2013

A Short Course by Robert Whan, BA, MA, PhD. 10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting  2 October 2013. The Presbyterian community in Ulster was created by waves of immigration during the seventeenth century, with 2013 marking the […]

“Presbyterians and St Patrick” a paper to be delivered in Session 3 of Day 1 of the Second Annual CSIP Conference Friday, 6th – Saturday, 7 September 2013 Conference Schedule (pdf) and Booking Form (pdf) Conference information on the CSIP website Centre […]

The Talks Programme for the Family and Local History Fair has been published by PRONI and includes – on Saturday 3 August at 1.00 pm – Presbyterian Church Records for the Family Historian by Valerie Adams, Presbyterian Historical Society View the […]

Mid-Antrim Museum, Ballymena Wednesday 10 July – Saturday 17 August 2013 Monday to Friday 10.00 – 17.00 Saturday 10.00 – 16.00 Free Admission Location and getting there details The Braid Ballymena Town Hall, Museum & Arts Centre 1 – 29 Bridge Street Ballymena BT43 […]

Come along to PRONI on Saturday 3 August and get help and advice on tracing your Presbyterian Ancestors. The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is holding a Family and Local History Fair during the weekend of 3-4 August […]

The most recent addition to the Presbyterian Historical Society Library is a biography of Mary Barron by her husband, the Rev Robert Barron of Whitehouse. Mary, born on 12 August 1855,  was the daughter of the Rev Robert Watts, Professor […]

 The Representative Church Body Library and Archive have acquired a set of lantern slides from Killaloe deanery, Co Clare.  It is thought that the photographer was David Brown of Donaghmore Soapworks, Co Tyrone. David Brown was the brother-in-law of the […]

Slide images used with the permission of Alexandra Presbyterian Church. In April 2013 a box of old lantern slides was found in the organ loft of Alexandra Presbyterian Church in Belfast.  The images were of soldiers and sailors from Castleton […]