Welcome to Ballymoney Ancestry

For generations, Ballymoney folk have left their homes to travel across the world and begin new lives abroad. Many were pioneers who helped to build the New World in North America, New Zealand and Australia. Others travelled across the Irish Sea seeking work in Britain. They all left behind a land that they loved and ensured that their descendents would always be proud of their family origins back in Co. Antrim.

In recent years, Ballymoney Borough Council has measured a considerable increase in inquiries from families researching Northern Ireland Genealogy in this region. In response to this, and with the assistance of the EU Programme for Building Sustainable Prosperity, we have provided this website as a free, on-line resource.

Ballymoney Ancestry has two aims:

to promote the beautiful landscape and remarkable heritage of this historic region
to provide information and advice for individuals that are researching Northern Ireland Genealogy specifically their family history in the Ballymoney area

Please explore the wealth of information we have provided and hopefully you will be enticed into coming to enjoy the beautiful and historic Borough of Ballymoney, land of your ancestors.

Ballymoney Ancestry regrets that it cannot carry out family history research on behalf of members of the public.

Latest e-zine published

Ancestry e-zine, edition 08/01 has just been published and forwarded to all registered users of ballymoneyancestry.com. If you are not yet a registered user but would like to receive a copy of this latest electronic newsletter please contact us on feedback@ballymoneyancestry.com

Genealogy Researcher database proposed

Ballymoneyancestry.com is considering establishing a database of suitably qualified researchers who would provide a research service to those users of the site who require additional significant and detailed research to be carried out on their behalf. See News section at www.ballymoneyancestry.com/whats-new.aspx for further details…

Update from the ballymoneyancestry.com Administrator

As regular visitors to the site will know, in the summer of last year we uploaded a redeveloped ballymoneyancestry.com site which, not only conforms with the latest internet security technologies and government accessibility legislation but which we hope is a more aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly site. The new platform on which the site is built gives us much more control of the look, feel and functionality of the site which in turn means that it is easier for you to access the information you are seeking and for us to respond to your feedback.

At the outset however a number of regular users identified some specific difficulties accessing certain aspects of the site and in participating in the discussions on Ancestry forum.

However following invaluable assistance from these members, in the form of detailed explanations of the difficulties encountered, our webmaster has been able to address all the issues identified and has resolved the problems.

The past few months have provided us with an excellent opportunity to test out the resolutions and no further problems appear to have been encountered. Consequently we now believe that the site is operating to its expected high level of performance and we trust that both regular users, and those accessing the site on an ad hoc basis, now enjoy engaging with our state of the art site containing significant amounts of highly sought after invaluable historical data on Ballymoney and the surrounding area.

However should you come across any other problems with the site or have identified any features which you feel could be improved please email feedback@ballymoneyancestry.com regarding the matter. By including in your email the address of pages concerned, details of the problems you are having, screen images (if possible) and error descriptions this will mean that we can quickly and effectively resolve any issues that you find.

We are still one of the few free genealogy websites available we are continually striving to make our site more accessible and to improve security.

Thank you for your patience and your feedback to date, we look forward to hearing from you again in the future.

Administrator, ballymoneyancestry.com

Structured Visits to Ballymoney On Offer

Council is considering introducing structured visits to Ballymoney borough to assist both individuals and groups research their ancestors. Would you be interested in such a visit? If so please e-mail feedback@ballymoneyancestry.com and we will be pleased to contact you to discuss your needs and interests.

Website Update

As you will be aware we have been making some significant changes to ballymoneyancestry.com recently as we endeavor to continually improve the format of, and information contained on, the site. The most recent changes have required the site to be reconstructed and hosted on a new system with the result that, amongst other things, old bookmarks will no longer exist and access pathways have changed slightly.

We appreciate that the new layout and pathways may cause some interim difficulties for regular users of the site and are working to address the issues a number of you have raised with us. In the meantime we would appreciate any help you can give us. If you do come across any errors or features you feel could be improved please email feedback@ballymoneyancestry.com.