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EMERALD ANCESTORS

We specialise in Irish Ancestry within Northern Ireland and our extensive database contains birth, marriage, death, and census records for over 1 million Ancestors in Counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone.

http://www.emeraldancestors.com/

The Ire Atlas
Townland Data Base

http://www.seanruad.com/

Freeholders Records

Freeholders' records are lists of people entitled to vote, or of people who voted, at elections. A freeholder was a man who owned his land outright (in fee) or who held it by lease which could be for one or more lives (for example, his own life or for the lives of other people named in the lease). From 1727 to 1793 only Protestants with a freehold worth at least 40 shillings a year were legally permitted to vote. Between 1793 and 1829 both Protestants and Catholics with 40 shilling freeholds could vote, but in 1829 the franchise level was increased to 10 pounds, so 40 shilling freeholders were no longer allowed to vote. This last measure increased the influence of landlords by effectively confining membership of Parliament to the propertied or monied classes.

http://www.proni.gov.uk/freeholders/intro.asp

The Ulster Covenant

The archive of the Ulster Unionist Council, held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), contains just under half a million original signatures and addresses of the men who, on 28 September 1912, signed the Ulster Covenant, and of the women who signed the parallel Declaration. In total, the Covenant was signed by 237,368 men, and the Declaration by 234,046 women.

http://www.proni.gov.uk/ulstercovenant/index.html

WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

Searchable Database

It is the task of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to commemorate the Commonwealth's 1.7 million world war dead, who are buried in cemeteries and commemorated on memorials all over the world. Anyone wanting to find the final resting place of relatives who died during the two world wars can now do so very easily by accessing the Commission's records through our website; the search by surname Debt of Honour Register will be found at the link below ,enquiries by letter and telephone are also welcome at our Maidenhead office.

www.cwgc.org

Ellis Island Foundation, The Statue of Liberty

Search Passenger Arrival Records

http://www.ellisisland.org/

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The Banbridge Leader 25 Bridge Street, Banbridge, Co. Down BT32 3JL Tel. (028406) 62745 Fax. (028406) 26378
http://www.banbridgeleader.com/

Mourne Observer & Co Down News
(Sth, East & West Co Down)
Castlewellan Road, Newcastle, Co Down BT33 OJX;
Tel 013967-22666; Fax 24566;
www.mourneobserver.com