The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

As the homepage suggests, start with Questions, which clearly explains PRONI's role. It holds both central and local government records, and certain records belonging to private individuals. The records cannot be consulted online, but there is plenty of information to help you in advance to make the most of a visit to PRONI. Remember that many Irish records were burnt in Dublin in 1922.


SPECIAL FEATURES


The Records In Proni is a clear description of the records available.


Census Records, Church Records, Emigration Records, Poor Law Records and School Records are only a few of the records held. Further down the same page, those that are particularly relevant to tracing family history are listed again, followed by those relating to local history. Another link from this page leads to Academic Research and then to an interesting article on the Major Research Strengths of PRONI.



Other links from the homepage include Exhibitions and Events and What's New. See also Freeholders Records, for people who voted from 1793 onwards. If you can't pinpoint a location go back to the Records in Proni page and scroll down to the Geographical Index.