County Antrim Societies

Family history societies often publish helpful journals, transcripts, compiled genealogies and host helpful websites. They may have ongoing projects to transcribe records and create indexes. Most societies publish queries in their journals and maintain lists of members’ research interests that may be helpful to you. You may want to join one of these societies, reap the benefits of their expertise and resources, or support its efforts.

Addresses of the societies are for the most part where their meetings are held as they are by-and-large not brick-and-mortar institutions.

Regional Societies
North of Ireland Family History Society Research Centre & Office Unit C4 Valley Business Centre 67 Church Road Newtownabbey, County Antrim, BT36 7LS UK Email: [mailto:nquire@nifhs.org nquire@nifhs.org] Website: North of Ireland Family History Society


 * To promote and encourage the public and personal study of world-wide family history, genealogy, heraldry, and local history with particular reference to the North of Ireland.

NIFHS - Ballymena Branch Michelin Arts Workshop Braid Arts Centre 1-29 Bridge Street Ballymena BT43 5EJ UK Email: [mailto:Ballymena@nifhs.org Ballymena@nifhs.org] Website: Ballymena Branch

NIFHS - Belfast Branch C. S. Lewis Room Holywood Arches Library 4-12 Holywood Road Belfast BT4 1NT UK Email: [mailto:Belfast@nifhs.org Belfast@nifhs.org] Website: Belfast Branch

NIFHS - Larne Branch Larne Bowling & Lawn Tennis Club 112-120 Glenarm Road Larne BT40 1DZ UK Email: [mailto:Larne@nifhs.org Larne@nifhs.org] Website: Larne Branch Website #2: Larne Branch

NIFHS - Lisburn Branch Bridge Community Centre 50 Railway Street Lisburn BT 28 1XP UK Email: [mailto:Lisburn@nifhs.org Lisburn@nifhs.org] Website: Lisburn Branch Website #2: Lisburn Branch

NIFHS - Newtownabbey Branch Drama Theatre Glengormley High School 134 Ballyclare Road Newtownabbey BT36 5HP UK Email: [mailto:Newtownabbey@nifhs.org Newtownabbey@nifhs.org] Website: Newtownabbey Branch Website #2: Newtownabbey Branch

Oral History Society (Northern Ireland) Riddel Hall Queen’s University Belfast 185 Stranmillis Road Belfast BT9 5EE UK Email: [mailto:annecgulland@yahoo.co.uk annecgulland@yahoo.co.uk] Website: Oral History Society


 * Network representatives actively encourage and support the development and use of oral history in their own locality, and contribute an overview of this to an Annual Report. Covers Belfast and Counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone.

Ulster Archaeological Society School of Natural and Built Environment Queen's University Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN UK Email: [mailto:ulsterarchaeolsoc@gmail.com ulsterarchaeolsoc@gmail.com] Email #2: [mailto:newsletter.ulsterarcsoc@gmail.com newsletter.ulsterarcsoc@gmail.com] Website: Ulster Archaeological Society Website #2: Ulster Archaeological Society


 * The Ulster Archaeological Society is a charitable organisation open to anyone interested in archaeology and the wider study of our heritage particularly with regard to Ulster. Our members come from all walks of life and from all sections of the community, encompassing all ages from students to retirees; amateurs and professionals.  We warmly welcome new members from Ireland and further afield.

Ulster Historical Foundation The Corn Exchange 31 Gordon Street Belfast BT1 2LG UK Telephone: 028 9066 1988 Email: [mailto:enquiry@uhf.org.uk enquiry@uhf.org.uk] Website: Ulster Historical Foundation


 * Ulster Historical Foundation is a not-for-profit educational charity, founded in 1956, with the simple yet important mission to tell the story of the people of the nine counties of Ulster. The Foundation seeks to disseminate heritage and cultural knowledge and to generate and provide the research and educational resources necessary to support individuals, families, groups, educators, and global diasporas in understanding the history of Ulster.

Antrim Societies
Abbey Historical Society The White House 28-34 Whitehouse Park Newtownabbey BT37 9SQ UK Email: [mailto:hamillmaud@hotmail.co.uk hamillmaud@hotmail.co.uk] Website: Abbey Historical Society

Ballyclare Historical Society Old Presbyterian Church Main Street Ballyclare BT39 9AA UK Website: Ballyclare Historical Society

Broughshane Historical Society Broughshane House 70 Main Street Broughshane BT42 4JW UK Website: Broughshane Historical Society

Carrickfergus & District Historical Society Carrickfergus Library Meeting Room 2 Joymount Carrickfergus BT38 7DQ UK Website: Carrickfergus & District Historical Society


 * Carrickfergus and District Historical Society engages in promoting historical knowledge about Carrickfergus and the surrounding district.

