Tracing roots in County Antrim

Contae Aontroma · Province of Ulster · Northern Ireland

Antrim is in the north-east of the island, in Ulster, and is part of Northern Ireland. Belfast lies partly in Antrim.

Because it’s in Northern Ireland, births after the early 1920s are held by GRONI rather than the Republic’s General Register Office – but birth anywhere on the island of Ireland counts the same for the Foreign Births Register.

Free records for County Antrim

• 1901 & 1911 census – search Antrim
• GRONI – Northern Ireland births, marriages, deaths
• Catholic parish registers (National Library)
• Griffith’s Valuation
• PRONI – Tithe books, church records, wills

Tips

• Use GRONI (geni.nidirect.gov.uk) for births, marriages and deaths in Antrim, especially after 1921.
• PRONI holds the Tithe Applotment Books and many church records for Antrim.

Surname stories linked to County Antrim

• O’Neill

See also our Northern Ireland births guide.

Sources

• PRONI
• GRONI (nidirect)

Townland and place-name details: see logainm.ie (Placenames Database of Ireland).