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 Email: [mailto:armaghirishandlocal@librariesni.org.uk armaghirishandlocal@librariesni.org.uk]<br>
 [https://www.librariesni.org.uk/resources/cultural-heritage/cultural-heritage-collections/cultural-heritage-service-library-armagh/ Website]
-:The library houses more than 20,000 volumes, 350 journal titles, 3,000 maps, 3,800 microforms, 50 newspapers, 1,500 pamphlets, and 2,500 photographs.  It also houses a small collection of manuscripts.  Among its special collections are pamphlet collections on 18th- and early 19th-century political and economic history, and the Francis Crossle Manuscript Collection on the Newry area, including some 200 notebooks compiled by Dr. Crossle containing histories of families in the Newry area.
+:The resources available in the library document all aspects of Irish life and learning from earliest times to present day, with particular emphasis on the local area: County Armagh, South Down, South and East Tyrone and bordering counties in the Republic. Topics covered include religion, politics, sports and the arts. Highlights in the collection include large sections on literature (in English and Irish), history, politics and travel.
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+'''Cultural Heritage Service Library, Newry'''<br>
+Newry City Library<br>
+Hill Street<br>
+Newry BT34 1DG<br>
+Northern Ireland<br>
+<br>
+Phone: 028 3026 4683<br>
+Email: newry.heritage@librariesni.org.uk<br>
+[https://www.librariesni.org.uk/media/kgxndkmn/newry-heritage-leaflet.pdf HERITAGE COLLECTION NEWRY CITY LIBRARY Leaflet]
+:The collection in Newry City Library includes books on Irish history, local studies and family history. Also available are historical maps of Counties Down and Armagh covering the County series (1830s to 1950s) and a selection of local newspapers on microfilm.
+:The Crossle Papers archive of handwritten notebooks and scrapbooks dates from the early 1900s and was compiled from information in local newspapers. Although the notebooks were originally compiled for personal use rather than for formal research purposes, they do contain valuable information about prominent families in the Newry area. the Francis Crossle Manuscript Collection on the Newry area, including some 200 notebooks compiled by Dr. Crossle containing histories of families in the Newry area.
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 '''Armagh Robinson Library'''<br>
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 Phone:  (028) 3752 2981<br>
 Fax:  (028) 3751 1944<br>
-E-mail:  ofiaichlibrary@btinternet.com<br>
+Email:  ofiaichlibrary@btinternet.com<br>
 [https://www.ofiaich.ie/ Website]<br>
 [https://www.ofiaich.ie/archive-collections Archive Collections]<br>
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 :The library has almost 6,000 local history reference books on topics including researching family history, place names, and townlands.  It has two unique collections of Quaker and Methodist books, and archaeological and local history journals including a complete set of 'Review', the biennial journal of Craigavon Historical Society.
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-Local libraries may have collections relating to families--newspaper clippings, donated family histories, published local histories, not ubiquitous but work checking. The largest library in a district might serve some archive functions.
+'''Randal Gill Library'''<br>
+The North of Ireland Family History Society <br>
+[https://www.nifhs.org/branches/ NIFHS Branches]<br>
+[https://www.nifhs.org/ Website]<br>
+[https://www.nifhs.org/resources/irish-books/clans-and-family-histories-biographies/ Clans, Biographies, Family Trees and Names]<br>
+[https://www.nifhs.org/resources/miscellaneous-records/index_to_family_trees/ Family Trees and Books about Families]<br>
+:Many Members contribute to our Transcribing and Indexing Projects.  Some compilations of records, as books or CDs, are available in our online Shop.  The Transcribed Records fall into the categories: Church Records, Graveyard Records and Newspaper Records.  Many of these are only available in the Library.
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+Local libraries may have collections relating to families--newspaper clippings, donated family histories, published local histories, not ubiquitous but worth checking. The largest library in a district might serve some archive functions.
+*[https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/ '''Find A Library''']
 == Museums ==
+*[https://www.google.com/search?q=museums+in+armagh+county&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS809US810&oq=museums+in+armagh+county&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i160l4j33i15i22i29i30.12663j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 '''Armagh  Museums''']
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 '''Armagh County Museum'''<br>The Mall East<br>Armagh BT61 9BE<br>Northern Ireland<br><br>Telephone: 028 3752 3070<br>
 Email: [mailto:sarah.millsopp@armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk sarah.millsopp@armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk]<br>
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 ==Civil Registration Offices==
 *How duplicate certificates are obtained has changed. These can no longer be issued from district registration offices.
-*All birth records from 1864 to 100 years ago have been digitized and are free to view and download at [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp '''IrelandGenealogy.ie''']. Some of the later marriage and death records can also be downloaded from this site.
+*All birth records from 1864 to 100 years ago have been digitized and are free to view and download at [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp '''IrishGenealogy.ie''']. Some of the later marriage and death records can also be downloaded from this site.
 *An index of Ireland Civil Registration -including births, 1864-1958, marriages, 1845-1958, and deaths, 1864-1958 - is available online at FamilySearch's {{RecordSearch|1408347|'''Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958'''}} (An index of Ireland civil registration including 1864-1958 births, 1845-1958 marriages, and 1864-1958 deaths, but excluding index records for Northern Ireland after its creation in 1922.)
 *The [https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/ '''General Register Office, Northern Ireland (GRONI)'''] provides an online service for searching and ordering civil registration records. To search the records online, you must register for an account.
 ==Websites==
 *[https://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/armagh/index.htm '''Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives, County Armagh Records'''] and [http://www.igp-web.com/armagh/records.htm '''Records Links''']
-==references==
+*[https://www.emeraldancestors.com/northern-ireland-ancestor-search '''Emerald Ancestors''']
+:Emerald Ancestors provides instant access to one of the largest collections of Northern Ireland genealogy records available, containing birth, marriage, death and census records for over 1.5 million Irish ancestors. Our extensive Ulster ancestry database covers Irish Family records from civil registration indexes, church registers and historical sources in Counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry & Tyrone.
+==References==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Ireland Archives and Libraries]]
 [[Category:County Armagh, Northern Ireland]]
 [[Category:Counties of Northern Ireland]]