The Library gave out information on relevant collections at the Armagh City Library Family History Fair on Tuesday 20 March. The Library holds works to help with family history research, including:
• Burke’s Introduction To Irish Ancestry;
• Burke’s Irish Family Records;
• Burke’s Genealogical And Heraldic History Of The Landed Gentry Of Ireland;
• Burke’s Genealogical And Heraldic History Of The Peerage, Baronetage And Knightage Privy Council, And Order Of Precedence. [1938 Coronation Honours];
• Burke’s Landed Gentry. 1879 (2 Vols), 1894 (2 Vols). 1912, 1814, & 1937;
• Burke’s Peerage & Baronetage. 1888, 1915 & 1923;
• Burke’s Family Records;
• Census of Ireland summaries for 1821, 1831, 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1881;
• Dictionary of National Biography 1961-1980, 1986-1990;
• General Valuation of Rateable Property in Ireland by Richard Griffith, published in Dublin in 1849-1864, covering 22 counties in Ireland;
• Ordnance Survey Maps of Ireland for all 32 counties, published in Dublin in 1835;
• Tithe Composition And Applotment Book. Parish Of Tynan;
• Tithe Composition And Applotment Book. Lisnadell District Of Armagh 1832;
• Tithe Composition And Applotment Book. Grange District. Armagh Parish 1832;
• The inhabitants of the town of Armagh for the use of His Grace the Lord Primate 1770.
Researchers are advised to call or email in advance of their visit with their requirements.
