Can parish records for Ballyroney Presbyterian church be digitized?
Recently my family visited Ballyroney Presbyterian church in Drumballyroney, County Down, Ireland. The record keeper there showed us some books with handwritten death entries recorded. These records have not been digitized. He said there were some marriage records also. How can these records from this parish, along with records from other nearby parishes, get there deteriorating books digitized? The books are in poor condition; therefore, I feel this should be addressed soon.
I have attached a sample of some of the pages he let us take pictures of. Please provide feedback on this request.
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I am not connected with FamilySearch.
The church which has the records will need to contact FamilySearch by completing the form which is inside the following link https://www.familysearch.org/en/archives/ The church should click on Contact us at the top of the webpage.
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@Jmphelps - I would suggest that there are 2 aspects to consider. One is digitisation, for which @MaureenE123 has supplied the link. The other is - what happens to the originals? I am not familiar with the general arrangements for Presbyterian records in Northern Ireland but I know that the Public Record Office Northern Ireland (PRONI) have some Presbyterian records and there is also a Presbyterian Family History Society (not certain about that name) and they also have various volumes. These two sound like possible destinations for the originals but I am working from analogy with English records and the situation might not be similar in Northern Ireland.
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