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Civil Registration
The registration of non-Catholic marriages in Ireland began in
1845, and the registration of all births, marriages and deaths began in 1864. In
the early years civil registration is incomplete. The pre-1922 records for all
of Ireland are at the General Register Office at Joyce House in Dublin. Those
dating from 1922 onwards are at the General Register Office at Oxford House in
Belfast for the Northern Ireland counties or at Joyce House in Dublin for the
Republic of Ireland counties.
The Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City holds an
extensive collection of microfilm copies of Irish civil registration. These
include the indexes to births, marriages and deaths (1845-1959) for both the
Republic and Northern Ireland. The original records in the FHL
collection are listed here.
Many of the earliest Irish civil registration of births
(1864-1879) and marriages (1845) have been indexed in two widely accessible
sources, one available on the Internet and the other on CD-ROM. Both were
produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons), which
operates the FHL in Salt Lake City. Usually a particular Irish civil
registration entry only appears in one or the other source, so be sure to check
both:
1. The
International Genealogical Index (IGI): Most births in Irish civil
registration dating circa 1864-1866 are on the IGI, along with many Protestant
marriages circa 1845-1849.
2. British Isles CD-ROM Vital Records Index
(second edition) (Salt Lake City: Intellectual Reserve, 2001) on compact disc.
The CD-ROM contains data (dating 1538-1906) from over 12 million birth,
christening, and marriage records from selected parishes and areas in England,
Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Using the reference information
on the CDs, a researcher can locate the original record on microfilm. Additional
features include parent search, book marking, and GEDCOM export. The "Collection
Search" and "Collection Browse" allow a search to be undertaken within a
particular "collection" of records rather than in the whole database at one
time. The cost of the CD-ROM set is USD$20, and the set can be ordered from the
FamilySearch.org web site.
The Second Edition includes the following records for Ireland:
- Irish Civil Registration
of births, circa 1864-1875 (not complete);
- Irish Civil Registration
of Protestant marriages, circa 1847-1863 (not complete);
- Roman Catholic baptisms
and marriages, circa 1789-1881, primarily from County Roscommon, also some
from counties Galway and Sligo, including:
Galway parish: Killian and Kilronan
Roscommon parishes: Ardcarn and Tuamna, Athlone and Drum, Boyle, Dysart,
Killinvoy and Killmain, Killucan and Ballinameen (Killucan and Killummond),
Killukin, Kiltrustan, Laughlin, Lisanuffy, Loughglynn, Roscommon and Kilteevan,
Strokestown, Tissara
Sligo parishes: Aghanagh, Taunagh
- Births and marriages from
the National Register of the Society of Friends (Quakers) [dating 1859-1906]
(microfilmed by the FHL at the Genealogical Office, FHL Microfilm 571399).
- Dublin City Presbyterian
Church registers of baptism and marriage, 1653-1904: Eustace Street
Presbyterian Church and Strand Street Presbyterian Church (microfilmed by the
FHL at the Genealogical Office, FHL Microfilm 100238).
- A few births of children
in Ireland (though this is mostly an English and Welsh source) in
Non-Conformist families [those who dissented from the Established Church of
England and Ireland] from the Registers of Dr. Williams's Library (London)
(Irish births are primarily in the 1820s, 1830s).
3.
Request a search and photocopy of Irish Civil Registration records. Various
records from 1845-1922 are available.
Further Reading (on the Internet)
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