HOME  | LOGIN  | ONLINE DATABASES  |  RESEARCH SERVICES  | PROJECTS  | BOOKS  | GUILD  | EVENTS  | NEWS  | PARLIAMENT  | ABOUT US  | 
  
   
Online Databases  |  Online Articles  |  Parish Maps  |  Townlands  |  Timeline  |  2003 Directory  |  2004 Directory  | 
  

Irish Genealogy Databases - Search through 2,000,000+ Records

As part of its role in making Irish genealogical records more readily available the Ulster Historical Foundation is continually adding new searchable databases to this site. Some of these will be freely available to visitors though most will be restricted to our Guild Members (Join Now). These databases are an invaluable source in helping you trace your Irish Ancestors.
Search for your Ancestors
Surname:
Firstname:
   Join the mailing list to receive monthly updates
   about new databases and records.
Name :
E mail :
Country :
FREE ACCESS:
Below is a list of databases
that are Freely available to Visitors		 No. of Records Example
Index to Birth records for County Antrim and County Down 437,538 
Index to Marriage records for County Antrim and County Down897,235
Index to Death / Burial records for County Antrim and County Down169,104
Irish ancestors being researched (members interests) 3,571
Distribution of surnames in Ireland in 1890 (Matheson's special report)97,282
Ulster Historical Foundation Research Files6,886

MEMBER ONLY ACCESS:
Below is a list of databases that are
available to Members Only. If you are interested in becoming a member then click here for further details		    
     
