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MAP Ref: Ordnance Survey maps- Discovery Series 1:50,000 Sheets 15, 20, 21, & 29. If you find a place name with a map reference & would like a copy of the map, just email me

DR: Down Recorder newspaper- These articles are available from the South Eastern Library & Information Service in Ballynahinch, Co Down. If the code is DR* then I have that article myself and can email it.
Articles from Newtownards Chronicle, Northern Star, Newtownards Independent & Northern Herald are also available from South Eastern Library & Information Service in Ballynahinch. Try localstudies.down@librariesni.org.uk

Code	Name of Reference	Author	Publisher	date published	location
1901 C	1901 Census of Co Down	www.census.nationalarchives.ie	.	.
1911 C	1911 Census of Co. Down	www.census.nationalarchives.ie	.	.
ABV	Across Border and Valley; the story of Maryfield & Fairlight & surrounding districts	volume 2 page 842
ACC	Aiden Campbell's book 'Cherryvally, East Belfast- an illustrated history	Aiden Campbell	Priory Press, Holywood Co. Down	2010	file
ACG	Aiden Campbell's book ' Gilnahirk', east Belfast- an illustrated history	Aiden Campbell	Priory Press, Holywood Co Down	2009
ACOC	A Chronicle of Comber-The Town of Thomas Andrews	Desmond Rainey & Laura Spence	Ulster Historical Foundation	2012
ACS	Aiden Campbell's book 'Sydenham', east Belfast- an illustrated history	Aiden Campbell	Priory Press, Holywood Co. Down	2013
AEFT	Alexander Edgar Family Tree- Kilkeel	Marian Morgan	mdmorgan ' at ' westnet.com.au	2011
AEP	Annesley Estate Papers	.	Eamon McMullan, Newcastle		file
AERL	Annesley Estate Rental Payments Ledger 1835-1843	-	Eamon McMullan, Newcastle		EM
AERR	Annesley Estate Rental Roll for 1849; arrears list	.	in private hands	.
AEVB	Annesley Estate Gatelodge Visitors' Book 1890-1920	-	Eamon McMullan, Newcastle	-	EM
AEW	Alan E. Williams of Australia family history	.	.	.	in file
AG	Armagh Guardian newspaper	transcribed by Alison Causton, Kingsville, Ontario, Canada	in British newspaper library	-
AGOL	A Grand Old Lady- The Life & Times of Downshire Hospital 1865-2011	Dr. Sean Kelly	South Eastern Health & Social Services Trust, Ulster Hospital	2012	Lily Brannigan
AI	www.Ancestry Ireland . com (pay per view site)	.	.	.
AIPD	An Ancient Irish Parish- Donaghmore past & present http://www.archive.org/stream/ancientirishpari00cowarich/ancientirishpari00cowarich_djvu.txt	Rev. J. Davison Cowan	London	1913
aka	also known as	.	.	.
ALIE	A Letter of an Irish Emigrant ( These claims are also available on Eneclann CD on 1798 Rebellion)	Rev. Thomas Ledlie Birch ed. Kenneth Robinson	Athol Books	2005
ALRF	Averett Lines & Related Families	Christine S.S.Walser	on Google Books	1974	Jackie Coleman
AM2B	Aiken McClelland's '2nd Boardmills Presbyterian Church 1813-1863'	Aiken McClelland	Howard Publications, Belfast	1963
	angelfire.com	use search box	http://rwir.angelfire.com/62RWIRrevised.htm
APH	A Parish History - St. Colman's Catholic Church, Kilwarlin	Thomas Hamill	church booklet	?
APML	Aynsworth Pilson's Marriage List 1727- 1848	Aynsworth Pilson	PRONI	.
AR	Around Rathfriland	Edith Clark	-	1981
ARF	A Rough Field; The Story of Garvaghy parish	George Mussgrave & Paul Thompson	church booklet www.lisburn.com	.
ASHET	A Short History of Education in Teconnaught	a local Catholic church 50th Anniversay publication	Plus2Print -Downpatrick	2016	om shelf
ASWT	A Story Worth Telling- Rathfriland Reformed Presbyterians	bicentennial booklet	-	1977
ATTRMCC	Address to Rev. F. Chesnutt-Chesney Jun 1923, Ballymacarrett	photo of address available	IE	1923
b.	born	.	.	.
BAEDP	British Army Enlistment/Discharge Papers	.	.	.
Bangor	Bangor- Historic Photographs	Ian Wilson	Friars Bush Press, Belfast	1992
BB	The Bangors and Ballyculter	Rev. W.E. Kennedy	local	1980
bc.	born around that time	.	.	.
BC	Birth Certificate that I have witnessed	.	.	.
BCC	Belfast Commercial Chronicle c. 1812-1852	.	.
BCDRMSR	Belfast & County Down Railway Museum Staff Register 1845-1948	.	http://www.countydownrailwaymuseum.org.uk/
BCT	Banbridge Country Trail	Helen Adams et al.	Banbridge Heritage Development Ltd	1994
BDM	Belfast Mercury newspaper from 1851 - became the Belfast Daily Mercury in 1854	.	.
