Genealogy Chat

Gerri I do not want you to beat yourself up over this. I just think it is rather sad that so many people think that there is no hope for Irish Records when believe me there is!! Janet

I stand corrected.Thanks Janet. I'll go bash me little Irish gnome right now for making me look silly lol I've visited Ireland loads and love it. Gerri x

Gerri There are many myths around Irish Records. Many census were destroyed during 1921 and many Protestant records were destroyed at the same time, but as most Southern Irish people were Catholics at this time you will find that most of the parish records remained with the various parishes so most of these have survived and remain with the various Catholic Churches all over Ireland. You do need to know the Barony and Townland where your folk are from. You can research these Parish Records through Dublin Library and they are available pre 1864. Two exceptions are Tipperary which is a closed county to the public though there are ways and means of accessing these records, and I have gone back to 1798 in this county. To access County Kerry records you do need permission from the Bishop which access I gained without any trouble. Post 1864 you use either Dublin or Roscommon or Belfast GRO. For Parish records in Ireland pre 1864 you need to use old fashioned Research methods for Irish research but I have been doing Irish research for many years quite successfully. There is however a big BUT and that is that Irish records do not go back in most cases much further than 1820/30 but different counties have different records. Remember post 1760 ish and pre Catholic Emmancipation of 1829 Catholicsm was only just about tolerated! Pre 1760 ish then Catholicism was definitely outlawed and so registers of Catholics were not kept until much later in the 1700's and in many cases not kept until the early 1800's. Tipperary goes back to 1796 on Catholic records and mid 1600's for Protestant records. Steep yourself in Irish History for more information and read the Irish newspapers. A holiday in Ireland is my recommendation to anyone with Irish roots. Janet

My Irish partner told me that all Irish records were kept in Dublin Castle but there was a fire in 1916 and most were distroyed. Summut to do with The Irish resistance. Gerri.

'Passage'is part of Cork City now, County Cork Ireland, I think it is going towards Cobh. A good Cork site is available at: http://www(.)corkancestors(.)com/ Remove brackets. Janet

Thanks everyone for all your help I know that James Scannell was born in a place called 'Passage' but it doesn't show up anywhere! I don't even know the County - but think (and hope) it is Cork Frustrating isn't it? Thanks again Gail

Hi Gail, A few Irish census on this site, but as Nell and Veronica said, pretty hit and miss! http://www.census-online.*com/links/Ireland/ (remember to remove the * ) good luck Christine x

I don't think there's anything much online for Ireland :-( censuses Those for Ireland only survive for 1901 and 1911 and are at the National Archives, Dublin, with copies at the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland. Civil records Irish Protestant marriages started to be recorded on 1 April 1845 and all births, marriages and deaths from 1 January 1864. Records are with the Registrar General at Joyce House, 8-11 Lombard Street, Dublin 2, + 353 1635 40000, www.groireland.ie. Civil records for Northern Ireland from 1922 are kept by the Registrar General of Northern Ireland at Oxford House, 49-55 Chichester Street, Belfast BT1 4HL (0232 235221), www.nisra.gov.uk/gro. All this info is on the homepage of this website -scroll down a way to find Genealogical Resources. There's a section there called Tracing Irish Roots. If you put Irish or Ireland in the search box it will bring up lots of threads which may have further sites. nell

Anyone recommend a site to search records online for free before ordering certificates etc. A bit like Ancestry, but need census for Ireland Any help greatly appreciated Gail