THE GENEALOGICAL ESSENTIALS No. of Records Example
Index to 1796 Flaxgrowers Bounty List (giving parish locations)56,018
Irish Gravestone Inscription Surname-Firstname Index59,289
Distribution of Surnames from Griffiths Valuation and Tithe Applotment survey in Ulster ( 9 counties) in the mid-19th century 147,625
DIRECTORIES No. of Records Example
Directory of businesses in Belfast 1807681
Directory of businesses in Belfast 1808867
Directory of Lurgan residents 1819244
Directory of Waringstown residents 181974
Directory of Warrenpoint residents 1819138
Portrush Business and Trades Directory 1884123
Farmers and Residents of Clonmel 1884273
Farmers and Residents of Carrick On Suir 188461
Residents of Newtownards 1876122
Armagh Merchants & Traders218
Belfast Merchants & Tradesmen1,377
Cahir Directory County Tipperary, 1884132
Castleblayney Residents, 184627
Cookstown Residents, 1846512
Donegal Residents, 1846120
Enniskillen Trades294
Londonderry Merchants & Tradesmen376
Lurgan Merchants & Traders, 1846279
Monaghan Trades Directory, 1865202
Newry Merchants & Traders1,478
Newtownards Almanac, 1876122
Strabane Trades Directory, 1884430
OCCUPATIONS No. of Records Example
Apothecaries: Apprentices, 1791-18295,015
Apothecaries: Licensed, 1791-18291,273
Ballymoney Scutchers, 1914-191534
Belfast Cotton Industry, 181977
Brickworks at Florencecourt, 187710
Brown Linen Seal Masters, 182860
Derry Insurance Agents, 186056
Derry Publicans, 1839115
Irish Militia: Permanent Staff, 1828227
Resident Magistrates72
Royal Irish Constabulary, 1836-44338
Royal Irish Constabulary, County Inspectors, 186035
Royal Irish Constabulary, Sub-Inspectors, 1860262
Teachers & Schools, 1826-18271,579
Veterinary Surgeons in Ireland, 1901304
CENSUS RECORDS No. of Records Example
List of Household Heads in Larne Town in 1901680
Larne 1901 Census - List of people who were born outside of County Antrim831
Census of Ardoyne Village 190168
1803 Agricultural Census of Antrim7,178
Census of Armagh Town, 1770502
1803 Agricultural Census, Co. Down2,335
CHURCH RECORDS No. of Records Example
Fasti of the Presbyterian Church1,498
EMIGRATION RECORDS No. of Records Example
Passenger Lists, 1803154
Emigrants from the Parish of Maghera 1834 - 5142
Emigrants from Killeshandra parish 1831 - 1841352
Passenger List: Dorcas Savage Portaferry to New Brunswick 181944
Emigrants from Coleraine Workhouse55
Emigration from Ireland 1851 - 185932
Emigrants from Cos Antrim and Londonderry, 1830s2,393
Emigrants Cited on Co. Down Gravestones138
Emigrants Cited on Troy, New York, Gravestones88
Passenger List: Athenia133
WILLS AND TESTAMENTARY PAPERS No. of Records Example
Index of abstracts, extracts and duplicate copies of original wills, pre-185813,484
Index to Printed Irish Will Calendars 1878-1900 (covering every county)151,800
Administration Bonds: Down, pre-18482,021
Administration Bonds: Dromore, Newry and Mourne wills, pre-18581,687
Irish Will Calendars, 1858-187869,944
Co. Lononderry Wills, Derry Diocese, 1612-18573,788
Newry and Mourne wills, pre-1858575
Prerogative Wills: Co. Antrim, 1536-18561,576
Prerogative Wills: Co. Armagh, 1536-18561,538
Prerogative Wills: Belfast, 1536-18101,141
Prerogative Wills: Co. Down, 1536-18563,857
Prerogative Wills: Co. Fermanagh, 1536-1856932
Prerogative Wills: Co. Leitrim, 1510-1810163
Prerogative Wills: Co. Londonderry, 1536-18581,747
Prerogative Wills: Co. Mayo, 1510-1810330
Prerogative Wills: Co. Tyrone, 1536-18581,635
ELECTION RECORDS No. of Records Example
VOTERS LIST COUNTY LONDONDERRY, 1697 (PRONI T/3161/1/4)93
Index to Freeholders listed in poll-book for the Co. Antrim general election of 17761,741
Index to Freeholders registered to vote at elections, Co. Donegal 1767-711,551
Index to Freeholders registered to vote at elections, Co. Fermanagh 1747-1768638
Co. Antrim Electors, 1857395
Index to Freeholders registered to vote at elections, Co. Clare 18291,476
Newry Electors, 1868796
Index to Freeholders registered to vote at elections, Co. Tipperary 17751,403
Index to estate owners recorded in the freeholders lists, Co. Tipperary 1775162
ESTATE RECORDS No. of Records Example
1728 Hertford Estate Rent Roll1,329
Tenants on the Blackwood estate in County Down, 1741154
Belfast leases 1750 - 1815464
An eighteenth-century muster roll of the Abercorn manors in northwest Ulster214
Irish Land Commission Court of 1897 List Tenants of Lisburn47
Co. Armagh, Bernard & St John Estate, Ballymore & Kernan Parishes, 177357
Larne Estate, 173574
17TH-CENTURY RECORDS No. of Records Example
Scottish settlers in Ulster 1,041
Fighters of Derry in 16891,648
18TH-CENTURY RECORDS No. of Records Example
Index to 1796 Flaxgrowers Bounty List (giving parish locations)56,018
Linen Drapers Moneymore 179658
Reward Subscribers Derrynoose Co Armagh 179575
1766 Religious Census93
Fighters of Derry in 16891,648
NEWSPAPERS No. of Records Example
Tyrone Constitution Deaths618
Birth, Death and Marriage entries from the Strabane Journal 1785 - 1787.73
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS No. of Records Example
Teachers in County Fermanagh in 1826-7.237
Database of Town Commissioners in Ireland, 1828-43909
Illiterate voters in Irish boroughs in 18373,660
Murders in Ireland 1842 - 461063
Apothecaries Licensed to Practise 1791 - 18291272
GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTIONS No. of Records Example
17th Century Gravestones167
Irish Gravestone Inscription Surname-Firstname Index59,289
ACT OF UNION PETITIONS, 1799-1800 No. of Records Example
Petition of the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Lower Creggan, County Armagh460
Act of Union Petition, 1799-1800888
MISCELLANEOUS No. of Records Example
Distribution of Surnames in Ulster ( 9 counties) in the mid-19th century 147,625
Subscribers to a Causeway book1,845
Subscribers to Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dictionary 8,483
Listing of unofficial/subdenominational local placenames for counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry/Derry and Tyrone.3,647
The Brig Jessie 183016
Butchers in Belfast 183020
Agents for the East India Tea Company39
The Florencecourt Brick, January 187710
Dublin Exchange, April 181522
RIC constables stationed in Ulster, 182844
Enniskillen Grand Jury in 181581
Dublin, Belfast and Coleraine Junction Railway - Committee and office holders49
Applications to register as voters in the barony of Armagh513
Applications to register as voters in the barony of Tiranny97
Armagh householders in 1770502
Perished on Board the Athenia 193956
Blacksmiths registered in Belfast 1833-43161
Coastguard Officers in Ireland 186493
Drummaul Householders 1848343
Landowners in Ireland 18733,721
O'Shaughnessy Birth, Marriage & Death Records, 1845-19036,855
Merchants and Traders of Belfast 18651,377
Merchants and Traders of Lurgan 1824136
Merchants and Traders of Monaghan town 1865202
Pawnbrokers of Belfast, 183638
Pawnbrokers Registered in Ireland 1832-342
Persons Holding Firearms on the Abercorn Estate, 174566
Post Offices in Ireland842
Scutch Mills of Ireland 1876376
Spirit Grocers in Ireland975
Antrim High Sheriffs, 1603-1895254
Belfast Medical Society, Obituaries, 1825-185033
Crumlin School Class List28
District Registrars circa 1860126
Guild Members' Interests, 20003,890
Guild Members' Interests, 20013,593
Guild Members' Interests, 20026,208
Hearts of Steel Memorials, c.17701,018
Inns, Hotels and Taverns in Belfast 183947
Irish Pension List, 1800262
RBAI Alumni7,380
Deaths in Skibbereen Workhouse, December 184667

Note: These databases are the work of many hands and whilst every effort is made to ensure their accuracy inevitably transcription errors will occur. If you note any errors please inform us by completing the Feedback Form

Tracing your family history?

If you are in Belfast why not visit Ulster Historical Foundation's Family History Research Centre?     more ...


Web site design by BRS Systems.