County Tyrone
"Tyrone, a county of Ireland, province of Ulster, bounded NE by Londonderry, E by lough Neagh, SE by Armagh, S by Monaghan, SW by Fermanagh, and W by Donegal. It is about 43 Irish m. long, and from 18 to 33 broad, and contains 35 parishes. A great portion of it is rough and mountainous; in many parts the soil is rich and fertile, and equally calculated for tillage or for pasture. Principal rivers, the Blackwater, Foyle, Mounterlouny, Drimna, Fentona, Owenreagh, Longfield, Derg, and Fin. The linen manufacture is in a most flourishing condition through the whole extent of the district. Pop. 259,691. Capital, Dungannon."
[From The New London Gazetteer (1826)]
Church Records
- Roman Catholic Church Records - a listing.
Gazetteers
The transcription for this county from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
Genealogy
- Co Tyrone Page Courtesy of Jane Lyons
- Co Tyrone Mailing List
- Co Tyrone - another mailing List
- The Ireland Genealogy Project's County Tyrone page, and its listing of the Project's available Tyrone Records.
- The Irish Ancestors website (subscription) has the following types of records: State Registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths, Census returns, Land records, Church records, Genealogical Office records, Gravestone inscriptions, Directories, Newspapers, Wills, Deeds, and Occupations.
- Irish Ancestors' extensive County Tyrone website.
- The LDS FamilySearch Wiki's Ireland Online Genealogy Records for County Tyrone.
- The Fianna website's pages for County Tyrone provide important addresses and extensive information about online and other genealogy resources.
- Roots Ireland (subscription) "offers access to a unique database of more than 20 million Irish records". Its Tyrone coverage includes Baptismal/Birth Records, Marriage Records, Burial/Death Records, Census Records, Gravestone Inscriptions, Griffith's Valuation (Free Access), and Census Substitutes.
- County of Tyrone Ireland Genealogical Research Website - "Over 1950 Pages of Co. Tyrone Resources"
- Transcriptions of Births/ Marriage/Deaths /and Burials from Parish Registers, Biographies, census', Hearth Money Rolls, taxes, Tithe Applotments, and so much more.
Periodicals
From Fianna:
Bell: The Journal of the Stewartstown and District Local History Society (annual)
Mrs. J. Laverty, Castle Farm, Stewartstown, Co. TyroneDuiche Neill: Journal of the O'Neill County Historical Society (annual)
Mr. J.A. Downey, Woodhouse, Gort. Brantry Dungannon, Co. Tyrone