Family and Local History
[Bill Macafee's Website]

 Bill retired from updating this website in 2018. The website has been taken over by the Glens Of Antrim Historical Society. They will not be adding any new content to it but keeping it as an archive. In June 2023 the website was updated to refresh the design, add a search feature and make the site mobile friendly. If any regular users find any issues with the site you can email: webmaster@antrimhistory.net but please do not ask for help with research. If you are looking help with research about ancestors in Antrim please check out the Antrim History Forum.

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In 2010 I published a CD [no longer available] - Researching Derry & Londonderry Ancestors: A practical Guide for the Family and Local Historian. This led to this website which "grew" year by year up to 2018. Since that date I have not made any changes and there are parts of the website that are no longer necessary. This is because most repositories have made more and more of their documents available online. Furthermore, I sense that the most used part of my website are the databases. The databases are presented in Excel and PDF formats. Note that most of these databases were created before online data was available.

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.

Note that you navigate this website from this Home Page. Each of the links below will take you to a main page. In most cases each page will have sub- links that will provide further information. When you are finished with a page, click on the Home Page link at the top of the page and you will return to this Home Page.

I have retained the paper Some thoughts on researching families and localities which beginners might find useful.

Note that the Administrative Divisions link also appears at the top of all main web pages. This particular web page is where you will find a SUMMARY OF ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS IN COUNTIES ANTRIM AND LONDONDERRY and a lot of maps covering Counties Londonderry, Tyrone and Antrim and databases containing information on townlands, parishes, etc,

Likewise, the Case Studies link also appears at the top of all main web pages. This particular web page will provide some working examples of the process of researching families and localities in North Antrim and Co. Londonderry, particularly in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Census Records.

1831 "Census Returns" for Co. Londonderry.

Selection of Local "Census" Records 1803 to c. 1870.

Births, Deaths, & Marriages.

Maps & Photos

Tithe Records.
[1820s/30s Tithe Applotment Books]

Valuation Records.

Estate Records.

Other Records.

A Sense of the Sperrins.

About the Author.

My Databases.

Databases compiled from 17th Century Census Subtitutes.

Databases compiled from 18th Century Census Subtitutes.

Databases compiled from 19th Century Census Subtitutes.

Further Reading.

Copyright 2020 W.Macafee.