Books Referencing Families in the Ards - Freely Available at Open Library

[Sandra Kelly Sawatzky]

The Ancient and Noble Family of the Savages of the Ards, with Sketches of English and American ... - George Francis Savage -Armstrong
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University. http://www.archive.org/details/ancientandnoble00armgoog
  
A genealogical history of the Savage family in Ulster; being a revision and enlargement of certain chapters of "The Savages of the Ards," - Savage-Armstrong, George Francis, 1845-1906. http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00sava

The Montgomery manuscripts. : containing accounts of the colonization of the Ardes, in the county of Down, in the reigns of Elizabeth and James. Memoirs of the first, second, and third Viscounts Montgomery, and Captain George Montgomery: also, a description of the barony of Ards, with various local and historical facts connected with the colonization of Ulster. Also an appendix, containing incidental remembrances of the two ancient families of the Savages, formerly the lords of the little Ardes. - Montgomery, William, 1633-1707. http://www.archive.org/details/montgomerymanusc00mont

The Hamilton manuscripts containing some account of the settlement of the territories of the upper Clandeboye, Great Ardes, and Dufferin, in the county of Down.  Published in 1867, Archer and sons (Belfast).  http://www.archive.org/details/hamiltonmanuscri00belf

[Mary Lee Becker]

Just a short note:

The above digitized publications have a search box where you can search for particular surnames in the manuscripts. Also, the surname spellings may vary, so try entering a part of a surname for a search.

Thanks,

Mary Becker