CITY OF BELFAST GUIDED TOURS
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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
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
Ulster Historical Foundation
If you wish to do some of the research online and are looking for people to assist you try the following sites ...
Belfast Forum
Irish Genealogy on the NET
www.irishgenealogy.net/cp/phpbb3
