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This website was first launched in 2006 and was revised at the end of 2009. Work on the site is still ongoing.  The website now concentrates on North Antrim which I have loosely defined as the Baronies of Cary, Dunluce and Kilconway or the Poor Law Unions of Ballymoney and Ballycastle. The southern boundary of the area is difficult to define and in some cases parts of the Barony of Lower Glenarm and parts of Ballymena and Larne Poor Law Unions have been included. You will find maps at the Administrative Divisions link in the top menu which will help you to identify the areas within the region covered by these Baronies, Parishes and Poor Law Unions.

The website is organised through three menus. The top menu provides an introduction to researching families and localities and deals with the key sources which need to be consulted when researching families and localities in North Antrim. The right-hand menu deals with case studies of families and localities which will allow you to study many of these sources in more detail. The left-hand menu contains links to a number of databases relating to North Antrim which date from 1630 to c.1860. These will enable you to search for particular surnames and places throughout the region.

Most of the records on this web site have been sourced from the Public Record Office (PRONI), Belfast and are reproduced with the kind permission of the Deputy Keeper of Records, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. As before, feel free to contact me if you see any glaring mistakes or omissions on the site or you think I have got a surname or a townland name wrong in any of the databases.

I have just finished a CD on  RESEARCHING DERRY & LONDONDERRY ANCESTORS: A practical guide for the family and local historian. which will extend the geographical area covered by this website. Click here for more details.