Although the move was in
2011, many books and lists still give the old address while the website remains
the same, www.proni.gov.uk
2 Titanic Boulevard,
Belfast, BT3 9HQ
PRONI can help you flesh
out an ancestor's life. They have church records, the 1901 census, wills, national
school records, and valuation records, including the famous
Griffith’s Valuation. The church records have the baptisms, marriages and burials before 1864.
On the home page,
click on the choice ‘Research Local and Family History.’ (Lower left side with
photo) Then click on the highlighted words in paragraph three ‘Your Family Tree
series of leaflets’. You will find a list of free pdf files on about 50 topics
including ‘Latin Terminology in Roman Catholic Church Records.’ I mention this one
because it has translations for Irish/English names not often found on other
lists, like Cecil (Caecilius) and Winifred (Winifrida).
However, PRONI is not the
place to find Indexes and BMD certificates. Records of events since 1864 are found
at the General Register Office of Northern Ireland (GRONI), www.nidirect.gov.uk, 49/55 Chichester
Street, Belfast, BT1 4HL. To order a birth certificate online, for example, you
will need:
-full name of the child
-date and place of birth
-parents’ names,
including the maiden name of the mother-mother’s address at time of the birth
£14 plus postage
At the GRONI website home
page, click on ‘Ordering Certificates’ and follow the instructions. On the 'Ordering Certificates' main page, click on the phrase ‘Leisure,
Home and Community Online’ in the right hand column. A long list should come up
with links to other research sites under a subcategory ‘Family and Local
History.’ One click will take you to the:
-PRONI Online Records
-PRONI ecatalogue
-National Archives (Kew)-National Archives of Scotland
-1901 and 1911 Census of Ireland (www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search)
-World War casualties (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
©2012, Susan Lewis Well
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