Researching Your Ancestors in the North of Ireland: The City of Belfast

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Researching Your Ancestors in the North of Ireland: The City of Belfast. Published: November 2021.

A5 booklet, 106 pages

This publication opens with a brief history of the making of the city, and includes maps illustrating the growth. It shows changes to the municipal boundary and the townlands that lie within it.

There is an extensive range of records under main headings, such as Land Records, Census Records and Substitutes, Education, Graveyards, and many more. Dozens of lesser-known records have been sourced with details of where they can be accessed.

The section on Church Records describes any changes to a church’s location and/or amalgamation. The surviving records are listed, showing the years covered and where they are held. Web links are noted where applicable, and our own transcribed records are also included.

The book is illustrated with photographs old and new and it rounds off with source books and websites not previously mentioned. Contact details for the main record repositories are also listed.

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Local knowledge, a friendly community and support in your research: NIFHS ~Belfast Branch