Public Record Office for Northern Ireland

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is the official archive for Northern Ireland.

It aims to identify and preserve records of historical, social and cultural importance and make them available for the information, education and enjoyment of the public.

The Public Records Office for Northern Ireland (PRONI) has moved to its own website. For all PRONI information and services go to www.proni.gov.uk You can contact PRONI at: www.proni.gov.uk/contact-us

Visit The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) for further details on research, visiting the Record Office and talks and events.

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

Search the PRONI Historical Maps viewer

Search and browse a range of historical Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI) maps and find information on sites, buildings and landmarks of historical interest.

Search the PRONI Historical Maps viewer

Search PRONI's eCatalogue

Search or browse over one million catalogue entries in PRONI’s archives for free.

Search PRONI's eCatalogue

Search will calendars

Search the index to will calendar entries for the District Probate Registries of Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry covering the period 1858 to 1965. View digital images of copy wills for Armagh, (1858 to 1918), Belfast (1858 to 1909) and Londonderry (1858 to 1899).

Search will calendars

Use Name Search to find early family history records

Search surviving pre-1858 will indexes found in various PRONI collections like the diocesan will and administration bond indexes; surviving fragments of the 1740 and the 1766 religious census returns and 1775 dissenters petitions.

Use Name Search to find early family history records

Search the Ulster Covenant

Search and view digitised images of the original signatures of almost half a million men and women who signed the Ulster Covenant or women's declaration in opposition to Home Rule on 28 September 1912.

Search the Ulster Covenant

Searching Valuation Revision books

A searchable place name index linking to digitised images of Valuation Revision Books covering counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone between the years 1864 to 1933.

Searching Valuation Revision Books

Digital records available to view on the eCatalogue

A list of over 10,000 digital records that are available to view online through the PRONI eCatalogue.

Digital records available to view on the eCatalogue

Church records

This gives an overview of church records. It's part of a series of leaflets online to help you research your family history.

Church records

Guide to Church records

This guide is an easy way to identify what churches are in a parish, what records exist for each church, the covering dates for each series of records (for example baptisms) and their PRONI reference number.

Guide to church records

1901 and 1911 census

This information gives an overview of the 1901 and 1911 census. It's part of a series of leaflets online to help you research your family history.

1901 and 1911 census

Plantations in Ulster 1600-1641

Plantations in Ulster, 1600-41 is a published collection of documents sourced mainly from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI).

Plantations in Ulster, 1600-1641

Landed estate records

This information gives an overview of landed estate records. It's part of a series of leaflets online to help you research your family history.

Landed estate records

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