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Many Church of Ireland registers were destroyed in the fire at the Public Record Office in Dublin in 1922. To protect against further loss or deterioration, most existing records have been filmed or photocopied and the originals or copies deposited in national repositories in Ireland. Some of the deposited church records are closed to the general public. To search these records, you must obtain written permission from the minister of the parish or the bishop of the diocese over that parish. | Many Church of Ireland registers were destroyed in the fire at the Public Record Office in Dublin in 1922. To protect against further loss or deterioration, most existing records have been filmed or photocopied and the originals or copies deposited in national repositories in Ireland. Some of the deposited church records are closed to the general public. To search these records, you must obtain written permission from the minister of the parish or the bishop of the diocese over that parish. | ||
=== County Genealogy Centers === | |||
Many Church of Ireland parish records, Catholic parish records, census and miscellaneous records have been transcribed by county based genealogy centres in Ireland. These 34 centres are part of an all island, country-wide organisation-- the Ireland Family History Foundation -- which has indexed millions of Irish records over the past thirty years. The index and transcriptions are currently available for online research at RootsIreland.ie for the majority of the counties of Ireland. Users can subscribe to the website for one day, one month, six months or one year to access the index and records. | Many Church of Ireland parish records, Catholic parish records, census and miscellaneous records have been transcribed by county based genealogy centres in Ireland. These 34 centres are part of an all island, country-wide organisation-- the Ireland Family History Foundation -- which has indexed millions of Irish records over the past thirty years. The index and transcriptions are currently available for online research at RootsIreland.ie for the majority of the counties of Ireland. Users can subscribe to the website for one day, one month, six months or one year to access the index and records. | ||
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Ministers were never required to send vestry minutes to Dublin for safekeeping. Consequently, most vestry minutes are in local custody, though some have been deposited at the [http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ National Archives] in Dublin, the [http://www.proni.gov.uk/ Public Record Office of Northern Ireland] in Belfast, or other repositories. | Ministers were never required to send vestry minutes to Dublin for safekeeping. Consequently, most vestry minutes are in local custody, though some have been deposited at the [http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ National Archives] in Dublin, the [http://www.proni.gov.uk/ Public Record Office of Northern Ireland] in Belfast, or other repositories. | ||
=== Family History Library === | |||
Follow these steps to find Church of Ireland records in the collection of the Family History Library. | Follow these steps to find Church of Ireland records in the collection of the Family History Library. | ||