PRONI Making Available Digitized Church Records

Starting tomorrow PRONI will make available digitized church records dating from 1642. These records include the horrendously microfilmed and mostly unreadable St. Anne's of Belfast records which have been re-scanned and digitized. Unfortunately these records are not available online which will require a visit to PRONI. 

 The records available are:
Link to PRONI Digitized Church Records Page
Church of Ireland
St Columb's Cathederal (CR1/113) Londonderry
Baptisms 1642 – 1983 (records from 1905 – 1983 are closed)
Marriages 1826 – 1830, 1843 – 1904
Burials 1829 – 1955 (records from 1874 – 1955 are closed)
Vestry Books 1741 – 1793
Vestry Minutes 1823 – 1935

Derryloran Parish, (CR1/114) Co. Tyrone 
Baptisms 1797 – 1995 (records from 1913 – 1995 are closed)
Marriages 1832 – 2000 (records from 1930 – 2000 are closed)
Burials 1855 – 1878

St. Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, (CR1/115) Co. Antrim 
Baptisms 1745 – 1911
Marriages 1745 – 1914
Burials 1745 – 1809

Drumcree Parish Church, Portadown, (CR1/116) Co. Armagh 
Baptisms 1784 – 1930 (records from 1906 – 1930 are closed)
Marriages 1784 – 1930 (records from 1926 – 1930 are closed)
Burials 1784 – 2013

St. Andrew’s Parish Church, Hope Street, Belfast, (CR1/117) Co. Antrim 
Baptisms 1886 – 1933 (records from 1903 – 1933 are closed)
Marriages 1870 – 1889

St. Mary Magdalene Parish Church, Donegall Pass, Belfast, (CR1/118) Co. Antrim 
Baptisms 1847 – 1872
Marriages 1862 – 1872
Burials Not Received
Register of Vestrymen 1870 – 1932
Select Vestry Minutes 1900 – 1911

Dromore Cathedral, Dromore, (CR1/119) Co. Down 
Baptisms 1784 – 1846
Marriages 1784 – 1845
Burials 1784 – 1853

St. Luke’s Parish Church, Mullaglass, (CR1/120) Co. Armagh 
Baptisms 1852 – 1865
Marriages 1845 – 1880
Burials 1853 – 1865
Preachers 1860 – 1865
Vestry Minutes 1870 – 1911
Register of Vestrymen 1890 – 1902
Roll of Subscribers 1877 – 1913

St. George’s Parish Church, High Street, Belfast, (CR1/121) Co. Antrim 
Baptisms 1817 – 1870
Marriages 1817 – 1875
Burials Not Received
Minutes of Congregational Committee 1837 - 1840
Rector’s Notebook 1837 – 1843

St. Patrick’s Parish Church, Ballymacarret, Belfast, (CR1/122) Co. Down 
Baptisms 1827 – 1883
Marriages 1827 – 1874
Burials Not Received
Minutes of general Vestry Meetings 1850 – 1980 (Closed)
Select Vestry Minutes 1891 – 1913

Methodist Church Records

Ballymacarrett Methodist Church, later known as Newtownards Road Methodist Church and now (CR6/18) East Belfast Mission 
Stewards Book 1871 – 1884

Hyde Park Methodist Church, Parish of Grange, (CR6/19) Mallusk, Co. Antrim 
Marriages 1840 – 1931

Ligoniel Methodist Church, Belfast, (CR6/20) Co. Antrim 
Baptisms 1870 – 1908

Frederick Street Methodist Church, Belfast, (CR6/21) Co. Antrim 
Baptisms 1841 – 1877
Marriages 1840 – 1873

Salem Methodist New Connexion Church, (CR6/22) York Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim 
Baptisms 1829 – 1904
Marriages 1836 - 1844

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