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.

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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 Down	897,235
Index to Death / Burial records for County Antrim and County Down	169,104
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 Files	6,886
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 Index	59,289
Distribution of Surnames from Griffiths Valuation and Tithe Applotment survey in Ulster ( 9 counties) in the mid-19th century	147,625
17TH-CENTURY RECORDS	No. of Records	Example
Scottish settlers in Ulster	1,041
18TH-CENTURY RECORDS	No. of Records	Example
Index to 1796 Flaxgrowers Bounty List (giving parish locations)	56,018
Linen Drapers Moneymore 1796	58
Reward Subscribers Derrynoose Co Armagh 1795	75
1766 Religious Census	93
AGRICULTURAL CENSUS OF 1803	No. of Records	Example
1803 Agricultural Census of Antrim	7,178
ESTATE RECORDS	No. of Records	Example
1728 Hertford Estate Rent Roll	1,329
Tenants on the Blackwood estate in County Down, 1741	154
Belfast leases 1750 - 1815	464
An eighteenth-century muster roll of the Abercorn manors in northwest Ulster	214
Irish Land Commission Court of 1897 List Tenants of Lisburn	47
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS	No. of Records	Example
Teachers in County Fermanagh in 1826-7.	237
Database of Town Commissioners in Ireland, 1828-43	909
Illiterate voters in Irish boroughs in 1837	3,660
Murders in Ireland 1842 - 46	1063
Apothecaries Licensed to Practise 1791 - 1829	1272
GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTIONS	No. of Records	Example
17th Century Gravestones	167
Irish Gravestone Inscription Surname-Firstname Index	59,289
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 1776	1,741
Index to Freeholders registered to vote at elections, Co. Donegal 1767-71	1,551
Index to Freeholders registered to vote at elections, Co. Fermanagh 1747-1768	638
CHURCH RECORDS	No. of Records	Example
Fasti of the Presbyterian Church	1,498
NEWSPAPERS	No. of Records	Example
Tyrone Constitution Deaths	618
Birth, Death and Marriage entries from the Strabane Journal 1785 - 1787.	73
1901 CENSUS RECORDS	No. of Records	Example
List of Household Heads in Larne Town in 1901	680
Larne 1901 Census - List of people who were born outside of County Antrim	831
Census of Ardoyne Village 1901	68
DIRECTORIES	No. of Records	Example
Directory of businesses in Belfast 1807	681
Directory of businesses in Belfast 1808	867
Directory of Lurgan residents 1819	244
Directory of Waringstown residents 1819	74
Directory of Warrenpoint residents 1819	138
Portrush Business and Trades Directory 1884	123
Farmers and Residents of Clonmel 1884	273
Farmers and Residents of Carrick On Suir 1884	61
Residents of Newtownards 1876	122
WILLS AND TESTAMENTARY PAPERS	No. of Records	Example
Index to Printed Irish Will Calendars 1878-1900 (covering every county)	151,800
Irish Will Calendars, 1858-1878	69,944
Prerogative Will Index 1556 - 1856 Belfast	1,141
Prerogative Will Index 1536 - 1858 Londonderry	1,747
Prerogative Will Index 1536 - 1858 Tyrone	1,635
Prerogative Will Index 1510 - 1810 Mayo	330
Prerogative Will Index 1510 - 1810 Leitrim	163
Prerogative Will Index 1536-1856 Antrim	1,576
Prerogative Will Index 1536-1856 Fermanagh	932
Newry and Mourne wills, pre-1858	575
Index of abstracts, extracts and duplicate copies of original wills, pre-1858	13,484
Down Administration Bonds, pre-1848	2,021
Dromore, Newry and Mourne wills, pre-1858	1,687
EMIGRATION RECORDS	No. of Records	Example
Passenger Lists, 1803	154
Emigrants from the Parish of Maghera 1834 - 5	142
Emigrants from Killeshandra parish 1831 - 1841	352
Passenger List: Dorcas Savage Portaferry to New Brunswick 1819	44
Emigrants from Coleraine Workhouse	55
Emigration from Ireland 1851 - 1859	32
Emigrants from Cos Antrim and Londonderry, 1830s	2,393
ACT OF UNION PETITIONS, 1799-1800	No. of Records	Example
Petition of the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Lower Creggan, County Armagh	460
MISCELLANEOUS	No. of Records	Example
Distribution of Surnames in Ulster ( 9 counties) in the mid-19th century	147,625
Subscribers to a Causeway book	1,845
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 1830	16
Butchers in Belfast 1830	20
Agents for the East India Tea Company	39
The Florencecourt Brick, January 1877	10
Dublin Exchange, April 1815	22
RIC constables stationed in Ulster, 1828	44
Enniskillen Grand Jury in 1815	81
Dublin, Belfast and Coleraine Junction Railway - Committee and office holders	49
Coastguard Officers in Ireland 1864	93
Perished on Board the Athenia 1939	56
Applications to register as voters in the barony of Tiranny	97
Applications to register as voters in the barony of Armagh	513
Post Offices in Ireland	842
Spirit Grocers in Ireland	975
District Registrars circa 1860	126
Blacksmiths registered in Belfast 1833-43	161
Inns, Hotels and Taverns in Belfast 1839	47
Landowners in Ireland 1873	3,721
Merchants and Traders of Lurgan 1824	136
Merchants and Traders of Belfast 1865	1,377
Merchants and Traders of Monaghan town 1865	202
Scutch Mills of Ireland 1876	376
Drummaul Householders 1848	343
Armagh householders in 1770	502
Qualified apprentice apothecaries, 1791-1829	5,015

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