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Records AccessibilityMany records from Ireland are available in North America. Other records in Ireland you can access by visiting the repositories in Dublin or Belfast, or by hiring a researcher in one of those cities. Remember that the island of Ireland is presently divided politically: 26 counties are in the present-day Republic of Ireland, while 6 counties are in Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom). It is important to remember that you will find records for Northern Ireland counties in Dublin, and records for Republic of Ireland counties in Belfast! Family History LibraryIn most places around the world you have access to many Irish records in your own town (or close by) just by ordering them on microfilm from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The library is operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). The church's Genealogical Society of Utah has microfilmed records from many repositories in Ireland as well as collected many books and periodicals about Irish genealogy which are deposited in the Family History Library. The LDS Church also has satellite centers in many of their churches around the world, called Family History Centers, where you can order in the microfilm held in Salt Lake City. The Family History Library houses the largest collection of Irish records outside of Ireland itself. Family History Library (FHL) From one perspective doing Irish research is easier in Salt
Lake City than it is in Ireland itself. That is because the FHL has microfilm
from multiple repositories in Ireland: the Genealogical Office, the General
Register Office, the National Archives of Ireland, the National Library of
Ireland, and the Registry of Deeds, all in Dublin; the Public Record Office of
Northern Ireland in Belfast; Irish county libraries and other repositories. Many
records of Irish residents held at the Public Record Office at Kew, Surrey,
England are also available on microfilm at the FHL. In Salt Lake City all of the
microfilm is on one floor of one building. In Dublin, you might have to visit
five or more repositories to get a similar range of records. Of course, the
Dublin and other repositories have many records that were never filmed for the
FHL. Dublin RepositoriesProbably the two most important repositories in Dublin for genealogical research are the National Archives and National Library:
National Archives of Ireland Among the important manuscript sources at the NAI are the 1901 and 1911 censuses, estate papers, freeholders lists, Church of Ireland church registers, encumbered estates records, manuscript materials from Griffith's Valuation, and wills and administrations. National Library
of Ireland The NLI holds copies of pre-1880 Roman Catholic church registers, many genealogical and historical books and periodicals, and many manuscripts such as estate papers and freeholders records. Other Dublin area repositories include the General Register Office, Genealogical Office, Ordnance Survey, Registry of Deeds, Royal Irish Academy, Trinity College Dublin, and University College Dublin. For further details about these repositories can be found in our site and in an article I penned and published in the Global Gazette online. Belfast RepositoriesThe Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) contains
most of the Northern Ireland records that a genealogist will want to use. Its
collections of landed estate papers, church records, and National School records
are all particularly impressive. A guide to each of these collections has been
published. PRONI also has a terrific web site that can be searched by key
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Belfast, For additional details you may wish to consult:
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