BET	Belfast Evening Telegraph- first published 1 Sep 1870 ; became the Belfast Telegraph	.	.
BG	G.H. Bassett's Guide & Directory 188	.	.	1886
BGHD	Betsy Grey-Hearts of Down	W.G. Lyttle	Mourne Observer Ltd	1968
BH	Ballynahinch History	S. McCullough	Ballynahinch Chamber of Commerce	1968
BIH	Banbridge; An Illustrated History & Companion	Philip Magennis & Gillian Lutton	Cottage Publications	1996
BIT	Ballynahinch- Island Town	-	Down County Museum	2013
BM	Map of Ballymagee townland, Bangor	.	.	c. 1922
BMap	Map of Ballynahinch dated 1781	.	.	.
BMM	Belfast Monthly Magazine	.	Belfast	1808-1814
BMR	Bagenal Mourne Rentals of 1715	.	PRONI Ref# D619/7/1/2	.
BN	Belfast Newsletter	www.ucs.louisiana.edu/bnl/Main.html	.	.
BNA	British National Archives UK; WO is the call number	.	.	.
BOTWR	Board of Trade -Wreck Returns	.	London	1874- 1886
BPCR	Ballynahinch Presbyterian Church Records including Dromara, Kilmore & Clough 1696-1735	Revs. John & James Armstrong 1822-1832	transcribed by Julian Armstrong in 2004	.
BR	Burial records	various churches	.	.
BU	Banner of Ulster newspaper	published in Belfast in 1842
BVR	British Vitals Records	.	LDS	1998
BWN	Belfast Weekly News	transcribed by Brian Magaoidh	.	.
c.	circa ( around that time)	.	.	.
CBSA	Collins Belfast Streetfinder Atlas	.	Harper Collins	1997
CCB	Castlewellan Court Book of 1824; http://www.alecbanmacconaill.co.uk/books.html	Mr. Christopher Napier	.	.
Census	1901 & 1911 now on http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie 1851 Census fragments for Co. Antrim on http://www.searchforancestors.com/locality/ireland/census1851
CG	Castle Garden .org site- immigration to USA lists	.	.	.
CGA	Crossle Gealogical Abstracts- Military Records 1817-1832- 1 A 3232	familysearch.org
CM	Map of Cranfield townland, Kilkeel parish	.	.	c. 1922
CNGM	Connecticut Nutmegger Genealogy Magazine 2017	.	.	.	.
CON	Citizens of Newry 28 Apr 1848; signed an enrolment to keep law & order & allegiance to the Queen	Ulster Ancestry.com	PRONI T2961/1	.	.
.CP	Clonduff Post- a local newsletter from Hilltown	.	.	.
CR CR*	Civil Registration of births , deaths or marriages; most are births listed under the father's name & cross indexed with the mother's; CR* means I can email a copy of the register entry; otherwise order the certificate at http://www.groni.gov.uk (12 pounds in 2010) & www.groireland.ie (births & marriages before 1921) - 4 euros in 2010	.	.	.
CROSSLE	F/S; http://histfam.familysearch.org/famsearchform.php
CSDRF	Centenary Story- Dromara Reformed Presbyterian Church 1874-1974	Rev. Robert Hanna	church booklet; www.lisburn.com	1974
CSO	Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin http://www.csorp.nationalarchives.ie/search/index.php	National Archives, Dublin	.	1818-1822
CTHT	Castlewellan Town & Heritage Trails	brochure	Mourne Town & Heritage Trails	c. 2008
CWGC	Commonwealth War Graves Commission	https://www.cwgc.org	.	.	.
d.	died	.	.	.
DAIPC	Down and its Parish Church	Rev. L.A. Pooler	Trinity College Dublin Literary Collection	1907
DAM	Descendents of Allan Martin	Sharon Oddie Brown	s.brown ' at ' dccnet.com	2003
DCM/PD	Down County Museum http://www.downcountymuseum.com	prisoner database	.	.
DCPH	Drumgooland- A Parish Divided	Michael McCartan & Teresa O'Hare	Catholic Church	1997
DDCD	The Diocese of Down and Connor Directory 2001	church publication	Catholic Church	2001
DDH	Descendents of David Hamilton	David Millan	.	.
DDLHGJ	Dromore & District Local Historical Group Journal	-	www.lisburn.com	1991
DDPP	Diocese of Dromore-Past & Present ( Catholic)	various	Dromore Diocesan Historical Society	2004
DDW	Diary of David Watson of Clough Non- Subscribing Presbyterian Church dated 1851- 1861	Kathleen Neill	Family Links Vol 1 #6	-
DHT	The Davey Family of Tumut	.	John Davy of Drumaness	Gerry Rice
DHADDC	Digest of the Historical Account of the Diocese of Down & Connor 1595-1895	compl/ Michael J. Fullen	Belfast 1945
DIFHR	Director of Irish Family History Research	Ulster Historical Foundation	49 Malone Rd, Belfast	.
