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Belfast Street names

Over the years there have been numerous changes in street names in Belfast. Some of these have been minor eg Bristow Lane to Bristow while others have been complete name changes.  We have two indices online, one where the old street name is searched and the new name is found beside it, the other is the reverse. Click on the link above to access the first page. 

 

The Peripatetic Genealogist  

This article describes a visit by one of our Canadian Associate Members, Mr. Patrick Campbell, to Northern Ireland. 

It was published during 1994 in North Irish Roots;, Vol. 5, No. 1. Mr Campbell has kindly given permission for it to be reproduced here.  Click on the above title to read.

Congress Connections 

This article describes how useful the Members' Interest Database was to one of our members. 

This article was published during 1998 in North Irish Roots, Vol. 9, No. 1.  Mrs De Luca has kindly given permission for it to be reproduced here.  Click on the above title to read.

Coastal Command Base, Castle Archdale

This article is by two of our Belfast Branch Members, John and Flora Jackson.

It contains a list of airmen originally based in Castle Archdale but who now lie buried in graveyards in Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh.  Click on the above title to read.  A postscript to the original article has been added.

Over The Sheugh

Talk given by Charles Kelly, Associate Member from Scotland, at the Annual General Meeting of the North of Ireland Family History Society, on Saturday, 20 May 2000.  It was also reprinted in NI Roots.
The full text may be read on line -
Click on the above title to read.

Good Housekeeping

An article on backing up or copying your valuable Family Tree information by Lisa Carson, one of our Bangor Branch Members.