Title: Ulster Householders, Businesses, and Occupations, 1694–1914
Date: 1694-1914
Description: This database compiles and integrates information from a wide range of historical sources to document households, businesses, and occupations across the province of Ulster between 1690 and 1914. Drawing on trade directories, newspapers, estate papers, valuation records, and other archival materials, it provides a comprehensive resource for tracing individuals, families, and economic activity over more than two centuries of Ulster’s social and economic history.
This is an ongoing project, and new material will continue to be added as additional sources are identified and digitised.
At present, the database includes data drawn from the following directories and indexes:
- Directory and Household Almanac for Co. Fermanagh (1880)
- Directory of Farmers and Residents of Carrick On Suir, Co. Tipperary (1884)
- Directory of Farmers and Residents of Newtownards, Co. Down (1876)
- Directory of Householders and Residents of Coagh and Surrounding Townlands, Co. Londonderry (1808)
- Directory of Inhabitants and Householders in Downpatrick, Co. Down (1790)
- Directory of Merchants and Tradesmen in Lurgan, Co. Armagh (1824, 1846)
- Directory of Merchants and Tradesmen in Monaghan, Co. Monaghan (1865)
- Directory of Merchants and Tradesmen of Armagh, Co. Armagh (1824)
- Directory of Merchants and Tradesmen of Londonderry, Co. Londonderry (1824)
- Directory of Merchants, Traders and Businesses in Belfast (1807, 1808, 1865)
- Directory of Merchants, Tradesmen and Businesses in Portrush, Co. Londonderry (1884)
- Directory of Officials in Belfast and its Vicinity (1820)
- Directory of Publican and Inn Owners, Co. Londonderry (1839)
- Directory of Residents and Merchants of Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan (1846)
- Directory of Residents in Lurgan, Co. Armagh and Warrenpoint, Co. Down (1820)
- Directory of Trades and Businesses in Strabane, Co. Tyrone (1884)
- Index listing Tenants on the Belfast Estate of the Marquis of Donegall (1855)
- Index of Brown Linen Seal Masters (1828)
- Index of Burgesses and Freemen in Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim (Pre-1706)
- Index of Butchers Working in the City of Belfast (1830)
- Index of Churchwardens of Donaghcloney Parish (1694–1898)
- Index of Insurance Agents, Co. Londonderry (1860)
- Index of Linen Drapers in Moneymore, Co. Londonderry (1796)
- Index of Owners/Occupiers of Lands in Limavady, Co. Londonderry (1827)
- Index of Scutchers in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim (1914)
- Index of the Proprietors of the Belfast Commercial Buildings (1823)
- Index of Town Commissioners for Lurgan, Co. Armagh (1855)
- Index of Ulster Households (1837)
Compiled by: UHF volunteers, David Keane and Alba De Evan Freijedo, William Hull, Niamh Magill, Martina Podsklanova, Padraig Linden (St Malachys College), William Hull