Genealogy

Guide to tracing your roots in the Ards and North Down

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This guide identifies the main sources that can be used to explore family history in North Down and the Ards, and provides the steps you need to find your ancestors.

Begin with the family

Remember to start with your family today. Is there anyone with information on where your family came from? Collect as much information as possible on names, dates and places relating to your family; write it down and begin to plot out the skeleton of a family tree. This will save you time when you visit the archives.

Useful organisations

Thanks to the worldwide web you can access a number of helpful organisations instantly, wherever you are. You may find the following of help:

Ulster Historical Foundation

49 Malone Road, Belfast, BT9 6RY T: (028) 9066 1988
E: enquiry@uhf.org.uk, W: www.ancestryireland.com

General Register Office Of Northern Ireland

49/55 Chichester Street Belfast, BT1 4HL T: (028) 9025 2000
E: gro.nisra@dfpni.gov.uk, W: www.groni.gov.uk

Linen Hall Library

17 Donegall Square North, Belfast, BT1 5GD T: (028) 9032 1707
E: info@linenhall.com, W: www.linenhall.com/Home/home.html

Public Record Office Of Northern Ireland

66 Balmoral Avenue, Belfast, BT9 6NY T: (028) 9025 1318
E: proni@gov.uk, W: www.proni.gov.uk

Centre For Migration Studies

Ulster-American Folk Park Castletown, Omagh, Co Tyrone, BT78 5QY
T: (028) 8225 6315, E: cms@librariesni.org.uk, W: www.qub.ac.uk/cms