Information leaflets
The online leaflet series below offers additional information on the different sources for studing your family and local history.
The ‘Your Family Tree’ and ‘Local History’ series’ are designed to assist both the beginner and the more experienced researcher. They cover the most popularly consulted archives, indicating their range and content and how they can be accessed.
Other series’ relate to emigration, historical topics and more general information.
- Your Family Tree Series
- Local History Series
- Emigration Series
- Historical Topics Series
- General Information Series
- No.1 How To Trace Your Family Tree (88KB)
- No.2 - 1901 and 1911 Census (124KB)
- No.3 - Church Records (48KB)
- No.4 - Valuation Records (81KB)
- No.5 - 19th Century Census (74KB)
- No.6 - 18th & 19th Century Census Substitutes (82KB)
- No.7 - Wills and Probate (41KB)
- No.8 - Landed Estates (74KB)
- No.9 - Street Directories (79KB)
- No.10 - Voters, Poll & Freeholders Records (74KB)
- No.11 - Emigration (74KB)
- No.12 - Militia, Yeomanry & Muster Rolls (75KB)
- No.13 - Poor Law Records (40KB)
- No.14 - 17th Century Subs (82KB)
- No.15 - Pedigrees and Genealogical Papers(72KB)
- No.16 - Encumbered Estates (69KB)
- No.17 - Registry of Deeds (73KB)
- No.18 - Business Records (73KB)
- No.19 - Grand Jury Records (73KB)
- No.20 - How to Use Griffiths Valuation (72KB)
- No.21 - A Guide to Gravestone Inscriptions (83KB)
- No.22 - Understanding the Stones (74KB)
- No.23 - Tithe Applotment Records (76KB)
- No.24 - Simple Guide to Ireland (82KB)
- No.25 - General Register of Northern Ireland (100KB)
- No.26 - Tracing Your Family Tree at PRONI-Useful Sources (77KB)
- No.27 - Burial Records (93KB)
- No.28 - Chart for Family Tree (78KB)
- No.1 - The Townland (54KB)
- No.2 - Church of Ireland Vestry Records (50KB)
- No.3 - Ordnance Survey Memoirs (52KB)
- No.4 - The Books of Survey and Distribution (48KB)
- No.5 - National Education Records (55KB)
- No.6 - Solicitors' Archives (49KB)
- No.7 - Photographic Collections (54KB)
- No.8 - Ordnance Survey Maps (51KB)
- No.9 - The Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland (56KB)
- No.10 - Sources for Studying Local History (52KB)
- No.11 - Maritime records (53KB)
- No.1 - Emigration to USA (38KB)
- No.2 - Emigration to Canada (34KB)
- No.3 - Emigration to Australia (32KB)
- No.4. - Emigration Series - Large print (71KB)
- No.1 - RMS Titanic (50KB)
- No.2 - The Belfast Blitz (65KB)
- No.3 - The Great Irish Famine (53KB)
- No.4 - The Act of Union (191KB)
- No.5 - Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant (99KB)
- Selecting Records for Preservation (31KB)
- The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland: A Brief History (29KB)
- Latin Terminology in Roman Catholic Church Registers (40KB)
- Weights and Measures (30KB)
- Counties in Ireland (27KB)
- Permission to Publish (36KB)
- Indexes to the Civil Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths held at the Family History Centre, Holywood Road, Belfast (22KB)
