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County Antrim
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"Antrim, a county of Ireland, in the province of Ulster, 46 Irish miles long, and 27 broad; bounded on the E and N by the sea, W by Londonderry and Lough Neagh, and S by Down. This county contains 605 Irish or 972 English square miles, 387,200 Irish plantation acres, equal to 622,059 English ones, 21,222 houses and 261,601 inhabitants. In it is situated a great natural curiosity called the Giant's Causeway, consisting of lofty pillars of basaltes, all of angular shapes. The linen manufacture is carried on very extensively in this county. It sends five members to parliament. The principal rivers are the Bann and Lagan. The principal towns are Belfast, Carrickfergus, Antrim, Lisburn, Ballymena, and Ballymoney. The assizes are held at Carrickfergus."
From The New London Gazetteer (1826)
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- Northern Ireland Tourist Board - illustrated descriptive pages on County Antrim and Exploring County Antrim
Many Ulster Directories held at PRONI have been scanned and are searchable on-line.
- Belfast and Province of Ulster Directories for 1852, 1858-59, 1863-64, 1865, 1866, 1870, 1877, 1880, 1884, 1887, 1890, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899 and 1900.
- Bradshaws General and Commercial Directory for 1819.
- Belfast Directory for 1831-32.
- Martins Belfast Directory for 1835-36, 1839, 1841-42.
- Hendersons Belfast Directory and Northern Repository 1843-44, 1846-47, 1850 and 1852.
According to Fianna, there are Slater Directories for 1846, 1856, 1870, 1881 and 1894.
The transcription for this county from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
Family History & Historical Societies
- North of Ireland Family History Society
- Irish Genealogical Research Society
- The Glens of Antrim Historical Society
- Lisburn Historical Society
- Randalstown Historical Society
- Ballyclare and District Historical Society
- Ulster Historical Foundation - provides "a genealogical research service for the counties of Antrim and Down (including the City of Belfast) in Northern Ireland".
- Methodist Historical Society of Ireland website.
- Ulster-American Folk Park
- Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland
Genealogy Forums and Message Boards:
- Rootschat County Antrim Forum.
Other Online resources:
- Ulster Covenant (PRONI website).
- Freeholders Records (PRONI website).
- Will Index (PRONI website).
- The Fianna website's pages for County Antrim provide important addresses and extensive information about online and other genealogy resources.
- The Ireland Genealogy Project's County Antrim page, and its listing of the Project's available Antrim Records.
- The Irish Ancestors website (subscription) has the following types of records: State Registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths, Census returns, Land records, Church records, Genealogical Office records, Gravestone inscriptions, Directories, Newspapers, Wills, Deeds, and Occupations.
- Irish Ancestors' extensive County Antrim website.
- Roots Ireland (subscription) "offers access to a unique database of more than 20 million Irish records". Its Antrim coverage includes Baptismal/Birth Records, Marriage Records, Burial/Death Records, Gravestone Inscriptions, Griffith's Valuation (Free Access), and Census Substitutes.
- ORDNANCE SURVEY MEMOIRS OF COUNTY ANTRIM VII: Ballymena and West Antrim -- VOLUME 23: Statistical R
For information applicable to Ulster or Ireland as a whole, see the main Ireland page.
- Fianna's page County Antrim Miscellaneous Data contains a number of name listings, transcribed from various sources.
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From Fianna:
- Carrickfergus and District HIstorical Society Journal (annual): Mrs. D. Corcoran, 64 Knocksallagh Gardans, Greenisland, Carrickfergus BT38 85P
- East Belfast Historical Society(twice yearly), The Hon. Treasurer, 1 Sydenham Drive, Belfast BT4 2AX
- Lisburn Historical Society Journal (annual), The Editor, Town Hall, Castle Street, Lisburn, Co. Antrim
- The Local History Directory - Ireland, Federation of Ulster Local Studies. The Administrator, 18 May Street, Belfast, BT1 4NL
For Genealogy and Historical societies, see the Genealogy section above.
For general information applicable to Ulster (or Ireland) as a whole, see the main Ireland page.