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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Armagh => Topic started by: aghadowey on Saturday 27 November 10 19:19 GMT (UK)
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**NEWS**
This thread now replaces the Armagh Resources & Offers board. I have included all the information that was there and added a few more resources for County Armagh but if anyone can supply other links that will help other Rootschatters please let me know by PM or in a new post (a link as well as an explanation as to contents please). The contents of your topic will then be edited into to the relevant category topic and your original posting will be deleted. (This may result in you receiving a "deleted" notification e-mail but will keep this thread tidy and easy to use)
Resources and Links in this thread organised by the following categories:
General sources for research
Census Records
Church records
Graveyards & Gravestones
Land Records & Maps
Directories
Places
People & Families
Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Books, Newspapers, Magazines
Misc. & General Sources
OFFERS - see reply #13
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General sources for research
Irish Genealogical Project- Armagh (http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/armagh/index.htm)- lots of links
Lurgan Ancestry records online (http://www.rootschat.com/links/05u9) (site is closed but link to records still here)- well worth a browse
PRONI (http://www.proni.gov.uk)(Public Records of Northern Ireland): Freeholders Records, Will Extracts, 1912 Ulster Covenant. Also guides to records, etc. New e-catalogue has lots of material and is well worth searching with names, places, etc.
Various Co. Armagh links (http://www.ukisearch.com/armagh.html)
Lurgan Ancestry (http://www.lurganancestry.com/index.html)- history, timeline, old photos, tithe applotment and much, much more. NEW 3/2011
Some Co. Armagh records here: NEW 3/2013
http://www.connorsgenealogy.net/Armagh/
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Census Records
census returns & substitutes (http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/ulster/armagh1.htm)
1821 Census for Forkhill Parish, Co. Armagh available at www.emeraldancestors.com (pay site)- nearly 6,500 names of residents living in the Parish of Forkhill (includes the name, age, occupation and relationship to the head of household for all residents recorded within the Parish).
1841-1851- Old Age Pension Claims: the introduction of old age pension (min. age 70) c1909 meant 1841 and 1851 census returns were checked as claimants were born before civil registration of births started in 1864. Extracts from these census searches are in the pension claim files (PRONI).
It is sometimes worth checking for people slightly younger than pension age (surprising how many people weren't as old as they said!) or older siblings whose details can fill in family details such as names of parents and year of marriage, townland, etc.
1901 and 1911 census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie)- now on National Archives, Dublin website (free) with links to scanned images
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Church records
General history of various denominations in regard to records (http://www.rootschat.com/links/05s2)
Information on various denominations (http://www.from-ireland.net/gene/churchrecrds.htm)
Sources for church records (Armagh Church records start page 72) (http://www.rootschat.com/links/05s1)
Various marriage records (http://www.genealogylinks.net/marriages/uk/ireland/Armagh.htm)
Some graveyard information (http://www.from-ireland.net/arm/graves.htm)
Protestant Churches before 1853 (Co.Armagh) (http://www.mcconville.org/main/genealogy/protestant.html)
Church of Ireland
Map of Church of Ireland Diocese (http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/local_history/geographical_index/dioceses.htm)
Church of Ireland records(microfilms) in PRONI (http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/online_indexes/church_of_ireland_index.htm)
Church records (scroll down page for Armagh) (http://irelandgenealogyprojects.rootsweb.ancestry.com/Old/coirecs.html)
Armagh Diocesan Archives (PRONI) (http://www.proni.gov.uk/armagh_diocesan_archive_summary.pdf)
Diocese of Armagh website (http://armagh.anglican.org/index.html)
Shankill Parish Church, Lurgan (http://www.downanddromore.org/shankill)
Creggan, Forkhill, Jonesborough, Killeavy (Meigh) (http://creggan.armagh.anglican.org/fifth.html)
Roman Catholic: www.from-ireland.net/arm/armindex.htm
Seagoe Parish (http://www.lisburn.com/books/dromore-diocese/parish-seagoe.html)
Archdiocese of Armagh 1836 (http://www.from-ireland.net/diocs/archarmagh.htm)
Drumcree (http://www.rootschat.com/links/05u7)
Creggan Lower (http://www.rootschat.com/links/05u8)
St. Peter's, Lurgan (http://www.lurganparish.com)
Presbyterian:
First Portadown (http://www.firstportadown.org/information/briefhistory.php)
Second Keady (http://www.secondkeady.org.uk/index.htm)
Markethill (http://www.markethillpresbyterian.co.uk/genealogy.htm)
Newmills (http://www.newmills.freeola.com/history.html)
Clarkesbridge + 1st Newtownhamilton (http://www.presbyterianireland.org/congregations/clarkesbridge.html)
Quaker:
Friends Meeting House, Tamnaghmore (no links available)
Lynastown Quaker burial ground (http://www.bob-sinton.com/notes/lynastown.php)
Some Quaker records mentioned here (http://www.cephasfisher.net/LurganFishers.htm)
Ballyhagan & Richhill (http://www.bob-sinton.com/ballyhagan/p1-p4.php)
Richhill (http://www.bob-sinton.com/headstones/richhill/names.php?id=3)
Methodist
www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/records/church/methodist
also mentioned in this thread: www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,104287.0.html
This website has information on the local churches in Markethill area (and lots more)- click on Places then Churches & Graveyards: www.bygonesandbyways.com/mainmenu.htm NEW 13/4/11
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Graveyards & Gravestones
Creggan Graveyard, near Crossmaglen (http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/armagh/creggan_graves.shtml)
St. Patrick's Cemetery, Cullyhanna: "Tombstone Inscriptions of Creggan Parish. St. Patrick's Cemetery, Cullyhanna, Co Armagh" by Michael McShane (published 2002 by Creggan Local History Society).
