History of PRONI
Since opening its doors in March, 1924, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has been the main archive repository for Northern Ireland.
The Public Record Office: A brief history (32KB)
gives a short summary of how we come to have public records today, covering their origin in the middle-ages to the establishment of PRONI in the early 1920s.
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland: Past, Present and Future (60 KB)
gives a more detailed account of PRONI, from its creation right up to its vision for the future.




