Connor Civil Parish, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Genealogy

Guide to Connor 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 Connor. The information is based on locations and records before 1922.

History
Connor is a parish and the seat of a diocese, in the union of Ballymena, barony of Lower Antrim, County of Antrim and province of Ulster.

The Diocese is one of the sixteen which make up the ecclesiastical province of Armagh: it comprehends parts of the counties of Down and Londonderry, and the greater part of the county of Antrim.

In the Roman Catholic divisions this diocese is united, as in the Established Church, forming part of the bishopric of Down and Connor. Belfast is also the residence of the Roman Catholic bishop.

The parish living is a vicarage united with part of the rectory to the rectories of Killagan and Killyglen, and the vicarage of Solar, which makes up the union and corps of the prebend of Connor in the cathedral of St. Saviour of Lisburn.

In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish is united with those of Drummaul and Antrim, forming the district of Drummaul. There are also two places of worship for Presbyterians.

Localities
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Maps and gazetteers
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Cemeteries
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Census
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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.

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.