DIPPAM	Centre of Migration Studies- Queen's University , Belfast		try www.dippam.ac.uk
DM	Downpatrick Museum- items I've copied from the displays	-	-	2002
DMFC	Drumaness Mills Football Club 75th Anniversary booklet	.	local	2004
DN	Due North- Magazine of Federation for Ulster Local Studies	Patrick Devlin	FULS Executive Committee	V2 #2 2008
DNB	Dictionary of National Biograpy	George Smith; Sir Leslie Stephen editor	Oxford University Press 1921-1922	Vol 1-XX, XX11
DR & DR*	An Index to the Downpatrick Recorder newspaper 1836- 1886; DR* means I have that article; email details on Main Menu	Jack McCoy	South Eastern Education & Library Board	1987
DS	Down Survey- Yearbook of Down County Museum	ed. Brian S. Turner	Down County Museum	1998 ,1999,2010
DT	Down Town-120 years of Downpatrick's shops in photography	Mike King, curator Down Museum	North Down, Ards & Down Council	2011
DUPN	Dictionary of Ulster Place Names	.	.	.
DW	.Dromore Wills 1678- 1858	.	National Archives, Dublin	.
DWI	Descendants of Whighams in Ireland	family history of Robert Whigham of Mobile, Alabama USA	.	.
DWR	Downpatrick Workhouse Records	original	LDS film # 259160	-
EA	emeraldancesters.com ; a free index but pay-per-view site	-	.	-
EMLR	Earl of Moira's Land Rental Survey of 1782	Daniel Mullan	PRONI	1782
EPC	Edengrove Presbyterian Church 1774-1974	Rev. W.D. Bailie	church booklet	1974
ESRR	Edward Southwell's Rent Roll of Downpatrick in 1751	-	PRONI (R?)943	-
Familia	magazine of Ulster Historical Foundation	.	.	.
FCD	Famine in Co. Down- stages 2 & 3	Down County Musuem & South Eastern Education & Library Board	Down Recorder	2002
FDR	Famine in Co. Down	Linda McKenna et al	Down County Musuem	2000
FGL	Flax Growers List of 1796; grants	CD	.	.
FII	Farming in Ireland-History,Heritage & Environment	John Feehan	University College Dublin- Faculty of Agriculture	2003 ;ISBN 1-90227-597
FJ	Freemans' Journal- Dublin, 1763-1924	archives	Irish newspaper	.
FP	Frackleton Papers; genealogy of Robert Frackleton of Magheralin	Christopher Teeling McReady	Lindsay Holland NZ	1881
FR	Freeholders Register	-	available at PRONI website	.
FSFD	Four Shots from Down	Francis Joseph Bigger	Davidson Books- Spa	c. 1876/ 1982
FTM	Family Tree Magazine	-	ABM Publishing Ltd UK	-
FTM	Family Tree Magazine	Brian Mitchell	Vol 20 # 6	2004
GAA CS	Gaelic Athletic Assoc. The Clonduff Story	P.D. Kearns	in Newry	1984
GCAW	A Guide to Copies & Abtracts of Irish Wills & Grants	ed. Rev. Wallace Clare	Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore	1972
GDN	General Directory of Newry 1819	Thomas Bradshaw	.	1819
GIC	Guide to Irish Churches & graveyards	Brian Mitchell	Genealogical Publ. Co	1990
GIPR	Guide to Irish Parish Registers	Brian Mitchell	Genealogical Publ. Co	1988
GV	Griffiths Valuations of Ireland 1863; see http://www.askaboutireland.ie/show_homepage.do	for corresponding maps	.	.
HCPCI	History of the Congregations of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland	Rev. W.D. Killen D.D.	James Cleeland, Belfast	1886
HCDTD	History of a Co. Down Townland- Drumaroad	Patrick J. Clarke	self published	2004
HDDM	History of the Descendants of David McKee of Annahilt	James Y. McKee	Philadelphia USA-http://www.archive.org/details/historyofdescend00mcke	1892
HFPNSCD	History of the First Prsbyterian Non Subscribing Church, Downpatrick	Mary Stewart	First Presbyterian NS Church, Downpatrick	2011
HGBR	Holywood parish graveyard burial records	.	.	.
HL	Hugeunots of Lisburn - http://www.lisburn.com/books/huguenots/huguenots_5.html	E. Joyce Best	Lisburn Historical Society	1997
HMNI	Historic Monuments of North Ireland	Dept. Environment	HM Stationery Office	1987
HMP	History of Magheradrool Parish	.	Mourne Observer	2000
HN	History of Newtownards	Trevor McCavery	.	.
HOTC	Hanna of the Close- from Scottish Origins to 1798	R. Keith Hanna	R.K. Hanna, Sheffield UK	2008
HPA	The History and People of Aughnaloopy- A Mourne townland	Fiona Doyle Jones	Mourne Miners Publication	2012
HPM	A History of the Parish of Magheradroll- Catholic	church book	Mourne Observer Peress	2000
HSSS	The Report of the Hibernian Sunday School Society for 1810 -1837	the Society	in Dublin by M. Goodwin -try Google books	1829
IED	Irish Emigration Database- a collection of old letters	www.dippam.ac.uk	Documenting Ireland, Parliament, People & Migration	.
