County Fermanagh Archives and Libraries

Archives
Northern Ireland is divided into 11 districts for local government purposes. In Northern Ireland, local councils do not carry out the same range of functions as those in the rest of the United Kingdom. Their functions include planning, waste and recycling services, leisure and community services, building control and local economic and cultural development. Therefore, these districts do not manage archives and libraries.
 * For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Northern Ireland Archives and Libraries page.
 * For FamilySearch images and indexes of Ireland records found in archives, see Ireland Historical Collections and Images: Country Fermanagh, Ireland.

Libraries
Cultural Heritage Collection, Fermanagh Enniskillen Library Hall's Lane Enniskillen BT74 7DR Northern Ireland Telephone: 028 6632 2886 Email: [mailto:enniskillen.library@librariesni.org.uk enniskillen.library@librariesni.org.uk] Website
 * The main Cultural Heritage collection for County Fermanagh is located in Enniskillen library and contains over 40,000 volumes relating to Irish studies and local history. In addition to the book stock the collection consists of newspapers, journals of Irish interest, maps, photographs and postcards. Newspaper archives are held on microfilm, with two self-service microfilm readers available with print facilities.

- Randal Gill Library The North of Ireland Family History Society NIFHS Branches Website Clans, Biographies, Family Trees and Names Family Trees and Books about Families
 * Many Members contribute to our Transcribing and Indexing Projects. Some compilations of records, as books or CDs, are available in our online Shop.  The Transcribed Records fall into the categories: Church Records, Graveyard Records and Newspaper Records.  Many of these are only available in the Library.

- Irvinestown Library Main Street Irvinestown BT94 1GJ Northern Ireland Telephone: 028 6862 1383 Email: [mailto:irvinestown.library@librariesni.org.uk irvinestown.library@librariesni.org.uk] Website

Lisnaskea Library 157-159 Main Street Lisnaskea BT92 0JE Northern Ireland Telephone: 028 6772 1222 Email: [mailto:lisnaskea.library@librariesni.org.uk lisnaskea.library@librariesni.org.uk] Website

Local libraries may have collections relating to families--newspaper clippings, donated family histories, published local histories, not ubiquitous but worth checking. The largest library in a district might serve some archive functions.
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Museums

 * Museums in Fermanagh

Civil Registration Offices
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 * How duplicate certificates are obtained has changed. These can no longer be issued from district registration offices.
 * All birth records from 1864 to 100 years ago have been digitized and are free to view and download at IrishGenealogy.ie. Some of the later marriage and death records can also be downloaded from this site.
 * An index of Ireland Civil Registration -including births, 1864-1958, marriages, 1845-1958, and deaths, 1864-1958 - is available online at FamilySearch's (An index of Ireland civil registration including 1864-1958 births, 1845-1958 marriages, and 1864-1958 deaths, but excluding index records for Northern Ireland after its creation in 1922.)
 * The General Register Office, Northern Ireland (GRONI) provides an online service for searching and ordering civil registration records. To search the records online, you must register for an account.

Websites

 * Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives, County Fermanagh Databases and Records Links
 * Emerald Ancestors
 * Emerald Ancestors provides instant access to one of the largest collections of Northern Ireland genealogy records available, containing birth, marriage, death and census records for over 1.5 million Irish ancestors. Our extensive Ulster ancestry database covers Irish Family records from civil registration indexes, church registers and historical sources in Counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry & Tyrone.