Publications
Current publications listed below are all available from the Society.
NEW: Publications can now be ordered by using the online Publications order form, paying by
PayPal or UK Sterling cheque.
Prices for each item are given on
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[A few items are also available from the Branches
which published them. In such cases details are given below.
However, the Branches may not have a PayPal facility.]
North Irish Roots
North Irish Roots is the journal of the Society; it is
published twice a year in the spring and autumn. Binders and back issues are
for sale:
• Journal binder - an attractive
binder with the Society logo is available, specially designed to hold 12 journals.
Journal back issues which are still in print can be purchased in bundles:
• Bundle A = 12 journals (Vols: 1.5, 1.8, 2.2, 2.6, 2.8, 5.2, 7.2, 9.2, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1 and 12.2);
• Bundle B = 12 journals (Vols: 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1 and 18.2).
• Bundles A and B
= 24 journals (Vols: as above).
[ Single issues may be available. Also, an article from an out of
print journal can be ordered as a scan or photocopy.
Payment can be made via the online form and in addition, after choosing your
payment method, please also specify details (of issue or article wanted):
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Books
The following books are available:
• The Hidden Graveyard - Carnmoney Parish Church
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The Newtownabbey Branch has, after a number of years of dedicated
research, produced a new book entitled “The Hidden Graveyard”. This 144
page book records gravestone inscriptions from Graveyard No. 1 at
Carnmoney Parish Church, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim. This section of the
graveyard is across Church Road and ‘hidden’ down a lane. A form of
mapping for each section of the graveyard is included, making it easy to
locate a particular grave. Photographs, both black and white and colour
add further interest. The memorials span more than 100 years from the
1860s to the 1960s, and include mention of folk who died overseas. Also
recorded are Memorials inside the church, Commonwealth War Graves, and the
Garden of Remembrance. The book contains an index of all surnames
appearing on headstones and an index of place names mentioned. It has been
noticed that some inscriptions, read with some difficulty at the time of
recording, have now completely disappeared due to weathering. |
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• These Hallowed Grounds Vol 1
- Lisburn, Kilrush and St Patricks
 | Over the last 25 years, prompted by the growing interest in genealogy, many people, working individually and in groups, have made a permanent record of the gravestone inscriptions in the older burying grounds in Lisburn. Lisburn Branch has collated all this information, and published two volumes dealing with the gravestone inscriptions in all three burying grounds. This, the first volume, deals with Kilrush, or Millbrook Burial Ground, Millbrook Road, and St. Patrick's Chapel Burying Ground, Chapel Hill, Lisburn. Where available, we have augmented the text with interesting photographs and biographical notes. |
[The above book is also available from Lisburn
Branch]
• These Hallowed Grounds Vol 2
- Lisburn, Kilrush and St Patricks
 | A companion to volume 1 above, this volume records the surviving gravestone inscriptions for Christ Church Cathedral, Lisburn, County Antrim, and Friends’ Burying Ground, in the city’s Railway Street. There is also a list of names from Quaker burial records of all the people buried in Friends’ Burying Ground as well as a background history of Lisburn Cathedral and Huguenots’ and Friends’ Meeting House. Also included are the memorials in the Cathedral and a list of burials recorded as being inside as well as lists of rectors, curates and churchwardens. There are also maps of both burying grounds, with a key, along with death notices and brief information on the wills of some of the people buried in the two grounds. Also included are short biographies of 53 families connected with the grounds, as well as 16 family trees and extra information with the names of some late 18th and early 19th century Lisburn
people. The 310 pages include four in colour, with 50
black and white photographs, three maps and an index. |
[The above book is also available from Lisburn
Branch]
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• Mallusk Memorials:
A record of the gravestone memorials in the ancient graveyard at Mallusk, Newtownabbey
Co Antrim, N Ireland
 | Compiled by the Belfast Branch of the North of Ireland Family History Society and published in July 1997. Following the success of their previous publication Carved in Stone: Grave Inscriptions from Carnmoney Parish Church, County Antrim Belfast branch turned their attentions to another burial ground in Newtownabbey, that of Mallusk. Mallusk burying ground has a particular interest, not only for family historians, but also those interested in local and political history. The 1798 Rebellion involving the United Irishmen drew many of its supporters from the Hydepark, Roughfort, Hightown, Lylehill and Mallusk areas, and some people who took a prominent part have been buried in this graveyard. Jemmy Hope, members of his family, and the extensive Bigger/Biggar families have been buried here also, thus giving unique information relating to the
United Irishmen. Unlike Carnmoney, there are no visible remains of any church buildings at Mallusk, nor are there any church records relating specifically to this particular graveyard.
