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New Public Record Office to Open in March 2011
Culture Minister Nelson McCausland today announced that the new Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) will open to the public on 30 March 2011. Speaking from the new state-of-the-art facility in Titanic Quarter the Minister said: "In September 2009, we reported that the new PRONI headquarters was due to open in May or June 2011 following the removal and relocation of over 40km of unique, irreplaceable and some priceless, documents. It is therefore a fantastic achievement, through t...

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PRONI launches Northern Irish Wills online, 1858 to 1900
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland has digitised almost 100,000 images of probated wills and has made these available for the first time at http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/will_calendars.htm This is the culmination of a project by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) to index and digitise early wills from the three District Probate Registries of Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry between the years 1858 and 1900. Speaking today about the online Wi...

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Long Tower (St Columba's) Roman Catholic Church, County Londonderry, Baptisms 1841 - 1864
Over 7,000 Baptismal records for Long Tower or St Columba's Roman Catholic Church in Derry, parish of Templemore have now been added to the birth database. These entries cover the period 1841 to April 1864 inclusive, and include the Child's name, Father's name, Mother's maiden name, date of Baptism and date of Birth. Residence is not stated in the database or original church records. The following are prevalent family surnames in these records:- Anderson, Barr, Boner (Bo...

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Castledawson Presbyterian Church, Co Londonderry. Baptisms 1836 - 1863
Baptismal records for Castledawson Presbyterian Church in the parish of Magherafelt, County Londonderry have now been added to the birth database. These entries cover the period 1836 to 1863 inclusive, and include the Child's name, Father's name, Mother's maiden name, date of Baptism and date of Birth. The following are prevalent family surnames in these records:- Anderson, Arrall (Arell, Arrell, Orrell, Orril), Backhouse, Badger, Boyd, Brown, Burnside, Burrows, Campbell, Catherwood, Ca...

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Newtownards Fourth Presbyterian, County Down. Baptisms 1854 - 1864
Baptismal records for Newtownards Fourth Presbyterian Church in the parish of Newtownards, County Down have now been added to the birth database. This church was originally located at Court Street and later moved to its present location in South Street. These entries cover the period 1855 to 1864 inclusive, and include the Child's name, Father's name, Mother's maiden name, date of Baptism and date of Birth. The following are prevalent family surnames in these records:- Aiken, Anderson, ...

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Linenhall (University Road) Presbyterian, Belfast, Co Antrim. Marriages 1871 - 1886
Civil Marriage records from the Linenhall Presbyterian Church, otherwise known as the University Road Presbyterian Church in Belfast, Co Antrim have been added to the marriage index database covering the period 1871 to 1886. Marriages from 1887 are recorded under the Crescent Presbyterian Church. Prevalent Surnames in these records include:- Allen, Anderson, Boyd, Brown, Campbell, Carnduff, Christy, Clarke, Cochrane, Collins, Craig, Crawford, Crothers, Currie, Davis, Dickson, Dougan, Dunn...

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Strabane First Presbyterian, Tyrone. Baptisms 1845 - 1863
Baptismal records for Strabane First Presbyterian Church in the parish of Camus-Juxta-Mourne, County Tyrone have now been added to the birth database. These entries cover the period 1845 to 1863 inclusive, and include the Child's name, Father's name, Mother's maiden name, Residence, date of Baptism and date of Birth. The following are prevalent family surnames in these records:- Aikin, Arbuckle, Barnhill, Blair, Borland (Boreland), Boyd, Brown, Buchannan, Burke, Campbell, Carson, Cooke,...

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Long Tower (St Columba's) Roman Catholic Church, Templemore, Co Londonderry, Baptisms 1841 - 1851
Baptismal records for Long Tower or St Columba's Roman Catholic Church in Derry, parish of Templemore have now been added to the birth database. These entries cover the period 1841 to 1851 inclusive, and include the Child's name, Father's name, Mother's maiden name, date of Baptism and date of Birth. Residence is not stated in the database or original church records. The following are prevalent family surnames in these records:- Boyle, Bradley, Campbell, Carlin, Cassidy,...

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Antrim First (Millrow) Presbyterian, Antrim. Baptisms 1845 - 1864
Baptismal records for Antrim First Presbyterian Church, otherwise known as Millrow Presbyterian in the parish of Antrim, County Antrim have now been added to the birth database. These entries cover the period 1845 to 1864 inclusive, and include the Child's name, Father's name, Mother's maiden name, date of Baptism and date of Birth. The following are prevalent family surnames in these records:- Adair, Agnew, Barber (Barbar, Barbour), Bell, Boyd, Brown, Campbell, Christy (Christie), Crai...

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Markethill First Presbyterian, Mullaghbrack, Co Armagh. Baptisms 1843 - 1887
Baptismal records for Markethill First Presbyterian Church in the parish of Mullaghbrack, County Armagh have now been added to the birth database. These entries cover the period 1843 to 1887 inclusive, and include the Child's name, Father's name, Mother's maiden name, date of Baptism and date of Birth. The following are prevalent family surnames in these records:- Allen, Anderson, Beattie (Beatty), Black, Burns, Carlisle, Crozier, Dalzell, Dougan (Dugan, Dougun), Gray, Hamilton, Hannah ...

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