical Society was founded in November 1976 by the late Karl Smyth to encourage the study of and to promote public interest in local history.  Between September and April of each year we run a programme of regular Lectures and Visits on aspects of History, Folklore, Archaeology, and Antiquities with a special reference to our local area of Bangor, Co Down, Northern Ireland.  

:The society was formed in 2000 and its objectives are the study and encouragement of public interest in the history, folklore, archaeology, and antiquities, of the region in and around Carryduff, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK.

:The Society was formed in 2000 and aims to preserve and record information relating to Comber and to make it available to all those with an interest in our town.   

:The Society is established for exclusively charitable purposes to encourage public interest in, and promote the study of, local histories and environments and, in particular, those of the Barony of Lecale and adjacent areas in County Down.  

:The principal object of the Society is to advance the public education in all aspects of the history of Saintfield and its surrounding districts, including the geography, folklore, customs, dialects, place names, etc. of the area.

:The Upper Ards Historical Society was formed with the aim of researching and recording the history of the Ards Peninsula in County Down.  The name is taken from the area which is known as The Barony of Upper Ards.