The grounds are clearly divided into two sections: the old burying plot,
and a more modern section which has been properly planned and has graves
laid out in a regular manner. The memorials and inscriptions in both
sections were recorded. |
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• The Ballymoney Northern Herald and Ulster General Advertiser
 | The book contains Birth, Marriage and Death entries from 1860-1863. 80 pages. |
• On Tranquil Land or Stormy Sea
 | A record of gravestone inscriptions and interments in Islandmagee New Cemetery from 1925
-2002, published by Larne Branch of NIFHS. The book includes maps showing location and townlands and is fully indexed with section maps for ease of reference. There is included a short section on local
seafarers and a "Debt of Honour" section reproduced with the permission of The Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
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• Tombstones of the Omey, County
Tyrone
 | This book which was published by Omagh Branch of the North of Ireland Family History Society in 1998 and contains inscriptions from tombstones located in 15 church graveyards within the Omagh District from 1688–1900. The work of transcription was undertaken between 1985–1990 by William J. McGrew, a member of the Omagh Branch and as many of the gravestones transcribed are now no longer legible it is the only remaining record source for family historians. The Graveyards included are: Cappagh Church of Ireland, Clanabogan Church of Ireland, Crevenagh (Interdominational) Cemetery, Donaghanie (Interdominational) Cemetery, Drumnakilly Church of Ireland, Drumragh Old and New Section Graveyard, Dunmullan (Interdominational) Graveyard, Edenderry Church of Ireland, Edenderry Presbyterian Church, Lislimnaghan Church of Ireland, Mountjoy Prebyterian Church, St Columba’s Church of Ireland, St Mary’ Roman Catholic Church Killyclogher, St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
Knockmoyle. 184 pages. |
[The above book is also available from Omagh Branch]
• Hatches, Matches and Dispatches
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This book researched by William McGrew and published by Omagh Family History Society in 2007 contains almost two thousand entries of birth, marriage, and death notices recorded from older local newspapers including the Tyrone Constitution, Omagh News, and some from Strabane Morning Post, Belfast Newsletter and Derry Journal. The notices relate to people from Omagh and surrounding districts and cover a period from 1815-1873, with a few prior to 1800. The book is formatted in three sections alphabetically indexed for ease of reference and should be of wide interest to genealogists tracing ancestry whose families have resided in the Omagh area in years past.
136 pages. |
[The above book is also available from Omagh Branch]
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CD-ROM
The following CD-ROM are available:
• The Coleraine Chronicle
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Details from 2 newspapers: The Coleraine Chronicle: Births, Marriages and Deaths 1844-1869 and
The Ballymoney Herald: Births, Marriages and Deaths 1860-1863. This was originally available in book form but is now only available on CD-ROM. |
[The above CD-ROM is also available from Coleraine Branch]
• The Londonderry Sentinel
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Contains Births, Marriages and Death entries from 1829-1869. |
[The above CD-ROM is also available from Coleraine Branch]
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Order Form
An
online
Publications order form is available for our current publications available from the Society; also click here.
The online form now enables payments to be made either using
PayPal or by UK Sterling cheque.
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