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« on: Thursday 05 June 03 12:42 UTC (UK) »

Will Extracts (Armagh, Belfast & Londonderry Register Offices- remember Donegal is under Londonderry)
www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/will_calendars/wills_search.htm
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PRONI WebSites - Link
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 07 August 05 14:15 UTC (UK) »
People are always asking questions about The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.
I hope this compilation of all their sites is of assistance. Please let me know if you come across a PRONI site that I may unintentionally have overlooked. I've changed from URLS to words as I feel it may make it easier for members to find the item they require.

About PRONI Updated 
Annual Releases New
Census Substitutes 17th Century Updated
Census Substitutes 18th Century Sources Updated
Census 1901 records on microfilm Updated
Church Records Updated
Church of Ireland Index   Records that have been microfilmed. Updated
Depositing Records with PRONI New
E-CATNI Project. New
Educational Records Updated   
The Famine in Ireland Updated PRONI Reference: D3618/D/1
Free Settlement in Australia Updated
Introduction to Freeholders Records Updated
30 Year Rule & Introduction to Axxess  
Geographical Index. Glossary of Terms  Updated
Key Archives at PRONI New
Local History New
Microfilm and Microfiche Collections New
Organising a Group visit New.
Parish of Craigs, Co. Antrim Broken Link
Parish of Grange of Nilteen, Co. Antrim   Broken Link
Parish of Shankill (Co. Antrim and Belfast CB) Broken Link
Records not held by PRONI New
Townlands in Northern Ireland Updated
Townlands in Co. Antrim Updated
The Major Research Strengths of PRONI
Tithe Applotment Records  Updated
Ulster Covenant. Introduction Updated
Ulster Covenant Search. Updated.
Ulster Covenant. Ulster Day, 28th September, 1912
Using The Archives Updated
Valuation Records
Visiting PRONI  Updated
Wills - Search New

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Link - PRONI Privately Deposited Records Alphabetical
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 07 August 05 15:03 UTC (UK) »
Alphabetical listing of privately deposited records:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

Click here for Introductions to significant privately deposited archives.
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Re: PRONI WebSites - Link
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 19 October 06 12:26 UTC (UK) »
The O'Rorke, McDonald & Tweed Archive  
Recent publications based on PRONI sources
PRONI Archive
The Annesley Papers
The Armagh Diocesan Registry Archive 
The Belmore Papers
The Blaney of Castleblaney Papers
The Brookeborough Papers
The Brownlow Papers  
The Bath and Brownlow Estate Papers
Business Records
The Caledon Papers
The Arthur Campbell Papers
Captions .. People & Places
The Conolly Papers
The Coopershill Papers
The De Ros Papers
The de Vesci Papers. PRONI's Register of Irish Archives.
The Dufferin Papers
The Dunleath Papers
The Ely Papers
The Emerson Tennent Papers
The Enniskillen Papers
Emigration to Canada
How To Trace Your Family Tree
The Nugent of Farren Connell Papers
The Gordon Papers
The Graham Papers
Guide to Gravestone Inscriptions
The Hervey/Bruce Papers
The Harshaw Diaries
The Harland & Wolff Archive  
The John Hewitt Papers
Landed Estates Records
The Leslie Papers
Links to Other Sites
Introduction to the Major Collections
The Londonderry Estate Office Archive
Records of Military Interest
The Murray of Broughton Papers  
The Montgomery Hyde Papers
A Guide to Newspapers in PRONI
FamilyRecords.gov.uk
Poor Law Records
Private Records: Picture List
Preservation Policy
Church Temporalities Fin 10/10 Broken Link
Prominent Persons Index
PRONI Publications
The Redhall Papers
The E.J. Saunderson Papers
School Records
Commercial Researchers
The Shannon Papers
The Stewart-Bam/Stewart of Ards Papers

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Archives held by PRONI - Links
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 28 April 07 10:09 UTC (UK) »
Click here to read details about the Londonderry Estate Office Archives. These contain 12,000 documents and volumes relating to the Londonderry Estate Office, Newtownards, Co. Down which cover the period from the seventeenth to the twentieth ceentury.

The Ulster Transpost Authority Archives at PRONI contain Salaries and Wages books where people should be able to obtain  information about their ancestors if they worked for the Railways in the north of Ireland 

Irish Railway Record Society
The UTA had been set up in 1948 to take over the functions of the Northern Ireland Road Transport Board and to operate the Belfast & County Down Railway. The railways of the Northern Counties Committee also became part of the UTA in 1948, and in 1958 the Great Northern Railway was partitioned between the UTA and CIÉ. By 1958, then, the UTA was responsible for the archives of the NIRTB, the B&CDR, and the NCC, and their constituent companies, and part of the GNR, and some records of some of its constituent companies. The offices of the UTA were at Linenhall Street, Belfast, and in 1965 the UTA handed its archives to Public Records Office NI (PRONI) and moved to other accommodation at Great Victoria Street and York Road.
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Re: PRONI WebSites - Link
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 30 June 07 01:29 UTC (UK) »
I've just spotted an article, published in the News Letter on 4th April 2007, by Geoff Hill titled "Precious glimpse into how we used to live" which is about the Public Records Office at Balmoral Avenue in Belfast.
The building in which PRONI is located is on the site of an elegant Victorian girls' orphanage.

