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Killevy Parish - Church Records

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Abbreviations used:

  • C.I. = Church of Ireland (Anglican)
  • FHL = Family History Library
  • LDS = Latter Day Saints
  • MIC. = Microfilm
  • NLI = National Library of Ireland, Dublin
  • PRONI = Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast
  • R.C. = Roman Catholic

Church of Ireland (C.I.)

  • C.I. Camlough [Armagh diocese]
    • Baptisms, 1832-72; marriages, 1835-45; burials, 1833-71; vestry minutes, 1819-82; confirmation lists, 1840-1945, with gaps. PRONI ref. T.679/311-314
    • Baptisms, 1873-; marriages, 1874-; burials, 1872-. In local custody.
  • C.I. Drumbanagher [Armagh diocese]
    • Baptisms, 1838-85; marriages, 1839-44; burials, 1841-1910; vestry minutes, 1858-9; confirmations, 1849 and 1866. PRONI ref. MIC.1/11; T.679/11
  • C.I. Killeavey (formerly Meigh) [Armagh diocese]
    • Earliest registers destroyed in Dublin
    • Incomplete burial register, 1879-1962. PRONI ref. T.2432
    • Baptisms, 1878-; marriages, 1845-; burials, 1879-; vestry minutes, 1879-; preachers' books, 1883-. In local custody.
  • C.I. Mullaglass (a district curacy of Mullaglass until 1870) [Armagh diocese]
    • Baptisms and burials, 1877-; marriages, 1845-. In local custody.

Methodist Church at Bessbrook

  • Baptisms, 1830-; marriages, 1904. In local custody.

Presbyterian

  • Bessbrook Congregation
    • Baptisms, 1854-; marriages, 1857-. In local custody.
  • Presbyterian Historical Society
    • Room 218, Church House, Fisherwick Place, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT1 6DW

Roman Catholic - Each of the [3] parishes, listed below, is in the Archdiocese of Armagh.

  • [1] Historically, the R.C. Parish of Bessbrook (Killevy Lower) comprised (approximately) the northern half of the civil parish of Killevy
    • Baptisms, 1835-81; marriages, 1835-62, 1868-9 and 1874-8; deaths, 1858-62. PRONI ref. MIC.1D/39
    • Baptisms, 4 Jan 1835 - 27 Jan 1860, 1 Jan 1860 - 29 Dec 1880; marriages, 6 Jan 1835 - 26 Jan 1860, 15 Jan 1860 - 29 Dec 1862, 21 May 1874 - 29 Nov 1878; deaths, Aug 1858 - 30 Jan 1860, 9 Jan 1860 - 24 Dec 1862. NLI ref. P.5588
    • Parochial registers of Upper Killevy and Lower Killevy (Armagh), 1832-1881
      • Baptisms, 1832-1880; marriages, 1832-1868, 1861-1881; deaths, 1858-1862, from upper Killevy; baptisms, and marriages, 1835-1860; baptisms, 1860-1880; deaths, 1858-1860; marriages, 1860-1862, 1868-1869, 1875; and deaths, 1860-1862, from Lower Killevy. LDS ref. FHL BRITISH Film 926042
    • Map of RC parishes in Co Armagh, from John Grenham's Irish Ancestors web site:
      • Click on the parish of Killeavey Lower, to obtain a list of parish registers
  • [2] Historically, the R.C. Parish of Cloghogue (Killevy Upper) comprised (approximately) the southern half of the civil parish of Killevy, except for the southeastern corner (which was Dromintee R.C. parish)
    • Baptisms, 1832-80; marriages, 1832-82. PRONI ref. MIC.1D/39
    • Baptisms, 22 Oct 1832 - 31 Oct 1868, 7 Nov 1868 - 31 Dec 1868; marriages, 4 Nov 1832 - 13 Oct 1868. NLI ref. P.5588
    • Parochial registers of Upper Killevy and Lower Killevy (Armagh), 1832-1881
      • Baptisms, 1832-1880; marriages, 1832-1868, 1861-1881; deaths, 1858-1862, from upper Killevy; baptisms, and marriages, 1835-1860; baptisms, 1860-1880; deaths, 1858-1860; marriages, 1860-1862, 1868-1869, 1875; and deaths, 1860-1862, from Lower Killevy. LDS ref. FHL BRITISH Film 926042
    • Map of RC parishes in Co Armagh, from John Grenham's Irish Ancestors web site:
      • Click on the parish of Killeavey Upper, to obtain a list of parish registers
  • [3] Historically, the R.C. Parish of Dromintee occupied (approximately) the southeastern corner of the civil parish of Killevy
    • Baptisms, 1853-79; marriages, 1853-77. PRONI ref. MIC.1D/41
    • Baptisms, 7 Jan 1853 - 31 Aug 1879; marriages, 8 Nov 1853 - 13 Dec 1877. NLI ref. P.5590
    • Map of RC parishes in Co Armagh, from John Grenham's Irish Ancestors web site:
      • Click on the parish of Dromintee, to obtain a list of parish registers

Sources, for the references given above, include: