Carrickfergus Civil Parish, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Genealogy

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

History
Carrickfergus is a parish, but also a seaport, a borough, a market and post town and a county of itself, in the union of Larne and locally situated in the county of Antrim.

The parish is co-extensive with the county of the town. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Connor, united with the rectories of Island-Magee and Ralloo, the vicarage of Inver and the grange of Moylusk(or Moblusk), once constituting the corps of the deanery of Connor.In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Larne and Carrickfergus. There are places of worship for Presbyterians, Wesleyan Methodists, Independants and a small congregation of Covenanters and lastly, Unitarians.

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
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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.

Genealogy
De Breffny, Brian. Caters of Irish Quarter, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim. Genealogy of Cater of Carrickfergus covering years 1717-1900. Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol X.no.1. 1978, pages 31-33, Family History Library Salt Lake City Ref. 941.5 B2i vol.10-11.

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.

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. Add records for this parish that you know about.