IFGL	Irish Flax Growers' List	Irish Linen Board	.
IG	Irish Gleanings	permission given to extract Co Down people	https://sites.google.com/site/irishgleanings/
IIF	Index to Irish Films	Parsons & Jensen	.	.
Inv	Inverbrena; Local History Group; Memories; write to William Crea at 9 Park Rd, Strangford, Downpatrick for subscription of £5 per annum or try http://www.inverbrena.co.uk/	various	Inverbrena Local History Group- Strangford	1997-2010
IIW #	Index Irish Wills 1484- 1858	.	available from National Archives, Dublin	1484- 1858
IIW V4	Index Irish Wills Volume 4; Dromore, Newry & Mourne	ed. Gertrude Thrift	Phillimore & Co. London	1918
INE	Immigrants to New England 1700-1775	Ethel S. Bolton	ebook
IPP	Interpreting & Preserving Our Past	Maud Harbinson- Rathfriland	ABC Millenium Scheme	2001
IPWI	Index to Prerogative Wills of Ireland	-	National Archives Dublin	-
IR	Irish Roots magazine	-	Belgrave Publications, Cork	.
Irish Gleanings	out of New York	https://sites.google.com/site/irishgleanings/home
Irish World	Irish World & American Liberator newspaper	New York USA		1878-1951
JB	a book about Ballynahinch which listed people of longevity	Mr. Johnson	.	1803
JBO	from original letters written between families who stayed in Dromara parish & those who emigrated to Canada & USA; 1887-1907 on CD	compiled by Jean Burton Over	email me for copies of the original letters which can be mailed to you via CD (there are 58 batches)	.
JKH	John Kirk's Biographical notes	John Richards et al.	.	.
JML	Letters of John Moore of Clough , land agent for Arthur Annesley Esq. 1774- 1785	edited by W.H. Crawford	PRONI- D1167/3/1 & 3	1976
JMLSG	Journal of the Mourne Local Studies Group- 12 Miles of Mourne	edited by Fred Hamond	.	2010
JNIFHS	Journal of North of Ireland Family History Society- North Irish Roots- Belfast	.	try their website- www.nifhs.org
JRWC	James Ralph of Comber Will Case ; court case heard Downpatrick Assizes in 1834 re disputes over the rightful legatees of his will	Charles Henry O'Neill	Joseph Blundell, Dublin & archive books	1834
JSFT	James Savage Family Tree- Clonallan	Marian Morgan	mdmorgan ' at ' westnet.com.au	2011
JUAHS	Journal of the Upper Ards Historical Society	J.J.Nihill etc	-	1977
KCB	Kilmore Catholic parish Centenary 1870-1970	.	Local Church	1970
KCL	Killough- Church on the Lough	C. Walsh, M. Manly, F. McCormick & H. Madill	The Palantine Trust	2000
KCPR	Kilmore Catholic Parish Register	in local custody	.	.
Kilcoo Outlook	village newsletter- Magpie	kilcoomagpie@outlook.com	.	c. 2014	in tray
KM	Map of Kilcoo	.	.	.
KMC	Kilwarlin Moravian Church- a Vistor's Guide	Bishop J.H. Foy	.	.
KPC	The Story of Kilmore Presbyterian Church	Rev. David Stewart	Belfast	1932
KCPB	Kilcoo Parish Church, Bryansford	church publication	Mourne Observer Press	1971
LCB	St. Macartan's Church, Loughinisland Bicentenary 1787-1987	John Magee & Paddy Killen	Local Church	1987
LCPR	Loughinisland Catholic Parish Registers	.	available at PRONI	.
LDR	Live & Deadstock Returns of 1803- an agricultural census	some transcribed by Rebekah Drew	available at PRONI	.
LDS	Library Catalogue http://www.familysearch.org	.	.	.
LES	Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society	Jeff Morris	.	Apr 2010	on file
LFCT	Linen, Family and Community in Tullylish, County Down 1690-1914	Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1997	.	.
LIR	Loyalty & Its Rewards in 18th Century, New England USA & Co. Down- the cousins Crane Brish	18th Century Ireland Society Vol 16 (2001) pp118-134		2001
LM	Lecale Miscellany magazine	various	Lecale Historical Society	2002
LOI	Land Owners of Ireland 1876	.	Dublin Archives or book form	.1.876
LR	Lecale Review magazine- formerly Lecale Miscellany	various	Lecale Historical Society	2003
LS	Lisburn Standard newspaper	.	available at SEELB Ballynahinch	.
LSR	Lloyd's Shipping Register	.	London	.
LSRM	List of subscribers to the Major Gen. Ross monument in Kilbroney 1814	.	file & gen folder
LWAG	A Journey Through Lecale; W.A. Green Collection	John Magee	Ulster Folk Museum	?
