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== Libraries ==
== Libraries ==
'''Mellon Centre for Migration Studies'''<br>2 Mellon Road<br>Omagh BT78 5QU<br>Northern Ireland<br><br>Telephone: 028 8225 6315<br>
'''Irish and Local History'''<br>
Email: [mailto:mcms@librariesni.org.uk mcms@librariesni.org.uk]<br>
Cultural Heritage Collection, Tyrone<br>
[http://www.qub.ac.uk/cms/ Website]
:The Mellon Centre for Migration Studies is a research library which collects material relating to the history of the peoples of Ireland worldwide. Visitors will have access to a reference collection of over 17,000 volumes, journals, maps, newspapers, computers, and the Centre's Irish Emigration Database, which is now available online.
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'''Irish and Local History'''
Cultural Heritage Collection, Tyrone  
'''Omagh Library'''<br>1 Spillars Place<br>Irishtown Road<br>Omagh BT78 1HL<br>Northern Ireland<br><br>Telephone: 028 8244 0733<br>
'''Omagh Library'''<br>1 Spillars Place<br>Irishtown Road<br>Omagh BT78 1HL<br>Northern Ireland<br><br>Telephone: 028 8244 0733<br>
Email: [mailto:omagh.library@librariesni.org.uk omagh.library@librariesni.org.uk]<br>[https://www.librariesni.org.uk/media/kzabsssm/omagh-heritage-leaflet.pdf Website]
Email: [mailto:omagh.library@librariesni.org.uk omagh.library@librariesni.org.uk]<br>[https://www.librariesni.org.uk/media/kzabsssm/omagh-heritage-leaflet.pdf Website]
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[https://www.nifhs.org/resources/miscellaneous-records/index_to_family_trees/ Family Trees and Books about Families]<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.   
: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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'''Mellon Centre for Migration Studies'''<br>2 Mellon Road<br>Omagh BT78 5QU<br>Northern Ireland<br><br>Telephone: 028 8225 6315<br>
Email: [mailto:mcms@librariesni.org.uk mcms@librariesni.org.uk]<br>
[http://www.qub.ac.uk/cms/ Website]
:The Mellon Centre for Migration Studies is a research library which collects material relating to the history of the peoples of Ireland worldwide. Visitors will have access to a reference collection of over 17,000 volumes, journals, maps, newspapers, computers, and the Centre's Irish Emigration Database, which is now available online.
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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.
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''']
*[https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/ '''Find A Library''']


== Museum ==
== Museums==
*[https://www.google.com/search?q=museums+in+tyrone+county+ireland&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS809US810&oq=museums+in+tyrone+county+ireland&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i299l2j33i22i29i30l6.11693j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 '''Museums in Tyrone County''']
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'''Ulster American Folk Park'''<br>2 Mellon Rd<br>Omagh BT78 5QU UK<br>Telephone: 028 8224 3292<br>
'''Ulster American Folk Park'''<br>2 Mellon Rd<br>Omagh BT78 5QU UK<br>Telephone: 028 8224 3292<br>
Email: [mailto:info@nmni.com info@nmni.com]<br>Website: [https://www.nmni.com/our-museums/ulster-american-folk-park/Home.aspx Ulster American Folk Park]<br>
Email: [mailto:info@nmni.com info@nmni.com]<br>[https://www.ulsteramericanfolkpark.org/ Website]
Website #2: [https://discovernorthernireland.com/Ulster-American-Folk-Park-Omagh-P8406/ Ulster American Folk Park]<br>
:Follow the trail of thousands of emigrants from the thatched cottages of Ulster, on board a full-scale emigrant sailing ship to the log cabins of the American Frontier.
Website #3: [https://www.facebook.com/ulsteramericanfolkpark/ Ulster American Folk Park]


:Follow the trail of thousands of emigrants from the thatched cottages of Ulster, on board a full-scale emigrant sailing ship to the log cabins of the American Frontier.
==Civil Registration Offices==
==Civil Registration Offices==
*How duplicate certificates are obtained has changed. These can no longer be issued from district registration offices.
*How duplicate certificates are obtained has changed. These can no longer be issued from district registration offices.
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*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.
*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.
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==Websites==
*[https://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/tyrone/index.htm '''Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives, County Tyrone Records'''] and [https://www.igp-web.com/Tyrone/index.htm '''Records Links''']
*[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==
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