Poyntzpass and District Local History Society
Poyntzpass and District Local History Society
| 1. 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 This is the name given to 24 volumes of unpublished writings by the first curator, TGF Paterson.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. Click here for an index of the contents for volumes 1 - 13 |
2. 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 https://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/1898NewryDirectory.htm Newry Directory for 1898 |
| 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 |
3. Maps |
| PlacenamesNI.Org Good information on townland names and history https://www.townlands.ie/armagh/poyntz-pass/ Poyntzpass Townlands |
| https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/8bb16b64f0994385a5c141027ae9d33e/ 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 |
| 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. http://maps.google.co.uk/ Drillable map with street view too |
4. 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland Aiming to recreate the archive lost on 30th June 1922 during the opening engagement of the Irish Civil War |
| Museum Data Service Access to all object records across all UK museums |
5. 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
6. Poyntzpass links
Poyntzpass meeting place community centre
Our Local History Channel on YouTube
7. Local District sites
Portadown photographs and features from past and present
Newry Town Guide Find out more about the Newry area.
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