Kilraghts Civil Parish, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Genealogy

Guide to Kilraghts Civil Parish, County Antrim, Northern Ireland ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, baptism records, marriage records, and burial records.

The following information is a starting point for records about the civil parish of Kilraghts. The information is based on locations and records before 1922.

History
Kilraghts (Kilraughts, or Cilraghts in Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland) is a parish in the union of Ballymoney, barony of Upper Dunluce, county of Antrim and province of Ulster. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Connor, forming part of the union and corps of the prepend of Rasharkin in the cathedral of Connor. The church is a ruin, but attached to it is a burial ground that is still used. There are in the area places of worship for Presbyterians and Covenanters.

Localities
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Maps and gazetteers
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Cemeteries
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Census
The purpose of a census was to gather information about people who lived in an area. While the government began census taking in 1821, only fragments exist before 1901. Censuses for 1901 and 1911 are available. Read more about the records in the Ireland Census article.

Church records
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Catholic
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Church of Ireland
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Presbyterian
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Methodist
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Society of Friends
To find out what is available on the Quaker population in county Antrim contact:

Religious Society of Friends, 4 Magheralave Road, Lisburn BT28 3BD.

County Antrim Internet site: Quakers.

E-mail: qhist@eircom.net

Others
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Civil Registration
Government registration of births and deaths began in 1864. Registration of Protestant marriages began in 1845, with all marriages being registered by 1864. Go to the Ireland Civil Registration article to read more about these records.

Land records
The Registry of Deeds started in 1708. Land transactions were recorded, including immovable property passed on in a will and property given to a daughter at her marriage. Read more about these records in the Ireland Land and Property article.

Probate records
Probate dealt with the property of a deceased person. Read more about these records in the Ireland Probate Records article.

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School records
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Tax records
The valuation of property for tax purposes was started in the 1840s by Richard Griffith. A tax paid to the church, call Tithe Applotments, began in the 1820s. Read about these records in the Ireland Taxation and Ireland Land and Property articles.