Liverpool Central Library 31 October 2008 Gillian Hunt & Pamela Mcilveen
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These slides supplied by Ulster Historical Foundation are strictly for personal research purposes only. www.ancestryireland.com Key dates of civil registration in Ireland Births: 1 January 1864 onwards Deaths: 1 January 1864 onwards Non-Catholic Marriages: 1 April 1845 All Marriages: 1 January 1864 www.irishgenealogy.ie Four Courts Building, Dublin Four Courts Building on Fire The damaged building These slides should not be shared or made available via the internet or social media. Please respect the rights of the archives, publishers and original copyright holders. 1 These slides supplied by Ulster Historical Foundation are strictly for personal research purposes only. www.ancestryireland.com Destruction of Records Baptist Church Three main groups of record of interest to genealogists: Church of Ireland Census returns – returns for 1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851 largely destroyed Congregational Church (returns for 1861-91 also destroyed but not in the Four Courts fire in 1922) Presbyterian Church (incl. Reformed, Non-Subscribing etc.) Church of Ireland Parish records for some 60% of parishes in Ireland, generally the pre-1845 marriage records and pre-1864 Methodist Church baptismal records. Moravian Church Pre-1900 (mainly pre-1858) wills and testamentary records for the whole of Ireland Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Millions of other documents destroyed many of them of value to genealogists and quite a number dating from the late medieval period. Roman Catholic Church Fifty-Fifth Report (1928) Appendix I: Destruction and Reconstruction of the Records p.17> Registers of baptisms Will usually provide: Name of child Registers of marriages Date of baptism Registers of burials Name of father __________________________________ May provide: Vestry minute books & Session minute books Date of birth Confirmation & Communicant lists Residence Congregational censuses & ministers’ Mother’s name (including maiden name) notebooks Occupation of father These slides should not be shared or made available via the internet or social media. Please respect the rights of the archives, publishers and original copyright holders. 2 These slides supplied by Ulster Historical Foundation are strictly for personal research purposes only. www.ancestryireland.com Examples of additional information recorded on Roman Catholic baptismal entries Peter Paul McConville married in Michael McCourt, New York City ordained Maynooth College Parish: ST MATTHEW'S BELFAST CO ANTRIM Reg: 2 Page: 100 Entry: 29 Parish: SEAPATRICK CO DOWN Reg: 1 Page: 165 Entry: 13 Child Surname: MCCONVILLE First Name: PETER PAUL Child Surname: MCCOURT First Name: MICHAEL Birth Date: 08/03/1887 Birth Date: 20/02/1888 Christening date: 20/02/1888 Christening date: 08/03/1887 Child Townland/Street: Child TownLand/Street: Denomination: RC Sex: M Denomination: RC Sex: M Fathers Surname: MCCONVILLE Mothers Surname: SHERIDAN Fathers Surname: MCCOURT Mothers Surname: OBRIEN First Name: MICHAEL First Name: CATHERINE First Name: CHARLES First Name: MARY Occupation: Sponsor/Informant 1 Sponsor/Informant 2 Sponsor/Informant 1 Sponsor/Informant 2 Surname: BUTLER Surname: DOYLE Surname: OBRIEN Surname: MCCOURT First name: PATRICK First Name: MRS First name: JOHN First Name: ISABELLA Comment: REV P FARRELLY £0 10 0 Comment: £0 2 6 MGR MARRIED NELLIE GORDON 01/02/1911 IN THE PARISH OF ST ROSE OF LIMA MGR: MICHAEL MCCOURT ORDAINED ARCH DEACON ON JUNE 14TH 1922 IN ST BROOKLYN NEW YORK U S A RE-MARRIED EMILY COX GALLAGHER 05/06/1948 IN COLUMBANUS COLLEGE MAYNOOTH MISSION TO CHINA BY DR FOGARTY ST PATRICK'S 9511 FOURTH AVENUE NEW YORK U S A. BISHOP OF KILLALOE. Michael McDonagh & Jane Hanna Parish: ST PETER'S ROMAN CATHOLIC BELFAST Reg: 0 Page: 1 Entry: 5 Will provide: Date: 03/12/1866 Husband Surname: MCDONAGH Wife Surname: HANNA Names of those getting married First Name: MICHAEL First Name: JANE Husband Marital Status: Wife Marital Status: Date of marriage Husband Occupation: Wife Occupation: Husband Townland/Street: BARRACKS BELFAST Wife Townland/Street: 71 ORMEAU ROAD Husband Age: Wife Age: Father Surname: MCDONAGH Father Surname: HANNA May provide First name: EDMUND First name: PATRICK Father Occupation: Father Occupation: Names of fathers Mother Surname: BOLAND Mother Surname: MCGURK First name: HONORA First Name: MARIA ANNE Residences Witness Surname: SHANNON Witness Surname: MCMULLAN First name: JAMES First Name: MARY Status (i.e. bachelor / spinster) Comment: DISP DR P DORRIAN REV M KELLY MGR HUSBAND'S PARENTS FROM ENNISTIMON CO CLARE WIFE'S PARENTS FROM CO MONAGHAN . 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Please respect the rights of the archives, publishers and original copyright holders. 