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Re: PRONI WebSites - Link
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 21 October 07 10:51 UTC (UK) »
PRONI had online street directories covering the years 1819 to 1900 for a short period. They were scanned images of original volumes which are held by PRONI.
http://demo.aetopia.com/streetdirectories/index.html

The site was a prototype which is no longer available for public viewing
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Get "Closed" Records at PRONI under Freedom of Information Legislation
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 07 September 08 21:39 UTC (UK) »
Dear All

I've recently applied, under FOI legislation, for the release of records held by PRO-NI that are classified as "closed" for 100 years. In my case Workhouse and "Asylum"records (1909, 1933 & 1939).

I've been successful in getting what I've asked for, and the little that hasn't been disclosed, I've lodged an appeal and am very hopeful that I will get the info the I've requested.

(I will, if needs be, take this to the the Information Commissioner -  there is no valid reason that the State should be able to withhold information about our long gone predecessors) .

Send your request via the PRO-NI site, give as much info as possible and make sure that you ask that your request is dealt with under FOI, this ensures a 20 working day response.

FOI is "classification and purpose blind" ie it doesn't matter if its confidential or why you what it- the only way it can be witheld is under an FOI exemption, and Goverment Departments are loath to go through the hoops that exemptions involve! 

The more people that know of this the better!

Good Luck all.

Margaret
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Re: Archives held by PRONI - Links
« Reply #8 on: Friday 07 November 08 05:16 UTC (UK) »
An E-Consultation re PRONI Admittance and Fees 

An article in the December issue of Ancestors mentioned the PRONI e-consultation document which is designed to seek your views on proposals by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) to amend and update existing legislation relating to the admittance rules and fees charged by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Your comments must be received by Tuesday 2nd December, 2008, and should be sent to the Response Co-ordinator at the address below:

Mrs Sandra Ireland,
Response Co-ordinator – Consultation Document,
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland,
Divisional Support Services,
66, Balmoral Avenue,
Belfast BT9 6NY

www.proni.gov.uk/index/about_proni/econsultation.htm
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Re: PRONI (Public Records Office of Northern Ireland)
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 31 March 09 11:30 UTC (UK) »
Just been on the PRONI website and I see they have a new online index of pre 1858 wills up and running.

http://applications.proni.gov.uk/DCAL_PRONI_ProniNames/SearchPage.aspx

Not as much information as on the post 1858 will calender index on the same site but a very useful tool.
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Re: PRONI (Public Records Office of Northern Ireland)
« Reply #10 on: Monday 04 May 09 23:26 UTC (UK) »
Further to the econsultation, legislation came into effect on 13 April revising the fees charged by PRONI.  One of the changes made was to introduce a charge for the viewing of online wills (£0.60 per will or £10.00 for a month's unlimited access).

I have harboured the suspicion for a while that the delay in putting the long promised wills online was to do with introducing a charge to view them, so hopefully, with that hurdle now passed, we can expect to see the wills appear on the website soon (fingers crossed!!).

And the charges don't seem too bad either...
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Re: PRONI (Public Records Office of Northern Ireland)
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 10 September 09 22:03 UTC (UK) »
Still no sign of the elusive wills yet, but the street directories have reappeared online

http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/street_directories.htm
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Re: PRONI (Public Records Office of Northern Ireland)
« Reply #12 on: Monday 28 September 09 21:38 UTC (UK) »
I recently emailed PRONI to ask about when the 1858-1910 wills will be going online linked to the index which has been available for ages.  The website has said these will be "available shortly" ever since the index went online.

The reply I received recognised that this had been delayed beyond the original timetable, but stated it was their intention to have these images available on the site before they closed for the move next year.  PRONI also indicated that pre 1910 inquests would also be going on the site in the next 12 months as well.

Many people are concerned at the long planned closure while PRONI moves from Balmoral Avenue to the Titanic Quarter so hopefully these new online resources will be some compensation.  Also the press release announcing the closure indicated that they were looking at potential locations for making their microfilmed resources available until the new premises opened.  As these include a large number of church records so vital to genealogists, let us hope this is sorted out properly so that access can be maintained.
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