Cullybackey & District Historical Society Royal British Legion Hall Main Street Cullybackey UK Email: [mailto:lizbroughdone@yahoo.co.uk lizbroughdone@yahoo.co.uk] Email #2: [mailto:cullybackeyhistorysociety@gmail.com cullybackeyhistorysociety@gmail.com] Website: Cullybackey & District Historical Society Website #2: Cullybackey & District Historical Society


 * Whether you have lived all your life in or around Cullybackey, or are a newcomer you may have acquired some knowledge of the area which helps give us a sense of place. This attachment to place and to name is not backward or contrary but real and embedded in our cultural heritage.  The names of our churches, of people and their habitats, our hills and glens, streets, and townlands are repositories of history and tradition that we must cherish and celebrate.

Dromore & District Historical Group Masonic Hal! 31 Lisburn St Hillsborough BT26 6AB UK Telephone: 028 9269 9712 Website: Dromore & District Historical Group

East Belfast Historical Society Oxford Suite Park Avenue Hotel 158 Holywood Road Belfast BT4 1PB UK Email: [mailto:rocross221b@yahoo.co.uk rocross221b@yahoo.co.uk] Website: East Belfast Historical Society

Glenravel Historical Society 4 Lisnamanny Crescent Martinstown, Ballymena BT43 6UL UK Email: [mailto:lizbroughdone@yahoo.co.uk lizbroughdone@yahoo.co.uk] Website: Glenravel Historical Society


 * Our intention is to provide an extensive range of historical and photographic information relating to the Glenravel area. The Society would seek to further the study of the rich history, traditions, and folklore of the Glenravel area, and gather and preserve historical knowledge, culture, and objects of historical interest.

The Glens of Antrim Historical Society The Old Schoolhouse 25 Mill Street Cushendall BT44 0RR UK Telephone: 028 2177 1180 Email: [mailto:antrimhistory@gmail.com antrimhistory@gmail.com] Website: The Glens of Antrim Historical Society Website #2: The Glens of Antrim Historical Society


 * Our society was formed in 1965, and is recognised as one of the foremost Historical Societies on the island of Ireland. On our site you will find an extensive range of historical and photographic information on The Glens of Antrim area of Northern Ireland.

Killultagh Historical Society 3 Bann Lane Tullynewbank Glenavy, Crumlin BT29 4HP UK Telephone: 028 9442 2494 Email: [mailto:killultagh@antrimanddistrictcommunities.com killultagh@antrimanddistrictcommunities.com] Website: Killultagh Historical Society

Lisburn Historical Society Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum Market Square Lisburn BT28 1AG UK Telephone: 28 759-5651858 Email: [mailto:ilc.reception@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk ilc.reception@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk] Website: Lisburn Historical Society


 * The primary purpose is to advance through education an appreciation and understanding of the history of the City of Lisburn, its culture and heritage, through regular monthly lectures, providing improved interpretative literature, publishing a society journal, and the provision of a website.

North Antrim Local Interest List (NALIL) Email: [mailto:nalilblog@gmail.com nalilblog@gmail.com] Website: North Antrim Local Interest List


 * NALIL is a group interested mostly in genealogy but also in history, heritage, culture, current affairs, industry, geology and architecture. It focuses on the baronies of Cary and Upper and Lower Dunluce in the north of County Antrim.

Randalstown Historical Society Community Hall Arches House Arches Lane Main Street Randalstown BT41 3AB UK Email: [mailto:lyhouston@gmail.com lyhouston@gmail.com] Website: Randalstown Historical Society


 * Randalstown Historical Society was founded in 1994 and aims to advance the historical knowledge of the general public in Randalstown and its environs by the study and preservation of the history, cultural heritage, and antiquities of the region and the promotion of public interest and understanding of the above in all sections of the local community.

West Belfast Historical Society St. Michaels Parish Centre 206 Finaghy Road North Belfast BT11 9EH UK Email: [mailto:belfasthistory@outlook.com belfasthistory@outlook.com] Email #2: [mailto:p.greer@hotmail.co.uk p.greer@hotmail.co.uk] Website: West Belfast Historical Society


 * The main objects and aims of the Society are to: 1) To promote local history and to keep the memories of those who went before us alive in the minds of the people of today and for future generations to ponder over, 2) To record on paper & film or other illustrations of all social, economic, or other events associated with that area of Belfast lying west of the River Lagan, 3) The Preservation, where possible, of what we consider worth preserving of the fabric of our city, and 4) The encouragement amongst people to see their city as an interested stranger might: its good and its bad points.