3 These slides supplied by Ulster Historical Foundation are strictly for personal research purposes only. www.ancestryireland.com Robert Moreland’s 1st Marriage Robert Moreland’s 1st Marriage (State) (Church) Parish: PORTAFERRY ROMAN CATHOLIC ARDS Reg: 2 Page: 21 Entry: 41 Parish: PORTAFERRY BALLYPHILIP ROMAN CATHOLIC ARD Reg: 1 Page: 17 Entry: 2 Date: 08/06/1867 Date: 08/06/1867 Husband Surname: MURLAND Wife Surname: TRAYNOR Husband Surname: MURLAND Wife Surname: TRAINOR First Name: ROBERT First Name: ANNE First Name: ROBERT First Name: ANNE Husband Marital Status: BA Wife Marital Status: SP Husband Marital Status: Wife Marital Status: Husband Occupation: SERVANT Wife Occupation: SERVANT Husband Occupation: Wife Occupation: Husband Townland/Street: BALLYFOUNDER Wife Townland/Street: BALLYFOUNDER Husband Townland/Street: BALLYFOUNDER Wife Townland/Street: BALLYFOUNDER Husband Age: 21 Wife Age: 23 Husband Age: Wife Age: Father Surname: MURLAND Father Surname: TRAYNOR Father Surname: MURLAND Father Surname: TRAINOR First name: ROBERT First name: PATRICK First name: First name: Father Occupation: SERVANT Father Occupation: SERVANT Father Occupation: Father Occupation: Mother Surname: Mother Surname: Mother Surname: Mother Surname: First name: First Name: First name: First Name: Witness Surname: TRAYNOR Witness Surname: STAFFORD Witness Surname: TRAINOR Witness Surname: STAFFORD First name: JAMES First Name: CATHERINE First name: JAMES First Name: CATHERINE Comment: BY LICENCE J KILLEN . Comment: REV J KILLEN. Robert Moreland’s 2nd Marriage (State) Parish: PORTAFERRY ROMAN CATHOLIC ARDS Reg: 7 Page: 15 Entry: 29 Date: 10/05/1887 Husband Surname: MURLAND Wife Surname: FAY First Name: ROBERT First Name: ISABELLA Husband Marital Status: WR Wife Marital Status: SP Husband Occupation: DEALER Wife Occupation: SERVANT Husband Townland/Street: PORTAFERRY Wife Townland/Street: PORTAFERRY Husband Age: FA Wife Age: FA Father Surname: MURLAND Father Surname: FAY First name: ROBERT First name: JAMES Robert Moreland’s Father Occupation: LABOURER Father Occupation: LABOURER Mother Surname: Mother Surname: Marriage Record First name: First Name: Witness Surname: SMYTH Witness Surname: SHARKEY (image from registers.nli.ie) First name: JAMES First Name: ANN Comment: BY LICENCE REV R KILLEN MGR: WIFES FATHER DECEASED. Robert Moreland’s 2nd Marriage (Church) Will provide: Parish: PORTAFERRY BALLYPHILIP ROMAN CATHOLIC ARDS Reg: 2 Page: 4 Entry: 12 Date: 10/05/1887 Husband Surname: MURLAND Wife Surname: FAY Name of deceased First Name: ROBERT First Name: ISABELLA Date of burial Husband Marital Status: Wife Marital Status: Husband Occupation: Wife Occupation: Husband Townland/Street: PORTAFERRY Wife Townland/Street: PORTAFERRY Husband Age: Wife Age: May provide: Father Surname: MURLAND Father Surname: FAY First name: First name: Father Occupation: Father Occupation: Age at death Mother Surname: Mother Surname: Residence First name: First Name: Witness Surname: SMYTH Witness Surname: SHARKEY Occupation First name: JAMES First Name: ANN Comment: REV R KILLEN. These slides should not be shared or made available via the internet or social media. Please respect the rights of the archives, publishers and original copyright holders. 4 These slides supplied by Ulster Historical Foundation are strictly for personal research purposes only. www.ancestryireland.com Patrick Murphy burial, Civil death record of Sarah Sloan died in Chapel house Parish: MAGHERLIN CO DOWN Reg: 2 Page: 16 Entry: 28 Surname: MURPHY First name: PATRICK Townland/Street: Occupation: Date Of death: 05/06/1864 Indicator: Date of Burial/Reg.: 05/06/1864 Burial Indicator: Age: Years, Mths, Days. Sex: M Denomination: RC Marital Status: Graveyard: Informant: Informant Address: Informant Relationship: Comment: MGR: REGISTER STATES THAT PATRICK MURPHY A BLEACHER AT MILLTOWN DROPPED DEAD FROM A DISORDER OF THE HEART ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR OF THE CHAPEL HOUSE. Image from www.irishgenealogy.ie Rootsireland Ulster Historical Foundation Irishgenealogy.ie National Library of Ireland The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland The Presbyterian Historical Society National Archives of Ireland Representative Church Body Library A few records remain in private custody Patrick Murphy’s Burial Record (image from registers.nli.ie) These slides should not be shared or made available via the internet or social media. Please respect the rights of the archives, publishers and original copyright holders. 5 These slides supplied by Ulster Historical Foundation are strictly for personal research purposes only. www.ancestryireland.com www.ancestryireland.com www.ancestryireland.com Virtually all civil marriage records for Counties Antrim and Down (1845-1921) Virtually all Roman Catholic registers of baptisms