BELLAGHY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH 2013
MIKE Mc KEAGUE, CREATING YOUR FAMILY TREE
sources of information:
census 1821
census 1831 PRONI Belfast, Derry, on micro-fís; gives list of each parish and where
records are in each parish; also, lists of emigrants and confirmations; wills.
1841 Cavan
1851 Antrim
old age pension introduced 1909
1845 non-Catholic registers of births, deaths, marriages begun
1864 registers of births, deaths, marriages of Catholics were begun
grave stones, war memorials.
Land records, 1848-64, Griffith Evaluations. askaboutireland.com has lists of occupants of
lands (for tax reasons) and map references. Periodic re-evaluations are in PRONI,
showing change of tenancy, etc.
Local newspapers have archives and many are on line. Old newspapers carried more
news , less photos, small fonts.
ordinance Survey memoirs.
North of Ireland History Society, 1979.