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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

C.I. Portadown - St. Mark's [Armagh diocese]

  • Baptisms, 1826-77; marriages, 1827-45. PRONI ref. MIC.1/66
  • Vestry minutes, 1878-; marriages, 1845-; burials, 1856-; vestry minutes, 1826-; preachers' books, 1827-; register of vestrymen, 1870-. In local custody.

Methodist Churches

  • Edenderry
    • Baptisms, 1830-. (At Thomas Street Church, Portadown). In local custody.
  • Portadown, Thomas Street -- Wesleyan Methodists
    • Baptisms, 1830-1904; marriages, 1863-1903. PRONI ref. MIC.1E/8
  • Portadown -- Primitive Methodists
    • Baptisms, 1847-1901. PRONI ref. MIC.1E/8
  • Portadown -- Primitive Wesleyan Methodists
    • Baptisms, 1871-9. Includes baptisms in the parishes of Drumcree, Seagoe, Kilmore and Shankill and in Tandragee and Mullavilly. PRONI ref. MIC.1E/8

Presbyterian congregations

  • Armagh Road (or, Second)
    • Baptisms, 1868-1985; marriages, 1869-1930. PRONI ref. MIC.1P/269
  • Presbyterian Historical Society
    • Room 218, Church House, Fisherwick Place, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT1 6DW

R.C. parish of Portadown (Drumcree) [Archdiocese of Armagh]

  • Historically and currently, the R.C. parish of Portadown comprises the civil parish of Drumcree
    • Baptisms, 1844-81 (incomplete in 1845 and last quarter of 1871); marriages, 1844-81 (incomplete in 1844 and 1845 and August 1871-July 1872); burials, 1863-80; souvenir booklet and photograph, 1977. PRONI ref. MIC.1D/37; C.R.2/8
    • Baptisms,1 Jan 1844 - 30 June 1864, 17 June 1864 - 31 Dec 1880; marriages, 9 Feb 1844 - 23 Nov 1863, 23 July 1864 - 27 Nov 1880; deaths, 26 May - 22 Dec 1863, 24 June 1864 - 30 Dec 1880. NLI ref. P.5586
  • Map of RC parishes in Co Armagh, from John Grenham's Irish Ancestors web site:
    • Click on the parish of Drumcree, to obtain a list of parish registers
    • Hold the mouse pointer over the parish to see variant names.

Sources, for the references given above, include: