Jean, Thank you for the resource information. I had the Ulster Historical Foundation pursue some genealogy work for me without much success, so not sure if there are private research genealogists that would get further on Down County Adams and McBride families. But the leads that you provided will be helpful as I refocus on where to go from here. Thanks again Jean. Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [IGW] Northern Ireland resources > Hi Roger, are you interested in a particular county? The book "Tracing > Your > Irish Ancestors," by Irishman John Grenham has a reader-friendly chapter > on > each and every country in Ireland, explanation of all record types, books, > journals, where to find them. Try "googling" his name or title of the > book > and see if he has some info. from his book on a website or on CD. > > Civil Records/State registrations of non-Catholic marriages began in > Ireland > in 1845. All births, deaths and marriages have been registered in Ireland > since 1864. > > Trade Directories: > For example Provincial/Trade directories with data on Belfast from > 1819-1894 > include those by Thomas Bradshaw; J. Pigot; Pigot and Co.; William Matier; > Matthew Martin (w/street addresses); Slater's (several between1846-1894) > James A. > Henderson; Hugh Adair; R. Wynne; 'Derry Almanac' (Portrush only) 1881; G. > H. > Bassett. You can check out location of repositories for same and perhaps > the LDS FHC (Mormon) has microfilmed/microfiched copies of same. > > The single most important newspaper for Belfast and Ulster was the > "Belfast > Newsletter" which began publication in 1737. It had a wider geographical > range than any of the Dublin papers, covering virtually all of east > Ulster. > Outside Belfast the most significant publications were the "Londonderry > Journal," from 1772, which also covered a good deal of Donegal and Tyrone > (and some news from other major Irish cities, including Belfast). The > "Londonderry Journal" was published by George DOUGLAS and various partners > beginning with issue #1, June 3, 1772, published semi-weekly through May > 1, > 1781, and weekly thereafter. Perhaps you can locate a copy of Donald > M.SCHLEGEL's book, "Irish Genealogical Abstracts from the Londonderry > Journal 1772-1784," published a few years ago. With an every-name index, > this book is fascinating reading. > > Few, if any,early issues of the "Newry Journal and Strabane Journal" > exist. > The best single repository for Irish newspapers is the British Library. > After 1826 the Library was obliged to hold a copy of all Irish > publications, > and from that date its collection is virtually complete. It also has > extensive, though patchy, collection before that date. Within Ireland the > largest collection is held by the National Library, though by no means > comprehensive, and some unique copies are held in local libraries and > other > repositories. The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) > Belfast > has published a complete guide, "Northern Ireland Newspapers Checklist > with > Locations." > > A number of indices do exist in various repositories to biographical > material found in Irish newspapers. Unfortunately, the index to material > in > the 'Belfast Newsletter" (1737-1800), held by the Linen Hall Library in > Belfast, is in chronological order rather than alphabetical order. > > Several websites have transcriptions from old newspapers including the > delightful: > Cathy Joynt Labath > Ireland Old News > http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/ > > D. J. Owen wrote, "History of Belfast," pub. in Belfast in 1921 a copy of > which is in the National Library of Dublin. Robert M Young's books are > "Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity," pub. 1896, and "The > Town Book of the Corporation of Belfast, 1613-1816," pub. 1892. > > Text from many old books is being put on the web. Google Print announced > its first release of "public domain" non-copyright material, through its > partnership with numerous libraries with wealth of interesting books. The > full text is searchable - Books related to particular surnames and local > histories. Because of the copyright protection issue, most of the books > are > a bit on the old side, which for genealogists, is > great. > > http://print.google.com/ > > Also FHL Books Online at BYU > You can go to the Brigham Young University website > http://www.lib.byu.edu/ > task; books out of copyright are being done first. > > Check out some of these websites: > www.familysearch.org > www.cyndislist.com/ > > Not sure if the Andrew J. Morris website is still viable, but you can > google > his name (advanced search/phrase) and see if his transcriptions/services > are > still offered. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 9:10 AM > Subject: Re: [IGW] Northern Ireland resources > > >> Jean and others, >> >> I understand that this may or may not be the list for genealogy resources >> for northern ireland, I would like to know what the best resource might >> be >> beyond the Ulster Historical Foundation. Thanks >> >> Roger >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jean R." <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 11:07 PM >> Subject: Re: [IGW] National Archives Ireland website -- RESOURCES: >> ExpandedList -- >> Cyndi'sList/NationalSchoolRecords/Pensions/Griffith's/CommonwealthWW-I >> &IIDeaths/Valuation Office >> >> >>> National Archives Ireland >>> www.nationalarchives.ie >>> >>> You can also do a google advanced search with the "phrase" National >>> Archives >>> Ireland and it will bring it right up. Have you figured out how to do >>> an >>> advanced search? It has several features to help cut down on "hits." >>> Look >>> to the right of the Google box and click on "Go," then click on >>> "advanced >>> search." 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