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Free Resources
A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.  Irish Proverb.


Ros Davies

Contains an index of over 250,000 people and 7,000 places are her site.  An absolute must-visit site.

Raymond's Co. Down Website

Ask anyone on the NIR-Down mailing LIST to name the most helpful researcher and you can be sure the name Raymond Kelly will be the first many will mention. His site has has lots of information on Newcastle - Banbridge - Dromara - Dromore - Kilkeel - Mourne - Rathfriland.

Family Search

 The largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world. IGI Batch numbers are available at Hugh Wallis's site.  Co. Down batch numbers.

Mary Lennon's Forum

FREE Look-Ups in Belfast/Ulster Street Directories from 1910 forward.  Also online are the complete 1843/1861/1880 street directories and the 1907 is in progress.

Eddies News Extracts

This website contains extracts of many birth, marriage, death, and other announcements taken from early newspapers in Belfast, Ireland. Newspapers include the "Belfast Telegraph," the "Northern Whig," the "Irish News," the "Belfast Newsletter," and more. It also contains extracts from the Registers of Deceased Seamen, mainly related to Northern Ireland but also to the Shetlands and Orkneys. A recent addition is the names, etc. of almost 25,000 members of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland who fought in WWI.

Rootsweb

 - The primary purpose and function of RootsWeb.com is to connect people so that they can help each other and share genealogical research.

The Olive Tree

This site is committed to bringing you FREE genealogy records and has more than 1,900 pages of free genealogy to help you find your brick-wall ancestors.

TIARA

TARA (The Irish Ancestral Research Association) is a nonprofit organization established to develop and promote the growth, study and exchange of ideas among people and organizations interested in Irish genealogical and historical research and education.

CAORA©

-"Linking Ireland with its Diaspora!" Has a searchable database of Tithe Records (1820s-1830s), 1796 Flax Grants, and Griffiths Valuation (1836)  Temporarily Unavailable.

LibraryIreland.com

is a free information resource on Irish antiquities, biography, genealogy, history (general, local and social), literature, and much more besides.

Ulster Genealogical Database

Contains Ulster-Scot and Irish Scot names which can be viewed and searched. Covers all of Ulster and lets you add new names to the database.

Griffiths Valuation

Down 1863-64

IGP Co. Down Archives

A fast-growing project run by Christina Hunt