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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
Before civil registration was introduced in 1864, Church records | Before civil registration was introduced in 1864, Church records provide the primary source for providing baptism, marriage and burial dates. The most common church records in Ireland are baptism, marriage and burial registers. Less common types of records are congregational censuses, lists of members, and emigration lists. Catholic and Presbyterian church registers frequently do not contain burial registers. | ||
Identifying the religion of those individuals or families being researched will greatly increase the chance of success. | |||
* What is now the Republic of Ireland was predominantly Catholic, with | * Northern Ireland was created in 1922 and comprises the six northern counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry (Derry), and Tyrone. | ||
* In | * What is now the Republic of Ireland was predominantly Catholic, with many members of the Anglican Church of Ireland from wealthy Anglo-Irish families. | ||
* In Northern Ireland the Church of Ireland and various aspects of the Presbyterian Churches were the dominant religions accounting for sixty-percent of the population in 1861. While Catholics were a minority, they accounted for forty-percent of the population. Since that time, the Catholic population percentage has continued to grow. Protestants and Catholics tend to live in clustered neighborhoods with most areas predominantly Catholic or Protestant. | |||
== Major Religions == | == Major Religions == | ||