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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, Shankill [Diocese of Down and Dromore]

  • Church of Ireland Shankill (Christ Church) (Dromore diocese):
  • Baptisms, 1681-1872; marriages, 1676-1845; burials, 1675-1857 and 1866-77; vestry minutes, 1672-1960. PRONI ref. MIC.1/18, 24-25
  • Baptisms, 1873; marriages, 1845-; burials, 1858-; Churchwardens' accounts, 1790-1828 and 1854-96; parish reports, 1873; register of vestrymen, 1870-94; census of parish, 1868-; preachers' books, 1865-69 and 1881-; list of churchwardens, 1760-1831; charitable bequests, 1854. In local custody.

Methodist Churches

  • Methodist Lurgan, High Street (Wesleyan Methodists): Baptisms, 1823-1950; marriages, 1864-1902; circuit schedule book, 1867-1909; register of members in circuit, 1819-60 and 1863-1905; minute books of quarterly leaders' meetings, 1867-1915; Sunday School roll books, 1892-5 and 1897-8; minute book of Sunday School teachers' meetings, 1895-1905; leaders' accounts, 1860-1909; collection book arranged by pew number and name, 1892-1907. PRONI ref. MIC.1E/33
  • Methodist Lurgan, Queen Street (Primitive Wesleyan Methodists):
    • Baptisms, 1873-1986. PRONI ref. MIC.1E/21A/1
    • Baptisms, 1823-44. PRONI ref. MIC.429/1/439
    • Marriages, 1874-. In local custody

Presbyterian congregations

  • Presbyterian 1st Lurgan: Baptisms, 1746-1965, with index, 1746-1877; marriages, 1746, 1754, 1759 and 1845-1929. PRONI ref. MIC.1P/71
  • Presbyterian Hill Street, Lurgan: Baptisms, 1861-1961; marriages, 1864-1916; committee and congregational minutes, 1861-1922. PRONI ref. MIC.1P/109

Religious Society of Friends

  • Religious Society of Friends, Lurgan: Births, 1632-1806 and 1809-1979; marriages, 1632-1936; burials, 1632-1806 and 1812-1979; minutes of men's meetings, 1675-1954; minutes of women's meetings, 1794-1864; removal certificates, 1796-1955; removal and admission registers, 1863-1902; testimonies of disownment, 1688-1796; list of members, c1810-c1883; accounts of sufferings, 1812-c1868; testimonies against Quakers, 1673-1700. PRONI ref. MIC.16; C.R. 8/1

Roman Catholic parish of Shankill [Diocese of Dromore]

  • Historically and currently, the R.C. parish of Shankill comprises the civil parish of Shankill
    • Roman Catholic, Shankill parish, Lurgan (Dromore diocese): Baptisms, 1822-81; marriages and funerals, 1866-81. PRONI ref. MIC.1D/23
    • Baptisms, 13 Sep 1822 - 30 Dec 1865 (some months missing), and 1866-1880; Marriages, 19 Jan 1866-28 Dec 1880; Funerals, 5 Jan 1866 - 27 Dec 1880. NLI ref. P.5498.
    • Marriages, 1827-1834, in Dromore and Garvaghey registers. NLI ref. P.5504.
  • Map of RC parishes in Co Armagh, from John Grenham's Irish Ancestors web site:
    • Click on the parish of Shankill to obtain a list of parish registers
    • Hold the mouse pointer over the parish to see variant names.

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