County Londonderry 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: Londonderry, Ireland.

Libraries
Cultural Heritage Collection, County Londonderry Irish and Local Studies Derry Central Library 35m Foyle Street Derry County Londonderry BT48 6AL Northern Ireland Telephone: 028 7122 9990 E-mail: derrycentral.library@librariesni.org.uk Local Studies Derry Central Library
 * The collection covers all aspects of Irish life from the earliest times to the present day. Specific emphasis is given to Ulster and in particular County Derry/Londonderry and Donegal.

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.

- 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.
 * Find A Library

Museums

 * Museums in Londonderry/Derry

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 Londonderry/Derry Records 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.