Ireland's Gravestone Index (http://www.irish-world.com/gravestones/index.cfm)- pay site but search is free and can be quite useful (although there are some errors with people being listed twice in wrong parishes)
NEW View maps for location of County Armagh graveyards- you can filter by denomination and other N.I. counties are also available. http://historyfromheadstones.com/index.php?armagh
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Land Records & Maps
Townlands, Parishes, etc.
Counties are made up of parishes and parishes are made up of a group of townlands. If you are doing any research in Ireland these divisions become extremely important. For further information:
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/records/land/townland.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townland
http://www.ancestryireland.com/database.php?filename=townlands
To find townlands + parishes :
www.thecore.com/seanruad (change default setting from exact match to find part of a word)
www.logainm.ie/?menuItem=about&uiLang=en
Map of civil parishes (http://applications.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/arma.htm)
another map of parishes (http://www.ballynagarrick.net/ulsterancestors/Parishes%20of%20County%20Armagh.htm) new 1/13
Map of Baronies (http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/local_history/geographical_index/baronies_.htm)
Administrative Division of Ireland (http://ireland.kiwicelts.com/irishMap/ireMap.html)- site can be hard to use at first and not complete for everywhere in Armagh but well worth persisting to see if the area you are interested in is included.
1835-38 Ordnance Survey Extracts- Seagoe Parish (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,279859.0.html)
1837 Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/arm/armaghindex.htm)
Griffith's Valuation (http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/)- search by name or place, scans of printed pages, some links to maps
c1870s Armagh Landowners List (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirarm/landowners.html)
1876 Armagh Landowners List (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donaghmore1/armagh/arldownlst.html)
Some Estate Records (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,305280.0.html) mentioned here.
The Northern Ireland Valuation and Lands Agency (http://pip.vla.nics.gov.uk/districts.asp) gives the names of the District Councils throughout the Province, the names of the Wards in each Council and the names of roads and streets within those Wards.
There are several different systems of land measurement in place in Ireland at various times
Statute acre (or English acre) = 4840 square yards
Cunningham acre = 6250 square yards (a Scottish measurement. Cunningham acres need to be multiplied by 1.29 to convert them to English, statute acres). See here (http://www.clancunningham.org/photos/Settlement6.html)
Irish acre = 7840 square yards. See here (http://www.sizes.com/units/irish_acre.htm) and here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre_(Irish))
conversion table: www.convertcenter.com/convertunit.aspx/area/irish_acre/all/56/0/1
This may explain the differences in the acreage of a farm which seems to have changed in size.
Possibly also worth mentioning is what “A.R.P.” means.
It stands for acres, roods & perch. There are 40 perch to a rood, and 4 roods to an acre.
These subdivisions apply to both Statute (a.k.a. Imperial) and Irish systems of measurements.
Dual Maps: www.mapchannels.com/DualMaps.aspx
Display two maps side-by-side for single location (Google Maps + Microsoft Virtual Earth Maps). Also includes new Google Street View option to view ground level imagery of Belfast.
Multimap: www.multimap.com/index.htm
Google Maps: http://maps.google.co.uk
Geograph project: www.geograph.org.uk
"The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland."
