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Explore your Roots

Welcome to Mid-Antrim Museum’s family history section, 
where you can explore resources to help uncover your ancestors’ stories.

Who are you looking for?

Further Resources

Discover the stories behind your ancestors using the resources
below and uncover the rich heritage that shaped your family.

Bonamargy Friary Ballycastle 1

Ballymena
Churchyard Trails

Step into Ballymena’s past with self-guided Churchyard Trails.

The Ballymena area is dotted with a diverse range of churchyards reflecting a long period of settlement in Ballymena with extant gravestones and memorials dating back to at least the eighteenth century

Window
to 
your Past

Download our guide to exploring the world of your ancestors and genealogy research.

Written in conjunction with the Ulster Historical Foundation, the booklet also contains practical information on how to begin tracing your ancestors.

Further Genealogical
Resources

Ballymena Borough Council holds a number of unique Interment and Plot Owner Records that may be of interest to the family historian. 

Location Map

Our map of townlands located within Ballymena district

townland map BBC