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Antrim Resources & Offers / Re: PRONI (Public Records Office of Northern Ireland)
« on: Friday 25 June 10 22:19 BST (UK)  »
PRONI have announced a half hearted effort to maintain access to some microfilms mainly Church records.
At the moment there are 23 film readers available to the public + another 6 in the reading room.
PRONI have indicated that a total of 6 {SIX} readers will be available on a part time basis{2 days and 3 afternoons} at Cregagh Branch Library. " Of these 2 will be set aside for students who can pre book, leaving 4 for all other users including genealogists. You can only imagine the mayhem that is bound to ensue.

PRONI is the National Archives of Northern Ireland. To have this vital and unique facility operating on a part time basis from a spare room in a branch library would be hilarious if it were not so serious.

Rab

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Ireland / Re Free Ancestor Search
« on: Friday 22 September 06 18:11 BST (UK)  »
Hi List

A free search is now available of Griffiths Valuation years 1858-1864 for the 9 Counties of Ulster

This database contains 333,000 thousand names and can be accessed at www.ulsterancestry.com

Just click on the banner!

best of luck
Rab

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Ireland / Re: A question regarding the"History from Headstones" website .
« on: Sunday 18 June 06 09:27 BST (UK)  »

Hello Cell,

You should contact the History from Headstones people direct (There are contact details on their site) and they should be able to answer your question.

regards
Rab

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Ireland / Re: Ordering Birth Certificate... year unsure.. help!
« on: Friday 16 June 06 22:29 BST (UK)  »
Hello Cell,

Yes I do recommend this company as I have used them a lot for various things,look ups at PRONI etc  and they have found certificates for me that GRONI staff could not find.

Their service differs in that they will send someone along to GRONi who will spend as long as it takes to search for the certificate in question. They specialise in finding certificates where information is also very limited, such as in a marriage
"William Foster married a Mary Jane somebody, don't know the exact year (1860-1870) but may have married in Belfast"
They will do searches that GRONi will tell you they cannot do due to lack of information.

They will also do repeated searches at no additional charge if the corrert cert is not found first time round.

As to your death certificate. The spouse's name is not given on an Irish death certificate so there is no benefit in knowing it.
They must go by the name, place and approximate year of death. They like to know the age at death or a date of birth if this is known. They send out a requst for this once an order has been placed.

They also provide a Full legal certificate, not a photocopy strip.
If you want a cheap service then they are not for you but if you want a good one then they are.

They usually find and deliver their certificates (by post) within 4 weeks of placing the order.

I hope this answers your question

best regards
Rab. :)

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For Sale / Wanted / Events / Memorial Garden
« on: Sunday 04 June 06 16:49 BST (UK)  »

A new service has been launched this week.
It is a memorial garden where you can place an on line memorial to your ancestor.

It was featured in Prima magazine and the Sunday Express getting excellent reviews in both.

the link is http://www.ulsterancestry.com/memorials/


Rab

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Ireland / Re: Ordering Birth Certificate... year unsure.. help!
« on: Sunday 04 June 06 16:45 BST (UK)  »

see www.ulsterancestry.com/documents/ for a service to find birth,death and marriage certificates in Northern Ireland with little or  incomplete information.

the fee is £9 plus the cost of the cert.

Rab :)

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Down / Re: Donaghadee - Blain and Maxwell
« on: Monday 03 April 06 23:27 BST (UK)  »
Hello Jenny,

This gravestone inscription is from the www.ulsterancestry.com site.

it seems to show Maxwells in Donaghadee from the 17th century

Maxwell This stone was erected by ... Maxwell in memory of John Maxwell who died  14 Jun 1739  aged 70 years. Margaret Maxwell otherwise Haslet died  18 Mar 1762. Ann Maxwell otherwise McCulloch died  02 May 1778  aged 68. William Maxwell died  11 Jul 1794  aged 48. Robert Maxwell died  28 Dec 1801  aged 47. Robert Maxwell died  28 Feb 1805  aged 94. Margaret Maxwell otherwise Kelly died  01 Jan 1826  aged 72, all of Ballyrare in the parish of Donaghadee. Also Primrose Maxwell otherwise Bankhead of Donaghadee died  02 Nov 1836  aged 57. Also the said Charles Maxwell of Donaghadee who died  05 Oct 1846  aged 59 years.

regards
Rab

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Down / County Down Graveyard Inscriptions
« on: Sunday 02 April 06 18:00 BST (UK)  »

Transcriptions of headstones from County down graveyards are being added to the Free Pages section of www.ulsterancestry.com
on a regular basis.

Eventually it is hoped all County Down Graveyards will be included and provided free to all.

Rab

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: PRONI lookup please
« on: Thursday 23 March 06 10:42 GMT (UK)  »

For PRONi look ups see
www.ulsterancestry.com

Rab

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