Antrim (Aontroim)

Tracing your Irish Ancestors by John Grenham

Call Number: Geneal. 929.1072 G865t        Publication Date: 1999

A comprehensive guidebook for Irish genealogy; includes tips for where to begin, what to expect, and brief exploration of internet source. Grenham provides major source lists of Civil, Census, Church, and Land Records, Wills, Genealogy office, Deed Registries, Newspaper and Directory listings, and a reference guide of Sources by County. 

Tracing your Northern Irish Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians by Ian Maxwell

Call Number: Geneal. 929.1072 M4512t 2011

Publication Date: 2011

Provides information on locating information and records specifically for the counties in Northern Ireland, and Ulster Plantation. Contains general suggestions and tips for researching, guides to locating Census Records for years 1821-1911 (one for each decade), and Pension claims. Also includes locating Civil Registration, Birth-Marriage-Death Certificates, information on locating eighteenth century records (including Survey of Downpatrick 1708, Protestant Householders 1740, Householders Returns 1766, Armagh Census 1770, and Catholic Migrants from Ulster 1795-1796). Contains location information Muster Rolls for 1630-1640, Civil Survey of Ireland, Poll Tax Returns, 1659 Census of Ireland, Regiments of Infantry and Plantation of Ulster records.  Church records of various religious sects, school and education records, Valuation and Tithe Records, Land and Estates, as well as Wills (before 1858/1858-1900/ &from 1900). Provides Directories, Almanacs, and Newspapers.

Irish Emigration Lists 1833-1839 compiled under the direction of Brian Mitchell

Call Number: Geneal. 929.3 M6924i

Publication Date: 2003

Contains extracts from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs for Counties Londonderry and Antrim; provides details about emigrants departing these counties between the years 1833-1839, listing passenger’s full name, age, year of emigration, townland, destination, and religion.

Register of the Church of St. Thomas, Lisnagarvey, Co. Antrim 1637-1646 edited by Raymond Refaussé

Call Number: Geneal. 929.34 R2638r

Includes the Register of St. Thomas’s Church beginning on September 10th, 1639 and containing listings of baptisms, marriages, and burials within the parish with surnames and dates.  Also includes an appendix of the clergy of St. Thomas Church, and an index of surnames.

‘Men and Arms’: The Ulster Settlers, c.1630 edited by R.J. Hunter

Call Number: Geneal. 929.3416 M52

Publication Date: 2012

Contains Muster Roll of Ulster Province with entries from counties Cavan, Armagh, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Londonderry, Antrim, Donegal, Down, and Monaghan.  Each entry provides the name of the Baronry, landowner’s name and title, amount of acreage/size of the baronry, men serving or holding arms listed with full name and types of arms held, and list of men not assigned arms.

The Surnames of Ireland by Edward MacLysaght

Call Number: Geneal. 929.4094 M226s 1991       Publication Date: 1991

Date Range: 1848-1864

Contains location of ancient territories, population groups, relevant abbreviations and explanation of technical terms used in guide.  Pages 1-303 provide alphabetical listing of surnames, followed by an appendix of English and Scottish surnames in Ireland, and an appendix providing a simplification of Gaelic forms of surnames.

Gravestone Inscriptions of Co. Antrim V.2 compiled by George Rutherford, edited by R.S.J. Clarke

Call Number: Geneal. 929.5094 G788a v.2

Publication Date: 1981

Includes registers of graveyard burials in: Ballycarry Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Graveyard, Ballygowan Roman Catholic Graveyard, Ballyvallagh Gravestone, Glynn Graveyard, Kilroot Graveyard, Raloo Graveyard, Raloo Church of Ireland Graveyard, Raloo Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Graveyard, Raloo Presbyterian Graveyard, Templecorran Graveyard, and Templecorran Church of Ireland Graveyard.

A Guide to Irish Churches and Graveyards by Brian Mitchell

Call Number: Geneal. 929.50941 G9415

Publication Date: 1990

Guide to the cemeteries and graveyards listed by county with civil parish, townland, Ordnance Survey sheet number, religious denomination of church, and indication of whether cemetery or graveyard remains attached to church.  There is a number preceding each listing that provides reference to map location in author’s atlas, A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland.  Especially helpful in locating approximate birthdates, person’s residence at time of death, possibly family information (if family plot).

The Poolbeg Book of Irish Heraldry by Micheal O` Comain

Call Number: Geneal. 929.6 012p Heraldry     Publication Date: 1991

An introduction to Irish heraldry this guide is a good starting point as it contains general guidelines for researching.  Included on pages 71-98 is a Heraldic Dictionary that provides the meanings of a variety of images, heraldic terminology, and variations in spelling of terms and phrases.