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Guide to '''Northern Ireland ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
==Information==
'''Northern Ireland''' is one of the four constituent parts of the [[United Kingdom]] (together with [[England Genealogy|England]], [[Scotland Genealogy|Scotland]] and [[Wales Genealogy|Wales]]). Northern Ireland, is of fairly recent origin, coming out of the partition of the island of [[Ireland Genealogy|Ireland]] in 1921. Northern Ireland was retained as part of the UK, and the rest of Ireland, became an independent state, and was known as the Irish Free State in 1922, and after 1949, the Republic of Ireland. The official language is English.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Northern Ireland," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland, accessed 25 April 2016.</ref>


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== Getting started with Northern Ireland research  ==
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Researching in Northern Ireland is NOT the same as researching in the [[Ireland|Republic of Ireland]] for the following reasons:
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#Although originally Catholic, over time it became predominately a protestant country.
#The majority of records are based on English law since it became a part of the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom]].
 
[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nirwgw/nir_resources.htm General Information About Northern Ireland]
 
== Types of Records  ==
 
The main records of value to family historians and genealogists are:
 
*[[Northern Ireland:Census|Census]]
*Civil Registration<br>
*Church Records
*Court Records
*Electoral Records
*Emigration Records
*Landed Estate Records
*Local Government Records
*Military Records
*Poor Law Records
*School Records<br>
*Valuation and Tithe Records
*Wills and Testamentary Records
 
== Jurisdictions  ==
 
The counties in Northern Ireland are:
 
*County Antrim
*County Armagh
*County Derry (Londonderry)
*County Down
*County Fermanagh
*County Tyrone
 
== Web Sites ==
 
*[http://www.proni.gov.uk Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)]
*[http://www.groni.gov.uk/ General Register Office of Northern Ireland (GRONI)]
*[http://www.nidex.com/genealogy.htm Northern Ireland Genealogy]
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nirwgw/ Northern IrelandGenWeb]
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/ GenUKI]
*[http://www.stirnet.com/genie/support/genintro.php Stirnet Limited: Families Database: Index] (unfettered access requires fee or significant data contribution; manually search index for surnames of interest)
 
*(helpful tools and resources, gazetteers)
*(language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, etc.)
 
== Help Wanted  ==
 
In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:
 
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*'''Browse:''' [[:Category:Northern Ireland|Pages for Northern Ireland]]
 
The will calendars,1858 to about 1900, are online as part of the first phase of a project to index and digitise all the early wills proved in the District Probate Registries of Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry. It provides a fully searchable index to the will calendar entries for these 3 District Probate Registries with the facility to view the entire will calendar entry for each successful search. [http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/will_calendars.htm Read more...]
 
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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Northern Ireland.
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==Counties==
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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Northern Ireland.  Click on a place below to go to the corresponding Wiki article listing more information.


Ulster is one of the historic provinces of Ireland. It consists of nine counties, six of which are in Northern Ireland and three in the Republic of Ireland.
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    <li>[[County Antrim Genealogy|County Antrim]]</li>
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    <li>[[County Armagh Genealogy|County Armagh]]</li>
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    <li>[[County Derry|County Derry or Londonderry]]</li>
    <li>[[County Down Genealogy|County Down]]</li>
    <li>[[County Fermanagh Genealogy|County Fermanagh]]</li>  
    <li>[[County Tyrone Genealogy|County Tyrone]]</li>
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==References==
[[Category:United_Kingdom]] [[Category:Northern_Ireland|Northern_Ireland]]
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[[Category:Northern Ireland]]

Revision as of 11:51, 6 April 2012

Map of Northern Ireland.jpg

Getting started with Northern Ireland research[edit | edit source]

Researching in Northern Ireland is NOT the same as researching in the Republic of Ireland for the following reasons:

  1. Although originally Catholic, over time it became predominately a protestant country.
  2. The majority of records are based on English law since it became a part of the United Kingdom.

General Information About Northern Ireland

Types of Records[edit | edit source]

The main records of value to family historians and genealogists are:

  • Census
  • Civil Registration
  • Church Records
  • Court Records
  • Electoral Records
  • Emigration Records
  • Landed Estate Records
  • Local Government Records
  • Military Records
  • Poor Law Records
  • School Records
  • Valuation and Tithe Records
  • Wills and Testamentary Records

Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

The counties in Northern Ireland are:

  • County Antrim
  • County Armagh
  • County Derry (Londonderry)
  • County Down
  • County Fermanagh
  • County Tyrone

Web Sites[edit | edit source]

  • (helpful tools and resources, gazetteers)
  • (language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, etc.)

Help Wanted[edit | edit source]

In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:


Featured Content[edit | edit source]

The will calendars,1858 to about 1900, are online as part of the first phase of a project to index and digitise all the early wills proved in the District Probate Registries of Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry. It provides a fully searchable index to the will calendar entries for these 3 District Probate Registries with the facility to view the entire will calendar entry for each successful search. Read more...

Did you know?[edit | edit source]

(Your text or images here, or use the table below:)

  • (Your Bullet)
  • (Your Bullet)
  • (Your Bullet)
  • (Your Bullet)
  • (Your Bullet)
  • (Your Bullet)
News and Events
  • Hot off the Press!
  • Current Events

more...

Topics
  • (Your Bullets here)
Useful Websites
  • Websites




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