LWJD	The Life and Writings of John McMullen D.D	J.J.McGovern	Hoffman Bros. Chicago and Milwaukee 1888
MAP Ref	Ordnance Survey map of Northern Ireland; Discoverer Series; Sheet 20,21, 29; email me if you'd like a copy of your townland	.	Ordnance Survey of Nothern Ireland	1989
MB	Martin Benn of Preston UK, an expert in sailing vessels	shipping registers	his own research	.
MC	Marriage Certificate	.	.	.
MCDHL	Memorial Cards in Downpatrick Heritage Library	a collection c. 1905-1923 Saintfield/ Killinchy area	.	.
MCIDM	Methodist Church in Ireland; Dromore Methodism	J. Lennox Booth	Banbridge Chronicle Press Ltd; www.lisburn.com	.
MCPR	Magheradroll Catholic Patish Registers	.	available at PRONI	.
MGSIIG	Minnesota Genealogy Society Irish Interest Group Newsletter of Apr 1982	?	a reproduction from Journal of Upper Ards Historical Society	1982?
MH	Maude Harbinson of Rathfriland via Marjorie, Lilredgma@aol.com	-	-	-
MID	Old Families of Downpatrick & District	R.S.J. Clarke	Ulster Historical Foundation	1993
MIs	Monumental Inscriptions from various graveyards	R.S.J. Clarke also unpublished graves that I have visited	Ulster Historical Foundation	various
MK	Marian Knox- see the Contacts section of my website	.	.	.
MMM	A Mourne Man's Memoiries	W.J. Fitzpatrick	Mourne Observer, Newcastle NI	1980
MMS	Mrs. Mahoney's Scrapbook & Diary	Eliza Sarah Mahoney nee Reid of Newry	Royal Geographical Society of A/Asia	1926-27	on file
MNL	Mercantile Navy List	.	London	1886- 1887
MO	Mourne Observer newspaper; http://www.mourneobserver.com/	.	Newcastle	.
MOA	Men of Ards	Harry Allen	Ballyhay Books , Donaghadee	2004
MOF	Meet the Old Folks; Extracts from Interviews in the Mourne Observer 1959-1960 Vol 2	various	Mourne Observer	1960
MSch	Magherascouse Schoolhouse; presentation address	Rev T.S.Woods	local	Oct 1898
MS WAG	A Tour of Mid & South Down; the W.A. Green collection	Jane E.M. Crosbie	Ulster Folk Museum	1992
MT	Mausoluem Trust	volunteer group	http://www.mausolea-monuments.org.uk/home.php?admin_page=home	.
Mussen	papers; private research of Kristiina Mussen covering Mussen families in the	Blaris & Dromore areas	.	2011
MVK	The McKees of Virginia & Kentucky	George Wilson McKee	http://www.archive.org/details/mckeesofvirginia00mcke	c. 1870
NAD	National Archives, Dublin	www.nationalarchives.ie	.	.
NAHN	Newtown; A History of Newtownards	Trevor McCavery	White Row Press	1994
NAEK	National Archives for England, Kew (London)		http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/
NC	Newtownards Chronicle newspaper 1873-1900	Kenneth Robinson	South Eastern Education & Library Board	1990
NCSR	Newtownards Catholic School Register 1849	PRONI	.	.	email
NCT	Newry Commerical Telegraph newspaper- from a transcription by Alison Causton, by permission of the British Library; see http://www.irelandoldnews.com/	-	-	-
NDM	North Down Memories- photographs 1860s-1960s	Keith Haines	Blackstaff Press	2000
NDT	North Down Tourism		http://www.northdowntourism.com/Documents/Biographies.aspx
NH	Northern Herald newspaper 1833- 1836	Jack McCoy	South Eastern Education & Library Board	1992
NI	Northern Independent newspaper 1871- 1873	Kenneth Robinson	South Eastern Education & Library Board	1990
NIR	North Irish Roots- Journal of the North of Ireland FFamily History Society	Vol 21 #2		2010
NIOD	Notable Inhabitants of Downpatrick	Aynsworth Pilson; edited by R.W.H. Blackwood, C. Rooney & W.G. Wheeler	Lecale & Downe Historical Society	2016
NL	Nesbitt Letters - written by Nesbit family of Rathfriland to family in USA in 1861	.	Sandra Winegar	1861
NLAT	National Library of Australia- Trove ; digitised newspapers	.	Australian government	.
NLI	National Library of Ireland, in Dublin	.	.	.
NR	Newry Reporter newspaper	.	.	.
NS	Northern Star newspaper indexes 1792-1797	Jack McCoy	South Eastern Education & Library Board	1992
NSDR	Newry District School Records for Female National School & Male Model School	-	-	-
NW	Northern Whig newspaper - started in Bridge St, Belfast in 1822 & ceased in 1963	.	South Eastern Education & Library Board	1940
NWAG	Victorian & Edwardian Newcastle	Grenfell Morton	Frair's Bush Press	1988
NWB	Narrow Water brochure	Roger Hall	.	21 Jun 1999
NWD	Noelene William's Database	Noelene Williams , Australia	self published on fiche	1990
NZETC	Cyclopedia of New Zealand	http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-corpus-cyclopedia.html	.	.