Weather maps: http://weather.uk.msn.com
Northern Ireland Place-Names project (http://www.placenamesni.org/Index.html)- maps and various search options. NEW 25/4/11
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Directories
List of Armagh directories:
www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/counties/ulster/armagh4.htm
www.nireland.com/genealogy/armagh_directories.html
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fianna/county/armagh/armmisc.html
1824 Pigot's Directory (http://www.failteromhat.com/pigotu.htm)
1846 Directory of Ireland- Part 1 (http://failteromhat.com/slater/0129.pdf), Part 2 (http://failteromhat.com/slater/0130.pdf), Part 3 (http://failteromhat.com/slater/0131.pdf), Part 4 (http://failteromhat.com/slater/0132.pdf)
1880 Directory Province of Ulster (http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/PT_EGHK1880.htm)
1881 Slater's Directory- Portadown (http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NIR-ARMAGH/2002-02/1014813772) (transcribed), Tandragee (http://www.bob-sinton.com/history/tgee/tgee_slater.php)
1888 Bassetts Guide and Directory - Co. Armagh (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jassie/post/index.html)
1910 Ulster Towns Directory (http://www.libraryireland.com/UlsterDirectory1910/Contents.php)
1959 Portadown (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,290930.0.html)
Portadown Streets, etc. on this topic: www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,349313.0.html
Some Directories added to PRONI site- see here for contents:
www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/street_directories.htm
Resource guide to Belfast & Ulster directories- NEW 3/8/11
http://www.liscni.co.uk/docs/Belfast_and_Ulster_Street_Directories.pdf
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Places
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People & Families
Dictionary of Ulster Biography (http://www.ulsterbiography.co.uk/)- put Armagh into location box and click on search button to find Armagh people
Alison Causton's History Pages contain a Military Records index for Co. Armagh They relate to British Army soldiers who stated they were born in Co. Armagh (including general service units, regiments, fencibles, artillery, etc) and/or soldiers who served in the Armagh Militia (many of whom were born outside the county). http://tinyurl.com/4z86hf
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Libraries, Museums & History Groups
Armagh County Museum (http://www.armaghcountymuseum.org.uk)
Armagh Public Library (http://www.armaghrobinsonlibrary.org)
SEELB area libraries (http://www.ni-libraries.net/libraries/selb/armagh-library)
Craigavon Museum Services (http://www.craigavonmuseum.com/)
South Armagh Genealogy Project (http://www.sagp.org/index.php)
Portadown Family History Society (http://portadownfhs.angelfire.com/) (NIFHS)
Creggan History Society (http://www.cregganhistory.co.uk/index.htm)
Markethill & District Local History Project (http://www.bygonesandbyways.com/mainmenu.htm)
Poyntzpass abd District Local History Society (http://www.poyntzpass.co.uk/index.htm) NEW 18/11/11
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Schools, Workhouses, Institutions, Occupations
Workhouses- Armagh (http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Armagh/), Lurgan (http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Lurgan/). note: direct links added 12/11
PRONI have a large collection of school registers and records. See www.proni.gov.uk
Lurgan Free School: The Brownlow Papers (PRONI) contain records for the Lurgan Free School dating from 1786 to 1795. These list the names of pupils, their age, religion and residence as well as the names of the pupil's parents.
Royal School, Armagh (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,263084.0.html)
Killyman National School (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cotyroneireland/schools/killyman-reg-partial.html) (some extracted entries)
1861 school information (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,281953.0.html) mentioned in this thread
School Teachers in County Armagh (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,582341.0/topicseen.html) NEW 17/2/12
"The Irish Education Inquiry of 1826 obtained a return of all the schools in Ireland from the Protestant and Catholic Clergy. The published document listed the schools by County - Barony - Parish - Townland. County Armagh had a return of over 300 schools."
Armagh Gaol (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/restoration/2004/ni_armagh_gaol_01.shtml)
High Sheriffs of Co. Armagh (http://homepage.tinet.ie/~jbhall/armagh_high_sheriffs.htm)
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Books, Newspapers, Magazines
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Misc. & General Sources
Armagh City & District Council (http://www.armagh.gov.uk)
Lurgan War Memorial (http://www.historyfromheadstones.com/index.php?id=795)
Armagh scenes (http://www.armaghprints.com/armaghcity.htm)
Portadown Photographs (http://www.portadownphotos.freehomepage.com)
Newry Journal (http://www.newryjournal.co.uk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1) (lots of pictures, stories, etc.):
Newry, Donaghmore, Loughbrickland + Banbridge (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donaghmore1/newry.html)
NEW 12/2011
McCaw, Allan , Linen Factory Taghnevan.Lurgan. More Photographs
Click on Link below to view some more photographs.
https://picasaweb.google.com/113754493580813631130/MCCAWALLANARCHIVE?gsessionid=3A9P1d8aZSZDjgbFs3RZ5A
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OFFERS
I have the Lurgan Free School Records for 1786-95, contains well over 500 names. If anyone would like me to check a name, let me know.
The Register contains the childs name and age, names of both parents, religion and their address.