Ancestry adds new searchable indexes for the Ulster Covenant and WW1 Royal Victoria Hospital register

Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has added two new third party databases of records from PRONI. 

The first deals with the Ulster Covenant of 1912, the protest document signed by half a million Protestants against the prospect of Home Rule in Ireland:

Web: Ulster, Ireland, Ulster Covenant, 1912
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/70924/
Original data: Ulster Covenant 1912. Northern Ireland: Public Records Office of Northern Ireland. https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ulstercovenant/Search.aspx: Accessed February 2023.

There is no description of the collection on the site, although you can find out more about the records on the PRONI site at https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/about-ulster-covenant. To do an address search in the collection, use the 'Lived in' field.

Bizarrely, the collection does not pop up in the catalogue when you search for it, unless you first untick the 'Only search for records in the UK and Ireland' box. (It's possible our American friends don't know where Ulster is...!) 

The second collection is for Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, records from 1914-1916:

Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, Royal Victoria Hospital Register, 1914-1916
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/70914/
Original data: Royal Victoria Hospital Register, 1914-1916. Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK: Public Records Office of Northern Ireland. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/royal-victoria-hospital-register-1914-1916: Accessed October 2022.

About Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, Royal Victoria Hospital Register, 1914-1916

This collection contains medical registers for more than 700 soldiers from the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast between the years 1914 and 1916. Most records are in English.

Using this collection

Records in the collection may include the following information:

• Name
• Rank
• Hospital Admission Date
• Hospital Discharge Date
• Military Regiment
• Battalion Number
• Attaché Regiment
• Service Number
• Page Number

Military records can provide insight into your ancestor's military experience, both in peacetime and war. These records can provide a unique snapshot of their life at the time. Military records can also give insights into where your ancestor was located during key points in military history.

Chris

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