County Tyrone, Ireland Genealogy

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Guide to County Tyrone ancestry, family history and genealogy parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

County Tyrone (Irish: Contae Tír Eoghain) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. It lies within the province of Ulster. The county town is Omagh.

General County Research Information
Further information about County Tyrone is available at the GenUKI site.

Church Records
County Tyrone has a growing number of online resources for researching ancestry. Here are a few which provide significant data-rich entries for family history researchers:


 * CountyTyroneGenealogy - has numerous databases and maps for conducting research in the county
 * RootsIreland - currently holds over 750,000 entries from various records--including church registers, census, Griffiths Valuations, etc.
 * Cemetery/church graveyards - for the county, in the Ulster Historical Foundation website

Civil Jurisdiction and Parish Research Information

 * List of County Tyrone Civil Parishes
 * List of County Tyrone Catholic Parishes

Genealogy

 * Brown, Mary Ross. The Journal (1792-1808) of the Rev. Adam Averell. Genealogy of Adam Averell. Also a desceiption of The Journal including extracts.  Found in The Irish Ancestor Vol.1. no. 2, 1969 pages 103-108, 941.5 B2i at Family History Library.

Societies

 * The West Tyrone Historical Society Website


 * Strabane History Society

Maps

 * 1885 County Map: Courtesy of London Ancestor

Web Sites

 * FHLFavorites.info


 * Tyrone Resources and Help pages RootsChat Tyrone Resources and Help pages. (Free).
 * County Tyrone Northern Ireland GenWeb Project: Additional resources and links

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 * Category:County Tyrone, Northern Ireland