CITY OF BELFAST GUIDED TOURS

IRISH HISTORY/FAMILY HISTORY

Visitors and indeed locals frequently ask tour guides to recommend books/sites etc which will help them to become better acquainted with the history of Ireland.....blacktaxidriver.com would highly recommend this site www.irelandstory.com 

 

Regarding the recent conflict see http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/

To keep up to date on current events in Northern Ireland visit www.u.tv.com/news     www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/nolan

Source: www.irishcentral.com
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FAMILY HISTORY

 Researching family history is one of the reasons a large number of people visit Belfast so here are a few sites which should help with the search...

1911 Census for Counties Antrim and Down  www.census.nationalarchives.ie

1912 Ulster Covenant    www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/ulster_covenant.htm

Public Record Office NI website : www.census.nationalarchives.ie

Street Directories on Mary Lennon's website: www.lennonwylie.co.uk

Ulster Historical Foundation: www.ancestryireland.com

If you wish to do some of the research online and are looking for people to assist you try the following sites ... 

www.belfastforum.co.uk

Irish Genealogy on the NET

www.irishgenealogy.net/cp/phpbb3


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