OB	Old Banbridge	Alex F. Young & Des Quail	Stenlake Publ. Co, Scotland	2002
OBLS	Old Ballynahinch	Rose Jane Leslie & Gerard Sloan	Stenlake Publishing UK	2012
ODHD	Old Dromore, Hillsborough & Donaghcloney	John Hanna & Des Quail	Stenlake Publishing, UK	2002
OFB	Old Families of Banbridge	R.S.J. Clarke	Ulster Historical Foundation	1989
OFD	Old Families of Downpatrick	R.S.J. Clarke	Ulster Historical Foundation	1993
OFGD	Orphan Famine Girls' database	NSW Government, Australia	http://www.irishfaminememorial.org/en/
OFN	Old Families of Newry	R.S.J. Clarke	Ulster Historical Foundation	1993
OGSLL	Old Gilford, Scarva, Loughbrickland & Lawrencetowm	Alex F. Young & Des Quail	Stenlake Publishing UK	2004
OKA	Old Kilkeel & Annalong	Alex F. Young & Des Quail	Stenlake Publishing UK
O'L	O'Laverty's Historical Account of the Diocese of Down & Connor- Vol 1	Rev. James O'Laverty	James Duffy, Dublin	1878
O'L B	O'Laverty's Historical Account of the Diocese of Down & Connor- The Bishops	Rev. James O'Laverty	James Duffy, Dublin	1895
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Diocese%20of%20Down%20and%20Connor%20%20Ancient%20and%20Modern%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Volume 3- https://archive.org/details/historicalaccoun03olav
old b/w	This is an old map that I have c. 1860; if I have a reference listed to it then I can scan and email that part of the map	.	.	c.1870.
old letters	(1) 3 old letters giving names of members of Freemasons Lodge in Newtownards & (2) letters written by Thomas McKee of Grange, Kilkeel to the Haslip family 1846/1856	(1)written James Cumming & James McMeekan 1826, 1827 & 1862 (2) from Glenda Ranallo	.	.
ON	Old Newtownards	John Hanna & Des Quail	Stenlake Publishing, UK	2004
ORHB	Old Rathfriland, Hilltown & Ballyroney	Alex F. Young	Stenlake Publ. Scotland	2002
OSM	Ordnance Survey Memoirs from 1836; Vol 3 South Down:Vol 12 Mid Down; Vol; 17 East Down & Lecale; Vol 7 North Down & Ards	Anglique Day & Patrick McWilliams	Queen's University Belfast	1992
OUT	Outlook Express newspaper	.	.	.
p	page number	.	.	.
PDLHS	Poyntzpass & District Local History Society- article Fourtowns Presbyterian Church	Griffith Wylie	Poyntzpass & District Local History Society	.
PE	Personal Experience or I've been sent the information and can't verify the source	.	.	.
Perspective	journal- Volume 7 #1 Sept/Oct 1998 pp 58-63	Dr. Paul Lamour	.	1998
PHS	Presbyterian Historical Society	http://www.presbyterianhistoryireland.com
PI	Picturesque Ireland	ed. John Savage	Thomas Kelly- New York	c. 1890
PL	Passenger Lists	.	.various	.
PLB	Spirit Licence Application Books 1875-1975	PRONI ARM/6/4/1	.	.	Michelle Kelly.
PL/DP	Passenger Lists compiled by Denise & Peter http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff		They have given kind permission for me to extract people from Co Down	.
PMGFH	Peter & Mirian Gibson Family History	Peter Gibson of Groomsport	.	2011
PNDI	Place Names Database of Ireland	http://www.logainm.ie/?uiLang=en
PNNI	Place Names of Northern Ireland- 4 volumes	K. Muhr et al	Queens University Belfast	1996
POD	Post Office & Trade Directories - see at bottom of ths page for a list of years & places covered	.	.	.
ppnz	Papers Past New Zealand	New Zealand government website	.	.
PR	Parish or Church Register	.	.	.
PRONI	Publuc Records Office of Northern Ireland	Titanic Square, Belfast	http://www.proni.gov.uk
PSCIK	Police Station Census of the inhabitants of Killyleagh	compiled by Eileen Patterson	Killyleagh Library	1891-1899
PTTF	Places that time Forgot	Terence Bowman	Mourne Observer Press	2004
RAJ	Descendants of James Orr of Scotland -1607 onwards	Ray A. Jones	Ray A. Jones; Lib Congress # 77- 82468	1977
RCCPCI	Report of Commissioners into the Poorer Classes in Ireland 1827-1833 -list of ejectments	.	.	.	.
RCDJB	Reminiscense of Capt. D.J. Bell of Ballynahinch (sent by Bob Macoubrie)	.		c. 1965	paper file & G inbox
RCS	1798 Rebellion- Claimants & Surrenders	compiled & edited by Ian Cantwell	Eneclann CD	2005
RD	Register of Deeds, Dublin	Hamilton Trail papers	LDS microfilm
regd. reg.	short for 'registered' meaning the town where local civil birth , marriage or death registrations were made	.	.	.
