We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business. |
National and local newspapers provide a wealth of information to genealogists. Those searching for their County Down roots are especially lucky to have the archives of several quality newspapers at their disposal as well as some on-line editions. In addition, we have just launched our own
where you can read and post newspaper clippings that relate to County Down. |
 | My own personal favorite! The Mourne Observer takes a special interest in articles of local history and each week publish obituaries and items from the news of 20 years ago. | |
Includes a useful online Local Notes section. | ||
Publish obituaries and an interesting Country Diary section. | ||
Family Notices are published online daily. | ||
In addition to the printed edition the Irish Times run a site with historical information on each county, with census records, gravestone inscriptions and other genealogical data. | ||
Selection of old newspaper articles from the British Library | ||
Regional morning newspaper. | ||
Newspaper based in Rathfriland circulating in South, East & West Down. |
Onsite copies of Down-related articles, supplied by Mary Bradley & Gemma Ward, Irish & Local Studies Department, Library HQ, Ballynahinch, Co. Down. | |
The data includes entries that interest me from various Irish newspapers from 1750 to 1840 sorted by family name. | |
Extracts of birth, marriage, death, and other announcements taken from early newspapers in Belfast including the "Belfast Telegraph," the "Northern Whig," the "Irish News," the "Belfast Newsletter". | |
Searching is free and downloading the first ten documents is free. |
If your County Down ancestors left Ireland you might also want to check out some of the many other newspapers now online. | |
Newspaper archives for the State of Utah, USA - Pete Meaney has accumulated lists of quite a few County Down strays in the Park City area and a few others in the state of Utah. | |
The Brooklyn Public Library has a searchable online database of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper 1841-1902. | |
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