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Baptisms 1805 – 1885, Faughanvale Parish Church, County Londonderry.
Faughanvale or St Canice’s Parish Church in the village of Eglinton, Co. Londonderry forms part of the Church of Ireland Diocese of Derry & Raphoe. Records from the Church Baptismal Registers have now been added to our birth database and cover the period from 1805 to 1885 inclusive. These entries include the Child’s name, Father’s name, Mother’s forename, Date of Birth & Baptism and townland in which the family resided.  Occasional annotations on the fam...

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Welcome to the new Emerald Ancestors website
Emerald Ancestors has been providing family researchers with access to Northern Ireland genealogy records for over 10 years and our updated website offers a host of new records and features including: More Searchable Records - Additional collections including Land Records, Menbers' Family Trees and updates to our Baptism and Church Census databases. Great Value - Reduced rates on our 6 month and annual subscription charges and look up services for even better value. More features -...

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Church Census of Dromore Presbyterian Church, County Tyrone, Part 2, 1864
The latest addition to our Church Census Collection lists over 700 names from the congregation of the Dromore Presbyterian Church in the parish of Dromore, County Tyrone in 1864. It complements our earlier census for the same Church taken around 1835. The census lists all members within a household including children, and identifies the townland in which the family resides. Prevalent Presbyterian family surnames recorded in the census include: Allen, Armstrong, Black, Buchanan, Caldwell, C...

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Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church, Bangor Parish, County Down, Baptisms 1841 - 1901
Baptismal records for Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church in the parish of Bangor, County Down have now been added to the birth database. These entries cover the period 1841 to 1901 inclusive, and include the Child's name, Father's name, Mother’s Maiden name, Date of Birth & Date of Baptism. Townland is also included in a number of entries in the database. The following are prevalent family surnames in these records:- Adair, Adams, Aitchison, Alexander, Allen, Anderson, Ast...

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Donaghcloney Presbyterian, Co Down. Baptisms 1844 - 1864
Baptismal Records for Donaghcloney (Donacloney)Presbyterian Church, Co Down, have now been added to the database. These entries cover the period 1844 to 1864. Listed on the database is the Child's name, Father's name, Mother maiden name, residence, date of baptism. The following are prevalent family surnames included in these records:- Alexander, Adamson, Anderson, Andrews, Anthony, Beatty, Brown, Carson, Craig, Findlay, Frackleton, Gamble, Hoy, Huston, Johnston, Kerr, Lyons, Ma...

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Belfast Telegraph publishes Who Do You Think You Are Genealogy Supplements
Local Family Researchers should look out for four free supplements entitled "Who Do You Think You Are" to be issued with next week's Belfast Telegraph. From Monday, 5th March 2012, a four-part series of magazines full of advice and tips on how to trace your family tree will be free with every copy of the Belfast Telegraph. The Who Do You Think You Are series includes a step-by-step guide to research, a family tree poster for readers to fill in as they discover each new relati...

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1851 Census for County Antrim
While the vast majority of 1851 Irish Census returns were destroyed in 1922, a significant number of returns survived, particularly for a number of parishes in County Antrim. These 1851 Census Return Remnants, listing over 25,000 individuals resident in County Antrim, have now been transcribed and added to our census database. The database includes the name, age, marital status, occupation and relationship to the head of household for all residents recorded within the house. Also noted are...

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Comber Church of Ireland, County Down. Marriages 1845 - 1921
The Civil marriage records for Comber Church of Ireland have been revised and updated to include over a hundred marriages not previously recorded on our database. These additional marriages primarily cover the period from 1856 to 1882. The database now includes a complete listing of the marriages recorded in this church up to 1921 and the entries include the names of the Bride & Groom and date of marriage. The look up facility is available which will normally include further details such ...

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Markethill Second Presbyterian Church, County Armagh, Baptisms 1820 - 1919
Baptismal records for Markethill Second Presbyterian Church in the parish of Mullaghbrack, County Armagh have now been added to the birth database. These entries cover the period 1820 to 1919 inclusive, and include the Child's name, Father's name, date of Baptism and Family Residence. Mother's name is not recorded on the database or original registers. The following are prevalent family surnames in these records:- Acheson, Agnew, Alexander, Anderson, Aughiltree, Ballintine, Bigham, Bingha...

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Belfast Burial Records Go Online
Belfast City Council has made burial records for three prominent cemeteries in Belfast available online. Currently Burial records from the following cemeteries and time periods are available: •Belfast City Cemetery - records from 1869 (including the Jewish, public and Glenalina extension sections) •Roselawn Cemetery - records from 1954 •Dundonald Cemetery - records from 1905. This is the first stage of plans by the city council to make more than 360,000 records easil...

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