Registry of Deeds	Henrietta St, Dublin - try http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~registryofdeeds/index.html	.	.	.
RICLD	Royal Irish Constabulary List & Directory		John Mullany & John Falconer of Dublin; Archive CD Books Ireland	as at 1 Jul 1889 & 1910
RM	Railway Memories	Terence Bowman	Mourne Observer	1991
RNPHCPI	Return of the Names of Persons Holding the Commission of Peace in Ireland	.	University of Southampton Library	1850-1900
RR StJ	Re-Dedication & Re-Opening of St. John the Baptist Church, Ballygorian, Clonduff	.	church publication	Feb 2006
RSIA	Researching Scots- Irish Ancestors	William J. Roulston	Ulster Historical Foundation	2005
RWN	Robert Workman of Newtownbreda 1835- 1921	Margaret A.K. Garner	William Mullan & Son Ltd, Belfast	1969
SAG	Irish Holdings of the Society of Australian Genealogists	Heather Garnsey; Perry McIntyre; Angela Phippen	Society of Aust. Genealogists	1996
SBTS	Settlers by the Sea 1626-1989; Ballywalter & its Presbyterians	Derek Patton
SCD	Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland	.	Manchester	1856
SCPC	St. Columba's Parish Church 1896-1996, Knockbreda	Betty Rainsford	church publication	1996
SFSOK	Six Famous Sons of Killyleagh	Clive Scoular	W.G. Baird Ltd	2006; ISBN 0-9539601-5-3
SG	Mrs. Sandra Gilpin- wife of minister of Comber Non Subscribing Presbyterian Church	.	.	2007
SHLT	Short History of the Linen Trade	William Carter	H.R. Carter Publications. 2 Marcus Ward St, Belfast	1954
SHM	Saintfield Heritage Magazine	local heritage groupt	Mourne Obersver Press	1994
SHPR	Seapatrick Householders' Parliamentary Return	.	available in Dublin Record Office	.
sic	latin word means that I have notice a conflicting piece of infomation but have copied it as I read it	.	.	.
SIP	Scotch-Irish Pioneers in Ulster & America	Charles Knowles Bolton	https://archive.org/details/scotchirish00boltrich/page/n3.	1910
SMC	St. Malachy's Castlewellan- Catholic	church booklet		2007
SNNP	Shamrock newspaper of New York	.	.	.
S. P	Census of Ireland 1659	Seamus Pender	Dublin	1939
SPB	1st Presbyterian Church Saintfield Bicentenary Magazine	.	.	.
SPC/IK	Spa Presbyterian Church History	Mrs. Isabel Keenan	.	.
SR	School Records	-	PRONI Belfast	-
SSM	Sailing Ships of Mourne	various	Mourne Observer press	1971
SSSCP	Sailing Ships & Sea Captains of Portaferry	Allison Murphy	a talk at Upper Ards Historical Society	?	pdf file
SWE	Solomon Whyte Esq.'s estate in 1728 in Ballyvally, Seapatrick	map	-	-
SWP	Spinning Wheel Premium of 1796	.	.	.
TAB	Tithe Applotment Books 1823-1838	.	.	.
TC	Townlands of Clonduff	Jerry Quinn, chairman local initiative	Clonduff Historical & Heritage Group	2012
TCC	Parish of Kilmore; Holy Family Church Teconnaught; A Centenary Record	Kevin McMullan PP	Local Church	1999
TCDEP	The City of Downe	Edward Parkinson	W. Erskine Mayne	1927
TCOTH	The Church on the Hill; A Short History of First Dromore Presbyterian	W.D. Patton	www.lisburn.com	.
TCRH	The Church in the Rolling Hills 1748-1998 1st & 2nd Boardmills Presbyterian	church booklet	www.lisburn.com	1998
TEP	Trevor Family Estate Papers in Dromara parish 1607-1900	-	PRONI	.
THOD	The Heritage of Drumbo	J. Fred Rankin		Chapter 8
THTMB	The House that Martin Built' the building of Glenn Parochial House	Poyntzpass & District Local Historical Society	www.poyntzpass.co.uk		pdf file
TIA	Tracing your Irish Ancestors	John Grenham	Gill & Macmillan Ltd, Dublin	1999
TMUOP	The Most Unpretedning of Places- history of Dundonald	Peter Carr	White Row Press	1990
TOB	Tenants of Ballyvally (Seapatrick parish)	Richard Linn
TOC	Transplantation to Connaught 1654-58	R. Simington	Dublin	1970
TOOC	Taste of old Comber-The Town & Its History	Len Ball & Desmond Rainey	White Row Press , Dundonald	2003
TPHS	Tullylish Parish, Historical Sketch	Isabel Whiteside	Review Press	1981
TU	Townlands in Ulster	W.H. Crawford & R.H. Foy	Ulster Historical Foundation	1998
TVN	The Vindicator newspaper- Belfast’s second Roman Catholic newspaper- from 1839	.	.	.
