FREE Northern Ireland Genealogy Searches<

Free Northern Ireland Genealogy Records Search

Genealogy documentary sources are scarce for the 18th and early 19th centuries due to the destruction by fire in 1922 of most of the public records of Ireland.

• 1851 Census Country Antrim Fragments
  Free
  Loading
  
  
  
• AncestryIreland
  

  The Ulster Historical Foundation offers more than 2 million genealogical records from Ulster, including birth, death, and marriage records; gravestone inscriptions; censuses; and street directories. Subscription.

  
  
  
• Emerald Ancestors
  

  A large Ulster genealogy database with baptism, marriage, death, burial, and census records of Irish ancestors in Counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone. Subscription.

  
  
  
• Genuki UK and Ireland Genealogy
  This search database includes National Archives, the Society of Genealogists , Federation of Family History Societies, the Family History Society and County Surname Interest List sites. Free
  Loading
  
  
  
  
• Ireland National Archives
  Transportation Records to Australia 1791-1853
  All transportation registers compiled before 1836 were destroyed in the Four Courts fire of June 1922. Therefore, if the person you are researching was convicted before 1836, but was not the subject of a petition, he or she will not appear on this database. Free.
  
  
  
• Pre-1840 Freeholders' Registers and Poll Books
  Northern Ireland PRO
  Freeholders' records are lists of people entitled to vote because they owned land. From 1727 to 1793 only Protestants could vote. Between 1793 and 1829 both Protestants and Catholics with 40 shilling freeholds could vote, increased to 10 pounds in 1829. Free.
  
  
  
• Street Directories
  Northern Ireland PRO
  The street directories featured on this website consist of original volumes held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) covering the years 1819 to 1900. Free.
  
  
  
• Will Calendars
  Northern Ireland PRO
  Digitised images of entries covering the period 1858-1900 are now available online, allowing users to view the full content of a will. 93,388 will images are now available to view for free.
  
  
  
• RootsWeb Ireland Records

  First Name: (optional)	Surname (3 letter min.):	First Name: (optional)
  Year (optional):	Type of Records: All Apprenticeship Baptism Birth Burial Census Death Directories Election Poll Marriage Military Will/Probate

  
  

Northern Ireland

Record Office

66 Balmoral Avenue
Belfast
BT9 6NY
NORTHERN IRELAND
Tel: 01232 251318
Overseas: 44 1232 251318
FAX: 01232 255999
Overseas: 44 1232 255999
Email: