Northern Ireland Genealogy

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Guide to Northern Ireland ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Country Information
Northern Ireland is one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom (together with England, Scotland and Wales).

Northern Ireland, is of fairly recent origin, coming out of the partition of the island of 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.

Northern Ireland Clickable Map
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.

Jurisdictions
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.


 * County Antrim
 * County Armagh
 * County Cavan (in the Republic of Ireland)
 * County Derry or Londonderry
 * County Donegal (in the Republic of Ireland)
 * County Down
 * County Fermanagh
 * County Monaghan (in the Republic of Ireland)
 * County Tyrone

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in resourcing your family.
 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records
 * Family History Center locator map

Web Sites
General Information About Northern Ireland


 * Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
 * General Register Office of Northern Ireland (GRONI)
 * Ancestry Ireland
 * Northern IrelandGenWeb
 * GenUKI
 * Huggins Family of Northern Ireland

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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...
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