UDB	Province of Ulster Directory Belfast 1863	.	.	.
UF	Ulster Folklife Vol 30 1984 & Vol 31 1985	ed. Alan Gailey	Ulster Folk Museum	1984 & 1985
UHF	Ulster Historical Foundation	.	.	.
UJA	Ulster Journal of Archaeology 2nd Seried Volume 13 #4 pp163-169	Ulster Archaeology Society	.	.	Gen. Inbox
US	The Ulster -Scot newspaper	.	www.ulsterscotagency.com	.
V	volume number	.	.	.
WDG	Where Donard Guards	Nicholas Russell aka Daniel Curran	Ballaghbeg Books, Newcastle; ISBN 978-0-9557922-0-5PB	2007
WHGM	Warrenpoint Historical Group Magazine	various	published by the group	2011
WJM	Warren J. Martin's family history notes	compiled by himself	CD	-
WMO	Sir William Musgrave's Obituaries	compiled by himself	-	-

 

Post Office / Trade Directories indexed so far e.g. Pigot's, Bassett's, Slater's

1819	Banbridge; Kilkeel; Rathfriland , Tullylish
1824	Banbridge;Clonduff; Donaghadee; Downpatrick; Dromore; Gilford; Kilkeel; Magherally; Newry; Portaferry; Rathfriland; Rostrevor; Saintfield; Strangford; Warrenpoint
1846	Ballynahinch; Banbridge; Bangor; Castlewellan; Clonduff; Comber; Donaghadee; Dromore; Gilford; Greyabbey; Hillsborough;Killyleagh; Newcastle; Newry; Newtownards; Portaferry; Rathfriland; Rostrevor; Saintfield; Strangford; Tullylish; Warrenpoint
1852	Ardglass; Ballymacarrett; Ballynahinch; Banbridge; Bangor; Comber; Donaghadee; Downpatrick; Dromore; Dundonald; Hillsborough; Holywood; Lisburn (parts); Newry; Newtownards; Saintfield
1863	Downpatrick; Hillsborough; Kilkeel
1870	Saintfield
1876	Kilkeel
1881	Clonallan; Killinchy; Newry
1886	Aghaderg; Crossgar; Downpatrick; Dromore; Hillsborough; Holywood; Kilkeel; Killinchy; Killyleagh; Lisburn (part); Loughbrickland; Saul
1892	Saintfield
1900/01	Boardmills; Downpatrick; Comber; Saintfield
1902	Ballygowan; Ballymacarrett; Bangor; Holywood;
1910	Aghaderg; Annalong; Ardglass; Ballee; Ballygowan; Ballyhalbert; Ballykinler; Ballynahinch; Ballyward; Banbridge; Bangor; Boardmills; Castlewellan; Clough; Comber; Donaghadee; Downpatrick; Dromara; Dromore; Dundrum; Garvaghy; Greyabbey; Hillsborough; Kilkeel; Killinchy; Killough; Kilmore; Kircubbin; Loughbrickland; Moira; Newry; Newcastle; Rostrevor; Scarva; Spa; Tullylish ; Tullnakill

A List of War Memorials for 1st World War indexed into Surnames pages.

Ballynahinch, Ballywalter, Banbridge, Bangor, Castlewellan, Comber, Donaghadee, Donaghcloney, Downpatrick, Dromore, Gilford, Greyabbey, Groomsport, Hillsborough, Holywood, Kilkeel, Killyleagh, Kircubbin (in church grounds) , St. Columba's Church of Ireland parishioners (Knockbreda), Newcastle, Newtownards, Rathfriland, Waringstown.

A list of church records indexed

Annalong Presbyterian Church baptisms 1840-1849; Ballynahinch Presbyterian Church baptisms & marriages 1695- 1736 ; Holywood Presbyterian Church Baptisms 1859-1902 & marriages 1845-1917; Killinchy Presbyterian baptisms 1836-1838; Mourne (Kilkeel ) Presbyterian baptisms 1839 - 1851; Lower Mourne (Kilkeel) marriages 1839 to 1876 & baptisms 1842- 1866; Newtownards 1st Presbyterian Church- baptisms & marriages 1833-1926 & most Catholic records

TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOKS 1823 - 1837:
Tithe was a tax on all agricultural land (originally a tenth of the produce) excepting only church lands and glebes and urban areas and it was paid by leaseholders and occupiers of all religious denominations to the clergy of the Established Church of Ireland. There was growing resentment against this tax, particularly in the period of distress after 1815 and the government was forced to give way and introduce a Tithe Composition Act 1823 which replaced payment in kind by payment in cash by landlords.

In order to effect this change, all the agricultural land in the country, which was liable to pay the tithe had to be surveyed and apploted or valued. During the period 1823 to 1837 a Tithe Applotment Survey was made in each civil parish for the whole of Ireland to determine the value of tithe payable by different landlords. The material was arranged by civil parish and townland in volumes known as TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOKS. In some parishes more than one survey was taken, while in others the manuscript has not survived.

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