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The Royal School of Armagh Register, 1849 - 1930
Over 2,000 names of entrants to the Royal School, Armagh have now been added to the Schools Register database. These records typically include the name, date of birth and father's name of the pupils attending this well-established Boys Boarding School from 1849 to 1930. While situated close to the centre of Armagh, the school was attended by boys from throughout Ireland during this period and in the majority of cases, the home residence of the family is included in the database. Source:...

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Ulster Wills Index, 1858-1916.
Containing over 200,000 entries, the Ulster Wills Index provides name of deceased, date of death, County and now includes the place of residence of the deceased. The index covers probated Wills and Administrations for residents of Antrim, Armagh, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Louth, Monaghan and Tyrone from 1858 and consequently provides a valuable resource in locating records for those who died prior to the introduction of Civil Registration in 1864. County Cavan entries are not cur...

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Kilkeel Roman Catholic Baptisms, 1845-1863.
Over 2,300 baptismal records for Kilkeel Roman Catholic parish in County Down have now been added to the Birth database. These entries, believed to be from Massfort (Ballymageogh) Church in the Roman Catholic parish of Upper Mourne, cover the period 1845 to 1863. Listed on the database is the Child's name, Father's name and Mother's Maiden name in the majority of cases while later entries include the Townland of residence. Date of Baptism is stated although Date of Birth was not included in t...

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Latest Update Now Live! - 200,000 New Records
The February 2007 update is now live and has added a further 200,000 new records including:- Civil Marriage Records for, Belfast, Armagh, South Down & Strabane from 1845 to 1920. Additional Wills completing the Northern Ireland Index of Wills (1878-1900) for the six counties. We have, added a further ebook to our library:- Keady, 100 Years Ago by H J Dobbin (1921), including extracts from the parish registers. ...

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January Update Complete! New Birth, Marriage & Death Records
The January database update is now live and consists of over 200,000 names of Northern Irish ancestors. Records added include:- •    Civil Birth Records for Counties Armagh, Londonderry & Tyrone.   •    Civil Marriage Records for Magherafelt (Co. Londonderry) and Moyle (Co. Antrim). •    Additional Parish Baptisms including Enniskillen Methodist Church in County Fermanagh, Garvagh First Presbyterian Church in County Derry / ...

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Marriage Database Update
A major update to our Marriage database has now been completed, with over 50,000 additional records for counties Armagh, Down and Antrim. ...

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Irish Ebooks Launched
This month sees the launch of our new Ebook Section, providing downloadable pdf files relating to Irish History. This section will be developed and expanded, so please check back regularly. ...

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Major Database Update
Over 40,000 new records have been added to or Births, Deaths and Census databases in this month's update. Records cover parishes within counties Tyrone, Londonderry and Fermanagh. ...

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