New PRONI links

[aghadowey]

Since PRONI have changed their website recently the old links posted here on Rootschat no longer work. The existing links only take you to their home page and I cannot update old posts. The new website is confusing and difficult to navigate (even when you know what you are looking for) so here are some of the important links.

Site Map (use this to find more links- just scroll down to Family history, heritage and museums)-
   https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sitemap
   
Guides to Records- https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/guides-proni-records
e-catalogue- https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/search-archives-online/ecatalogue
Name Search- https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/search-archives-online/name-search

Will Calendar search (many of the Will Books have been scanned so you can see wording of some pre-1900 Wills which no longer survive)- covers Armagh, Belfast & Londonderry
   http://apps.proni.gov.uk/DCAL_PRONI_WillsCalendar_IE/WillsSearch.aspx
   See here to search Dublin ones, etc.- www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/search/cwa/home.jsp

Valuation Revision Books (dates range from printed version of Griffith's Valuation until c1930)-
   https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/search-archives-online/valuation-revision-books

Guide to Church Records- https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/proni-guide-church-records

Street Directories (http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/ has large collection- more recent ones available and easier to navigate)
   https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/search-archives-online/street-directories

Freeholders Records- https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/search-archives-online/freeholders-records

Ulster Covenant- https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/search-archives-online/ulster-covenant