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| == Additional Information on Death Registrations: == | | == Additional Information on Death Registrations: == |
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| Death certificates give only the name, occupation, age at death, and marital status of the deceased; duration of the illness; date, place, and cause of death; and signature, qualification, and residence of the informant. For a married or widowed woman a spouse's name is sometimes recorded. Where a child has died, the child's occupation is often given as "son or daughter of...". In Northern counties, the father's name of unmarried adult females are often recorded.
| | For additional information on death registration records, go to [[Ireland,_Additional_Civil_Registration_Information|Ireland, Additional Civil Registration Information]]. |
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| Civil registrations of deaths are of limited genealogical value because they:
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| *Do not normally contain parentage or birth information.
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| *May be inaccurate (the informant may not have known the information requested).
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| *May not contain enough information to distinguish your ancestor from others with the same name. This cannot be emphasized enough.
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| Nonetheless, a death certificate is usually the only civil record for persons born or married before government registration began in 1864.
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| Since December 2005 death records in the Irish Republic record the deceased's date & place of birth and parents' full names. In Northern Ireland, since 1973 death records have stated the deceased person's date & place of birth.
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| '''Divorce Information:'''
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| Although judicial divorce became possible in England & Wales from 1857 this was not the case in Ireland. Divorce continued to be available only through a private act of parliament, which was in itself a rare occurrence and one only available to the well-off. After the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 (later simply called 'Ireland' and now commonly referred to as the Republic of Ireland) this situation continued until judicial divorce was finally legislated following a referendum in 1995.
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| In Northern Ireland judicial divorce became available in 1939.
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| Divorce records usually contain very brief details about the names of the parties and the date and place of the marriage being dissolved. However, court files relating to divorce proceedings may contain additional information on family members, their marital history (including marriage date and place), property, residences, and sometimes dates of events such as children’s births.
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| Given the restriction upon divorce in Ireland some people chose to divorce in the jurisdiction of England & Wales. Searches can be made for records there at:
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| 'Divorce Registry of the Family Division <br>Somerset House, Strand <br>London <br>W.C. 2 England
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| Records of UK parliamentary divorce acts (up to 1921) can be found at:
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| House of Lords Library<br>London, SW1A 0PW<br>England
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| As mentioned above, judicial divorce began in England & Wales in 1858. Files relating to the court proceedings for divorce records are confidential for 75 years. Records older than 75 years can be consulted at the National Archives in London and indexes for the period 1858 to 1937 are available there.
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| To learn more about divorce records, visit the following Web sites.
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| *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/Leaflets/ri2289.htm http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/Leaflets/ri2289.htm] www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/Leaflets/ri2289.htm
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| *http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/resources/divorcerecords/ www.1837online.com/Trace2web/resources/divorcerecords/<br>*http://www.genealogy.about.com/cs/vitaluk/index.htm www.genealogy.about.com/cs/vitaluk/index.htm
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| == Additional Collections in Registrar's Office: == | | == Additional Collections in Registrar's Office: == |