Poyntzpass and District Local History Society
County Armagh Links |
http://www.from-ireland.net/county-armagh-genealogy/ Links to ancestry information for Co Armagh |
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.britisles.ireland.arm.general People searching for ancestors in Co Armagh |
http://www.bygonesandbyways.com/mainmenu.htm History of Markethill area |
https://www.librariesni.org.uk/libraries/county-armagh/cultural-heritage-service-library-armagh/ Details of the history library in Armagh |
http://nmni.com/acm Armagh County Museum |
http://www.history-armagh.org/ Armagh History Group, plus access to articles |
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/ARM/ Big list of Armagh Links |
Historic memorials of the Stewarts of Forthergill Perthshire, and their male descendants Charles Poyntz Stewart, 1874. Includes the Stewarts of Acton House. Can be downloaded as a searchable PDF. Information from contemporaneous account, and gravestones. |
Historical and genealogical memoir of the family of Poyntz : or, eight centuries of an English house John Maclean 1886 Part 2 |
Bassett’s Book of County Armagh George Bassett, dated 1888 describes every town and village, has some history about each, and lists the principal inhabitants and landowners |
http://failteromhat.com/ Assorted data, including useful maps |
http://VisitArmagh.com/ ARMACHIANA. This is the name given to 24 volumes of unpublished writings by the first curator, TGF Paterson. There are already over 2700 pages of searchable text available and this will increase in the future. The subject matter is wide and varied, ranging from 18th century outlaws to rural traditions and parish histories. |
County Down Links |
http://www.from-ireland.net/county-down-genealogy/ Links to ancestry information for Co Down |
https://rosdavies.com/ Great resource containing info on family names and place names |
http://countydown.x10.mx/html/index2.htm Great site for searching people and place names |
http://loughbricklandcourtyard.com Loughbrickland and a brief histiry of the Whyte Family |
http://www.bagenalscastle.com/ancestry/ Newry resource |
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/DOW/ Big List of Co Down Links |
http://failteromhat.com/ Assorted Data |
Online Google Book “The Antient and Present State of the County of Down: containing a chorographical description, with the natural and civil history of the same. Illustrated by observations made on the baronies, parishes, towns, villages [… &c.] with a survey of the New Canal; as also, a new and correct map of the county” by Walter Harris 1744 |
Maps |
PlacenamesNI.Org Good information on townland names and history |
https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/services/historic-environment-map-viewer Historic Environment Map Viewer |
http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php Map of Downs and Armagh dated 1655. Poyntzpass known as Fenwick’s Pass |
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ Great resource for names by townland dated between 1850 and 1860, roughly. With ability to drill down on map |
http://maps.google.co.uk/ Drillable map with street view too |
http://www.sinton-family-trees.com/maps2/mapsx.php Townland maps in County Down |
John Roque Maps of County Armagh in 1760 These maps show a great level of detail including Acton forts, two windmills in Aughantaraghan and a curious round shape which might be the original Poyntz house/castle. |
General Sources |
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ Irish Census for 19011 and 1911 |
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/ Great resource for names by townland dated between 1850 and 1860, roughly |
http://www.proni.gov.uk/ Public Record Office NI. Has searchable Content |
http://www.poyntzpass.co.uk History Society website |
https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/ Search the General Register Office |
http://www.libraryireland.com/ General source |
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/cgi-bin/belfst/QueryForm1.cgi Belfast Newsletter searchable database |
http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ Included emm err just for a laugh |
Online Books Archive Online book describing Ireland in 1598 |
http://www.ulsterplacenamesociety.org/ Ulster Placenames |
A Picturesque Handbook to Carlingford Bay Dated 1846, it covers much further inland than just the coastal region, including Poyntzpass on page 209 |
A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland By Samuel Lewis, dated 1840 |
Other Historical Societies
The Glens of Antrim Historical Society
Offaly Historical & Archaeological Society
County Tipperary Historical Society
Dictionary of Ulster Biography
Old Drogheda Society and Millmount Museum in Drogheda
Poyntzpass links
Poyntzpass meeting place community centre
Our Local History Channel on YouTube
Local District sites
Portadown photographs and features from past and present
Newry Town Guide Find out more about the Newry area.